Confirmed Signing with Link: [PIT] Penguins re-sign Teddy Blueger (2 years, $750k AAV)

[PensandCaps]

Fantastic deal. Should be a solid 3C going forward

 

[Hockey4Lyfe]

His shot was the thing that surprised me the most.

Him and McCann can really surprise with some quick snipes to the impossible to stop areas of the goal.

He flashed so much more than the other 4th liners on this team.

Absolutely love the AAV on this. Figured he could get more if he pushed for it.

 

[BHD]

Seemed alright in the games I saw him getting PK shifts. Might even play on the top PK unit because of the dearth of center options on the PK for the Pens. With Cullen retiring, it's either Blueger or Bjugstad to take faceoffs on that top unit.

His bread and butter is his smarts and positioning. He's not overly fast (not slow, either, but speed isn't really his thing) and or physical, but he just seems to know where to be positionally.

Nick Bonino more or less.

 

[Trade]

How is he on the PK?

My limited viewings suggest he’d be good at it.

Feisty and positionally smart player who commits to playing hard every shift in a bottom 6 role = excellent PK potential.

+/- is a flawed stat but +67 in his first 3 pro years confirms the limited eye test I have on him.

He also had three shorthanded points last year in the relatively short time he was a constant PKer. 1g 2a.

 

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[OscarsCards]

Teddy boy just became 4th Latvian player who has scored 20 points in a regular season. This is some sweet little milestone.

 

[wej20]

He's having a very solid season, hopefully he can improve his face-offs but apart from that I've got no complaints.

 

[Will Hunting]

Supersolid bottom6 centre. Very useful at 3C. Fantastic at 4C.

 

[uncleben]

Teddy boy just became 4th Latvian player who has scored 20 points in a regular season. This is some sweet little milestone.

Jumped up from 11th to 5th in all-time Latvian scoring!