The Pittsburgh Penguins took action to fill the gaps on the wing left by the departures of Ryan Malone and Marian Hossa on Thursday, signing right winger Miroslav Satan and winger Ruslan Fedotenko to one year contracts.

Satan, who had 41 points in 80 games with the NY Islanders last season, will earn $3.5 million, while Fedotenko, another ex-Islander, had 33 points in 67 games and will make $2.5 million.

Neither will fully replace what Malone and Hossa contributed to the Penguins last season and will be seen as stopgap replacements, but at least GM Ray Shero has addressed the lack of depth on the wing in the wake of Hossa and Malone’s departures with a pair or decent free agents

This probably means we can scratch those speculations of Jaromir Jagr and Markus Naslund signing with the Penguins.

After spending the opening days of the 2007 NHL UFA market watching players leave, the NY Islanders brought one in on Wednesday, signing former Tampa Bay Lightning forward Ruslan Fedotenko to a one-year, $2.9 million contract. 

That salary may seem a big steep for essentially a third line player but Isles GM Garth Snow is likely desperate to rebuild his roster and has the cap space to spend.

The Lightning had envisioned Fedotenko as a possible second line winger when they acquired him from the Philadelphia Flyers in 2002, but despite a 26-goal performance in 2005-06 he still appears more comfortable in the role of a checking line forward.

As long as the Isles keep him in that role he should be a good acquisition for them, but they could face the same disappointment as the Bolts if they expect more from him.