Johnson gets dissed; new Goalie signed

[eastonpensfan]

http://community.citizensvoice.com/blogs/penguins/archive/2009/04/03/goalie-of-the-future.aspx

The Penguins added a sought-after goaltending prospect to the organization Friday, signing Hobey Baker Award finalist Brad Thiessen to a two-year contract. He will report to WBS presently.

Thiessen is coming off a huge season at Northeastern, going 25-12-4 with a 2.12 GAA and .931 save percentage and being named Hockey East Player of the year.

[Tinker]

Pens have a habit of signing Hobey Baker finalist goalies. Curry & Brown were both finalists in the same year.

[narcolept]

http://community.citizensvoice.com/blogs/penguins/archive/2009/04/09/the-exorcist.aspx

To blackandgold, Chuck Fletcher has experessed a desire in the past to have five goalies on NHL contracts, so the Penguins are two below that looking ahead to next season. I would guess they'd be in the market for a veteran No. 3 to compete with Curry for the NHL backup job and one more prospect to push Brad Thiessen for a WBS job. (Maybe Chad Johnson.) So as you can see, they're really not anywhere near the point where they'd need to trade a goalie because they have a surplus.

[jimjom]

Pens have a habit of signing Hobey Baker finalist goalies. Curry & Brown were both finalists in the same year.

I think Kunitz also was a finalist in 2003. Okay, I saw that on his wikipedia page, but I heard it also somewhere else first.

[ShipHockey7]

according to JB from the Citizens Voice, Theissen might get the start tonight in Hershey..

I'm going to the game, so if he plays I'll let you know what I think of him afterwards

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Bobby Goepfert