The Pens continued to build for the future today, as they signed Dustin Jeffrey to a three year entry level contract. Jeffrey was selected in the 6th round by the Penguins, and showed a lot of heart and promise during the preseason and team scrimmages.
Jeffrey joins the core of youngins on the team, at the ripe age of 19. In the prospect tourney in Kitchener, Jeffrey led the team in scoring with 5 points. He's spent the last three season in the OHL, scoring 155 points in 190 games. In five games this season, Jeffrey led the team with four goals and eight assists. In his most recent game on Sunday, Jeffrey scored 6 points (1 goal and 5 assists).
Where will he fit in the line-up? We'll have to see. My guess is he'll be spend this season in Wilkes-Barre. Perhaps, though, this signing to WBS means someone from there will be coming up soon. Will keep you posted. If I had to pick though, and I've always been a supporter of him so I'm somewhat biased, but I'd say Letang. We need the help on defense, that is apparant already. Even if he's not going to put on a barrage of shots or rack up a ton of goals, we can hope his defensive nature can keep a puck or two out of the net.
Speaking of the defense, there's been talk of Scuderi possibly getting scratched and replaced by Nasreddine. Ruutu had this done to him last game, as he was replaced by Hall, no doubt for his collection penalty minutes in the season opener. I think whatever Therrion needs to do to wake up that defense is a good move in my book, or blog for that matter.
