Penguins demote Satan

by James Mirtle on Mar 4, 2009 4:09 PM CST Comment 14 comments

The Pittsburgh Penguins have assigned forward Miroslav Satan to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League (AHL), it was announced today by Executive Vice President and General Manager Ray Shero.

>> team release

The Penguins are trying to save their season right now, and with Bill Guerin's $4.5-million salary coming in, this is the best way for them to free up payroll space.

As I said earlier today, Guerin's a slight upgrade over Satan — which isn't saying much. He's 38 years old, so expecting him to turn Pittsburgh's season around is expecting too much.

	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	PCT
2008 - Bill Guerin	61	16	20	36	-15	63	5	0	3	1	181	8.8

	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	PCT
2008 - Miroslav Satan	65	17	19	36	3	36	6	0	2	0	120	14.2

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When they first waived him, I figured the only teams that would be interested at all in Satan would be the ones with self-imposed salary caps, and figured that no one would want him at his 3.5M price, even pro-rated. I bet that would change if the Pens brought him up on re-entry waivers though. Now if only they had the cap room to try to bring him up…

by IAmJoe on Mar 4, 2009 4:20 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Nope

If he went through re-entry waivers after the deadline, he can’t play for another team down the stretch.

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by Dirk Hoag on Mar 4, 2009 4:21 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I don’t have time to break out the CBA on my computer, but presumably the only options for Satan are:

1) Play out the season in the AHL
2) Get called up on re-entry waivers by the Penguins, play for the Penguins (if they have the cap space – counting on long-term injury reserve, etc.)
3) Get called up on re-entry waivers, get claimed, stay in the AHL

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by PRC on Mar 4, 2009 4:52 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Oh thats right, you can’t add players from another team after the deadline, I forgot about that.

by IAmJoe on Mar 4, 2009 5:28 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Ugh

Still smacking my head that Nashville didn’t claim Satan. He’s got warts, but he would definitely have helped.

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by Dirk Hoag on Mar 4, 2009 4:20 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Didn’t realize Guerin was making that much. Wow.

Next season: one year deal with ??? for 1M.

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by Whale4ever on Mar 4, 2009 4:24 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

a one year deal and then another deadline day trade

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by eyebleaf on Mar 4, 2009 4:47 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I just don’t get the way the Penguins handled Satan. He’s spent the bulk of the year on the 3rd and 4th lines. Hell, I think he deserves a medal for somehow managing to put up 17 goals with the jerking around he’s gone through this year.

by matskralc on Mar 4, 2009 5:40 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Here’s a look at Satan’s most frequent linemates … he played a ton with Crosby:

Shifts Line Combination
602 EV 87 CROSBY,SIDNEY – 9 DUPUIS,PASCAL – 81 SATAN,MIROSLAV
427 EV 87 CROSBY,SIDNEY – 81 SATAN,MIROSLAV – 25 TALBOT,MAXIME
278 EV 48 KENNEDY,TYLER – 81 SATAN,MIROSLAV – 25 TALBOT,MAXIME
233 EV 48 KENNEDY,TYLER – 81 SATAN,MIROSLAV – 11 STAAL,JORDAN
228 EV 71 MALKIN,EVGENI – 81 SATAN,MIROSLAV – 17 SYKORA,PETR
178 EV 87 CROSBY,SIDNEY – 26 FEDOTENKO,RUSLAN – 81 SATAN,MIROSLAV

by James Mirtle on Mar 4, 2009 6:06 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I went and played with that myself some.

Satan (11 even strength goals) played 3383 shifts on 121 different even strength line combinations. 59.6% of those took place with either Crosby or Malkin or both on the ice.

Offensive force Pascal Dupuis (9): 2944, 87 and 68.9%.

Petr Sykora (10. Yes, 10): 3236, 100 and 75.3%.

Ruslan Fedotenko (12): 2459, 76, and 66.0%.

I still contend Satan did not exactly get a fair shake.

by matskralc on Mar 4, 2009 6:42 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

This thing's neat

Satan had 24 EV points. 15 (62.5) with Sid and/or Geno on the ice.
Dupuis: 21, 16, 76.2
Sykora: 25, 20, 80.0%
Fedotenko: 24, 19, 79.2%

by matskralc on Mar 4, 2009 6:52 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I suppose “shifts” is technically an incorrect term to use, since this tool would appear to count any 1 second spent on the ice with a couple other guys, but “shift” is a lot shorter of a way to say all that!

by matskralc on Mar 4, 2009 6:45 PM CST reply actions 0 recs