Penguins claim Mark Arcobello off waivers from Nashville
The Pittsburgh Penguins have claimed forward Mark Arcobello off of waivers from the Nashville predators. He was listed on the waivers by the Predators who have had some contract number issues in recent months which saw them also waive Derek Roy. Whilst the Penguins have claimed Arcobello they have also sent down both Bryan Rust and Taylor Chorney. This presumes that Arcobello will be replacing Rust on the third line alongside Sutter and Downie. Chorney's demotion is a bit odd as it means the Pens don't have a 7th D although the next game isn't until Friday night so there is plenty of time to bring someone up.
Arcobello originally started the season on the Edmonton Oilers and he has some similarity with the other recent Penguins acquisition in David Perron. Together they had 248:06 minutes TOI which saw Perron is the most common line-mate for Arcobello outside the goaltender Ben Scrivens. At ES Perron and Arcobello had a CF% of 53.0% which better than when both are separated which sees their respective CF% drop to 48.3% for Arcobello and 51.4% for Perron. I wouldn't be surprised if Johnson is aware of their chemistry and double shifts Perron with Arcobello a few times.
Lastly, comparing the scoring ability of Arcobello to Rust should also be undertaken as according to Pierre LeBrun it is the main reason the Penguins claimed him. Rust has a S% of 2.6 this season which is terrible whilst Arcobello is at 14%. The Penguins need more depth scoring and this will certainly help that.
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