Penguins sign Recchi for 3 years

[Maken]

The pens today signed Mark Recchi from the Flyers.

Expected, seeing as Recchi and his family have a house in the Pittsburgh area.

Sounds like a good move for the pens, they desperately need a veteran to play with Mario and Recchi could fit the bill.

Mark should be able to give some good leadership to a very young team with a (in every way but financially) very bright future.

[Jazz]

Yes, Mark Recchi's wife is from Pittsburgh, so I'm sure that had some say in the choice of cities he had....

Maken, welcome to the gang!

[aj]

I heard he's looking forward to moving to Winnipeg.

[NyQuil]

Recchi is a steal, even if he is getting on in years.

His style of play translates smoothly as he gets older, and he'll produce a point-a-game wherever he goes, IMO.

Re-unite him with Lemieux, and you have some interesting possibilities.

Will Malone play with them? Or Morozov? Pittsburgh is already looking more competitive this year, particularly since they gave a lot of young guys some good ice time last year, like Orpik, Jackman, and a few others. (Koltsov?)