Three weeks removed from winning the Stanley Cup and Penguins captain Sidney Crosby still has a lot on his mind.

The Los Angeles Kings have a four-year deal in place with free-agent defenseman Rob Scuderi, who is leaving the Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins.

The Los Angeles Kings have a four-year deal in place with free agent defenseman Rob Scuderi, who is leaving the Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins. The contract was agreed to Thursday, the second day of NHL free agency

With defenseman Rob Scuderi off to Los Angeles, the Penguins remain engaged in discussions with representatives for wingers Ruslan Fedotenko and Petr Sykora, the two most notable of five remaining free agents.

Here is the roster for the <a href=”http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/63810/la_id/1.htm”>team Canada orientation camp roster</a>.

<span class=”mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image” style=”display: inline;”><img alt=”Cup’pa Joe” src=”http://onfrozenblog.com/cuppajoe.jpg” class=”mt-image-right” style=”margin: 0pt 0pt 20px 20px; float: right;” width=”280″ height=”280″ /></span>So universally positive was the reaction to the Caps’ signing of Mike Knuble yesterday that the Caps’ media relations staff <a href=”http://boards.washingtoncaps.com/index.php?autocom=blog&amp;req=showblog&amp;blogid=64″>excerpt-blogged</a> a wide sampling of high-profile hockey personality reactions to it, and passed along the link to the media early Wednesday evening.<br /><br />Who could blame them — no one saw the Knuble signing coming, and <i>everyone</i> loved it. <br /><br />The media zeal for the signing was actually <i>met and exceeded</i> by hosanas sung on the official fan message boards on the team’s web site, if you can believe it.

<span class=”mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image” style=”display: inline;”><img alt=”Cup’pa Joe” src=”http://onfrozenblog.com/cuppajoe.jpg” class=”mt-image-right” style=”margin: 0pt 0pt 20px 20px; float: right;” width=”280″ height=”280″ /></span>So universally positive was the reaction to the Caps’ signing of Mike Knuble yesterday that the Caps’ media relations staff <a href=”http://boards.washingtoncaps.com/index.php?autocom=blog&amp;req=showblog&amp;blogid=64″>excerpt-blogged</a> a wide sampling of high-profile hockey personality reactions to it, and passed along the link to the media early Wednesday evening.<br /><br />Who could blame them — no one saw the Knuble signing coming, and <i>everyone</i> loved it. <br /><br />The media zeal for the signing was actually <i>met and exceeded</i> by hosanas sung on the official fan message boards on the team’s web site, if you can believe it. Once upon a time, the official message boards were a licensed toxic waste dump of the-sky-is-falling/kick-McPhee-to-the-curb histrionics: a whole ‘lotta heat, precious little light.