Good pest but has a tendency to take dumb penalties at times.

Posted by PuckHound61 from Speckville USA on 02/17/11 at 06:32 PM ET

They’re soul mates.  Yep.

Posted by SYF from the Flood on 02/17/11 at 09:36 PM ET

Glad my Red Wings get to see more of this dirty sob, argh.
I predict if we play thhe Ducks in the playoffs a Red Wing will get injured because of that pest style of play.
Can’t believe all they had to give up was a 6th rounder, wow. He can score still a bit and even fight decently when he has to.
Ducks add grit for playoff run, memo to rest of western conf.

Posted by Slumpy from Detroit on 02/17/11 at 09:37 PM ET

Should fit right in with the rest of the scum assembled in disneyland.

Is Burke secretly running the ducks too?

Posted by Down River Dan on 02/17/11 at 10:00 PM ET

@slumpy

Agreed. Might have been worth a 6th rounder just to avoid having him injure a Wings player in the playoffs.

Posted by Savage Henry on 02/18/11 at 02:03 AM ET

Should fit right in with the rest of the scum assembled in disneyland.

Ruutu and Perry have already agreed to room together – and not just on the road. It really is a match made in, well, someplace. Let’s just hope these two wear each other out before they get to the rink.

Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids, MI on 02/18/11 at 03:25 AM ET

Ruutu and Lapierre on the same team, with Perry no less.

Fun.

Hope Ruutu would fetch a better return, but wasn’t expecting much. Still have to wonder why you pull the trigger on this now if you’re Bryan Murray. Guess they don’t need to pay him.

Ottawa calls up Francis Lessard to replace Ruutu so I guess Colton Orr knows what he will be doing Saturday night.

Posted by Da lil Guy from Ottawa on 02/18/11 at 03:38 AM ET

Orr is out, so it will be Rosehill… much less exciting

Posted by WingMan from The Q C on 02/18/11 at 10:25 AM ET