Penguins Update: How Are the Sexy Free Agents Doing?

As I was compiling my first Ex-Penguins Update the other day, it occurred to me to check on some of last summer’s marquee free agents to see how they’re doing.The sexy ones…the guys I would like to have signed.

Perhaps I should’ve titled this article, “All That Glitters Isn’t Gold.”

For the purpose of this post, I’ll separate my wannabe UFA signees into two groups, Tier I and Tier II. The top tier includes three forwards who combine sand with a scoring touch, Tyler Bertuzzi, Jake DeBrusk and Max Domi, and humongous backline thumper Nikita Zadorov.

Here are their results to date. Since all have a reputation for physical play, I included their hit totals with their boxcars.

TIER ONE Player Pos…