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The Dearly Departed

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Whomever said “parting is such sweet sorrow” (some guy named Bill, I think) obviously didn’t have 2007-08’s Matt Pettinger on his roster.

Picking up on where this morning’s wildly successful post didn’t take us, after the jump is a brief look at a handful of guys who played for the Caps last season but are no longer with us (in the hockey sense) and how they’re doing this year.

Matt Cooke

#24 / Left Forward / Pittsburgh Penguins

5-11

205

Sep 07, 1978

First year of 2 year/$2.4m deal

GP G A P +/- PIM PPG SHG GWG GTG SOG PCT
Matt Cooke 44 7 11 18 -7 63 0 0 1 1 40 17.5

Steve Eminger

#44 / Defenseman / Tampa Bay Lightning

6-2

212

Oct 31, 1983

1 year/$1.2m

GP G A P +/- PIM PPG SHG GWG GTG SOG PCT
Steve Eminger 45 4 14 18 3 32 2 0 0 1 56 7.1

Cristobal Huet

#38 / Goalie / Chicago Blackhawks

6-1

205

Sep 03, 1975

First year of 4 year/$22.5m deal

GP MIN W L T EGA GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Cristobal Huet 23 1332 12 8 3 2 51 2.30 629 578 .919 2

Olaf Kolzig

#37 / Goalie / Tampa Bay Lightning

6-3

225

Apr 06, 1970

1 year/$1.5m base

GP MIN W L T EGA GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Olaf Kolzig 8 410 2 4 1 0 25 3.66 245 220 .898 0

Matt Pettinger

#24 / Left Forward / Tampa Bay Lightning

6-1

205

Oct 22, 1980

Third year of 3 year/$3m deal

GP G A P +/- PIM PPG SHG GWG GTG SOG PCT
Matt Pettinger 25 2 4 6 -2 9 0 0 1 0 35 5.7

Brian Sutherby

#20 / Center / Dallas Stars

6-3

209

Mar 01, 1982

1 year/$700k

GP G A P +/- PIM PPG SHG GWG GTG SOG PCT
Brian Sutherby 30 3 3 6 3 31 0 0 0 0 28 10.7

Anyone you’re dying to have back?

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