Mario Lemieux will play in 2003-04 (31-Jul-2003)
Mario Lemieux announced today that he will play for the Penguins in 2003-04. During the press conference, Mario said that 2003-04 would not be a farewell season. The full 27 minute press conference can be heard at http://streamdata.dispatchbroadcast.com/specialeventslive.asx.
Pens sign Buchberger and Eastwood (31-Jul-2003)
Craig Patrick announced during Lemieux's press conference that the Penguins have signed veterans RW Kelly Buchberger and C Mike Eastwood. Both were unrestricted free agents and have signed one year deals reportedly making around $600K.
Also, the team has re-signed Rico Fata, Toby Petersen, and Rob Scuderi.
Pens re-sign Tarnstrom (30-Jul-2003)
The Pens have re-signed D Dick Tarnstrom. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has reported that Tarnstrom received a 2 year, one-way deal. Tarnstrom will make $1.1M in 2003-04 and $1.4M in 2004-05.
Pens open 2003-04 season on Oct. 10th (16-Jul-2003)
The Penguins will begin the 2003-04 season against the Los Angeles Kings at Mellon Arena on Friday, October 10th. The Pens first road game will be Saturday, October 11th in Philadelphia. The full schedule is available now.
Training camp expected to open Sept. 12th (9-Jul-2003)
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is reporting that the 2003 Penguins training camp will open on Friday, September 12th.
Full pre-season schedule released (8-Jul-2003)
The full pre-season schedule (all times ET):
Washington vs Pens in Wilkes-Barre: Thurs., Sept. 18 at 7:00pm
Islanders vs Pens in Wheeling: Fri., Sept. 19 at 7:30pm
Islanders vs Pens in Pittsburgh: Sat., Sept. 20 at 7:30pm
Pens vs Boston in Halifax, NS: Tues., Sept. 23 at 6:00pm
Columbus vs Pens in Pittsburgh: Fri., Sept. 26th at 7:30pm
Pens vs Washington in Portland, ME: Sat., Sept. 27th at 7:00pm
Pens vs Columbus in Columbus: Sun., Sept. 28th at 5:00pm
Pittsburgh Penguin free agent list (1-Jul-2003)
Restricted Free Agents:
(Group II - tendered a qualifying offer and are subject to draft-choice compensation and right to match)
Ramzi Abid, Matt Bradley, Sebastien Caron, Micki Dupont, Rico Fata, Milan Kraft, Richard Lintner, Toby Petersen, Robert Scuderi, Dick Tarnstrom
Unrestricted Free Agents
Joel Bouchard, Alexandre Daigle, Shawn Heins, Mathias Johansson, Hans Jonsson, Kent Manderville (Group III), Ville Nieminen, Jamie Pushor, Robbie Tallas, Vladimir Vujtek
