On Thursday, the Pittsburgh Penguins shocked their fan base once again and signed 38-year old center Matt Cullen to a one year, $800,000 contract. Many of the Penguins faithful had penciled in Oskar Sundqvist, or possibly Eric Fehr as the fourth line center for the upcoming season, So why would Rutherford sign a 38 year old player to fill this role?
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Well, like we tend do with every player now a days, let’s look at his stats, both advanced analytics and traditional statistics.
Starting with the more traditional statistics, Cullen recorded 25 points (7g, 18a) in 62 games.