The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is reporting that Penguins GM Ray Shero has informed Bill Guerin that the club has decided not to re-sign him for the 2010-11 season. Now Guerin must now ask himself—is there another team worth playing for?
Guerin seemed pretty adamant in recent weeks that his only desire to continue playing in the league seemed to revolve around remaining in a Penguins sweater. With the Pens being about $1.5 million dollars from the salary cap ceiling, there was talk this week that Guerin was willing to take a substantial pay cut to remain in the steel city.
It remains to be seen if Guerin will try and sign with another team before NHL training camps begin across North America. At one point during the offseason, the Boston Bruins had been mentioned numerous times in regards to adding Guerin to their already stacked lineup.
In 78 games with the Pens last season, Guerin put up 45 (21-24-45) points and added nine (4-5-9) points in 11 playoff games. His cap hit was $2 million dollars. Those are pretty good numbers for a guy who will turn 40 this year.
At times, it seemed that Guerin was running out of gas towards the end of the season, but h ...
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Bill Guerin: Pittsburgh Penguins Will Not Re-Sign Seasoned Veteran
August 26th, 2010 by Don Andrascik Leave a reply »
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