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Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury and head coach Michel Therrien will be honored this season by their AHL affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, for their roles in the team's success during its first decade in the league. [FULL STORY]

Penguins shopping Sydor?
According to several published reports, the Pittsburgh Penguins are looking to trade veteran defenseman Darryl Sydor. read more...

Therrien inks extension with Pens
The Pittsburgh Penguins have agreed to terms with head coach Michel Therrien on a new three-year contract extension. read more...

TOP PROSPECTS
PLAYER	AGE	POS.	LEAGUE
Luca Caputi	20	LW	AHL
Casey Pierro-Zabotel	20	LW	WHL
Johannes Salmonsson	22	RW	SWEDEN
Alex Grant	19	D	QMJHL
Dustin Jeffrey	20	C	AHL

1st ROUND DRAFT HISTORY
YEAR	#	PLAYER	Pos.	DRAFT FROM	LEAGUE
2008	-	Pick Traded	-	-	-
2007	20	Angelo Esposito	C	Quebec Remparts	QMJHL
2006	2	Jordan Staal	C	Peterborough Petes	OHL
2005	1	Sidney Crosby	C	Rimouski Oceanic	QMJHL
2004	1	Evgeni Malkin	C	Magnitogorsk Metallurg	RUSSIA

Pos.	PLAYER	08-09 SALARY	08-09 CAP HIT
C	Kris Beech	$585,000	$585,000
C	Sidney Crosby	$9,000,000	$8,700,000
C	Tyler Kennedy	$550,000	$541,667
C	Evgeni Malkin	$984,200	$3,834,200
C	Jordan Staal	$850,000	$2,200,000
C	Maxime Talbot	$700,000	$675,000
D	Mark Eaton	$2,000,000	$2,000,000
D	Hal Gill	$2,100,000	$2,075,000
D	Sergei Gonchar	$6,000,000	$5,000,000
D	Kristopher Letang	$685,000	$835,000
D	Brooks Orpik	$3,750,000	$3,750,000
D	Rob Scuderi	$725,000	$713,000
D	Darryl Sydor	$2,500,000	$2,500,000
D	Ryan Whitney	$3,000,000	$4,000,000
G	Marc-Andre Fleury	$3,500,000	$5,000,000
G	Dany Sabourin	$525,000	$512,000
LW	Matt Cooke	$1,200,000	$1,200,000
LW	Pascal Dupuis	$1,400,000	$1,400,000
LW	Ruslan Fedotenko	$2,250,000	$2,250,000
LW	Janne Pesonen	$875,000	$875,000
LW	Jeff Taffe	$550,000	$550,000
RW	Eric Godard	$725,000	$750,000
RW	Miroslav Satan	$3,500,000	$3,500,000
RW	Petr Sykora	$2,500,000	$2,625,000

TEAM INFO.
Arena	Mellon Arena
Capacity	17,132
Address	66 Mario Lemieux Place Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Phone	1-412-642-1842
GM	Ray Shero
Head Coach	Michel Therrien