Shortly after Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford made his first free agent splash of the offseason by inking defenseman Christian Ehrhoff, Rutherford added a couple more pieces on the open market.
The new Penguins GM was able to sign forward Blake Comeau to a one-year, $700,000 deal and goaltender Thomas Greiss to a one-year, $1 million deal.
The 28-year old Comeau has spent the last season and a half in Columbus where he tallied 21 points (7G, 14A) in 70 regular-season games.
He should provide bottom six forward depth for Mike Johnston’s team and could chip in a little bit of goal scoring.
Back in 2010-11, Comeau produced 46 points, scoring 24 goals with the New York Islanders.
As for Greiss, the 28-year old spent last season with the Phoenix Coyotes where he compiled a record of 10-8-5 in 25 regular-season games.
Greiss has been in the league for five seasons with the San Jose Sharks and Coyotes. He likely will replace Jeff Zatkoff as the Penguins top backup.
He is a nice signing by Rutherford as Greiss not only should be a solid No. 2 behind Marc-Andre Fleury, but has shown that he can handle being a starter if pressed into action.
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