Photo: Jared Wickerham
Dustin Penner was acquired at the trade deadline to improve the Caps’ flagging top six. Instead, he played garbage minutes on the bottom line. He was a huge disappointment, but was it his fault? (Not really, no.)
18 | Games played |
12 | Average time on ice per game |
1 | Goals |
2 | Assists |
47.3% | Shot attempt percentage during 5v5 |
100% | Goal percentage during 5v5 |
4.9% | On-ice shooting percentage during 5v5 |
100% | On-ice saving percentage during 5v5 |
I was pretty excited about the addition of Dustin Penner to the Capitals. With Martin Erat in the rear view, it seemed for a fraction of a second that the Caps had put the bad blood behind them and brought in a productive top-six forward replacement. Nope. Dustin Penner basically filled Erat’s spot in the lineup and did nothing of note.
Imagined by some (including, I think, George McPhee) as a potential opposite wing for Alex Ovechkin, D.P. instead spent most of his time with Tom Wilson on the fourth line and a short stint opposite Troy Brouwer in the season’s final week. To his credit, Penner didn’t get scored on, but he also didn’t move the needle much.
I don’t have much more to say. No one really expects Penner to stick around, though I’d bet Barry Trotz could use him better than Adam Oates.
Beautiful no-look pass to Joel Ward for his first Caps apple. Penner and Ward are underrated and underutilized PP players.
Hitting up Obama for a place to stay.
This shirt would’ve been more popular, but it also suffered from the Oates Effect.
No way he comes back, right? I mean– no way. Do you even want him back? ‘Cause I kinda do.
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