Guerin stays with Penguins; Wings offer Hossa long-term deal

There are three very good reasons why the Pittsburgh Penguins inked Bill Guerin to a one-year, $2 million deal Monday night. The first is that he was a winger that worked well with Sidney Crosby , and ask Pascal Dupuis if that's necessarily easy to find. The second is that he earned the new deal by helping to transform that Penguins locker room upon his arrival at the deadline from the New York Islanders . The third is that the fans chanted "one more year" at the Stanley Cup parade; which is, of course, the ultimate factor in any decision for a general manager. But as Rob Rossi of the Tribune-Review points out, the signings of Guerin and fourth-line forward Craig Adams leave the Penguins with $51,218,000 committed for 17 players next season, with the cap at $56.8 million. They made a trio of qualifying offers on Monday, too.... [read full story]                    

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