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The Pittsburgh Penguins' quest to find forwards over the past couple of seasons has been well documented. Since they have so much cap space invested in their top three centers (Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Jordan Staal) they've been forced to use a revolving door of reclamation projects, bargain bin free agent signings and trade deadline rentals to play on their wings: Petr Sykora, Bill Guerin, Miroslav Satan, Ruslan Fedotenko. With two Stanley Cup Final appearances in three years, they've had a bit of success with this approach. And you can now add another name to the list: Mike Comrie.The 29-year-old forward inked a one-year contract with the Penguins on Friday. The deal is for the league minimum ($500,000) according to the release on the Penguins website.
Comrie's agent, Ritch Winter, said on Team 1260 in Edmonton (which originally reported the signing) that Comrie has already spoken to Crosby, who is looking forward to having him skate on his left wing this season.
Durability has been a concern for Comrie over the past couple of seasons, as he's been limited to just 247 of a possible 328 regular season games the past four years, scoring 65 goals over that stretch with four different teams (Edmonton, New York, Phoenix, Ottawa). Still, for the league minimum it's a risk worth taking for the Penguins, especially if Comrie can regain some of the 20 or 30-goal ability he's flashed at different points throughout his career. And, hey, even if he doesn't, he'll at least be bringing Hilary Duff -- whom he recently married -- to Pittsburgh with him. So Penguins fans have that going for them, too.
Along with the addition of Comrie, the Penguins top-two lines could also have a different look to them this season due to the possibility of having Staal, the team's third-line center the past three years, moving to a top-six role to play on a line with Malkin.
The two spent some time together during their rookie seasons, with Staal scoring a career-high 29 goals. Staal, however, will miss the start of training camp due a recent setback with the foot injury he suffered during last year's playoffs (though, he is expected to be ready for the start of the regular season).
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