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Jim Rutherford didnt expect to fill all the holes on the Pittsburgh Penguins roster in a day. Good thing, because it didnt happen. Not even close. Still, the new general manager isnt panicking despite losing six players in free agency, including defencemen Brooks Orpik and Matt Niskanen, and talented winger Jussi Jokinen. Less than a month into the job, Rutherford is taking a pragmatic approach to replenishing the talent around stars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. The process began Tuesday when the Penguins signed defenceman Christian Ehrhoff, forward Blake Comeau and goaltender Thomas Greiss to one-year deals. The team also retained forward Marcel Goc. Hardly the kind of splashy signings made elsewhere -- Washington spent $67.5 million alone to bring in Orpik and Niskanen -- but Rutherford isnt complaining. "We dont necessarily have to have our team all set for a playoff run in September," he said. Ehrhoff came onto the market over the weekend after the Buffalo Sabres bought out the final seven seasons his 10-year contract. The 31-year-old will make $4 million next season in Pittsburgh. The German-born Ehrhoff has 69 goals and 313 points in 692 games, and Rutherford believes Ehrhoffs skill set will fit in well under new coach Mike Johnston. "He plays a lot of minutes, 23-24 a game, can play right or left defence, power play, penalty kill," Rutherford said. "Hes in great shape and a great team guy. He can really skate and with the kind of team we have, having a guy back there that can skate and move the puck is important." Rutherford is confident the young defencemen in Pittsburghs minor league system will give the Penguins a solid blue line even without Orpik -- the longest-tenured defenceman in team history -- and Niskanen, who cashed in after a career year. Still, Rutherford didnt waste a chance to grab Ehrhoff despite the shortness of the deal. "He loved the opportunity to come with the Penguins," Rutherford said. "He just felt that, lets give it a one-year try with a good team and have a chance to win and then well look at it at the end of the season." Comeau provides depth as a third or fourth line forward. The 28-year-old had five goals and 11 assists in 61 games for the Columbus Blue Jackets last season. Greiss, who went 10-8-5 with a 2.29 goals-against average for Phoenix in 2013-14, will compete with Jeff Zatkoff for the backup spot behind Marc-Andre Fleury. The signings give the Penguins depth, but also leave plenty to address going forward, including who is going to play with Malkin after the departure of Jokinen and James Neal. The Penguins traded Neal to Nashville for Patric Hornqvist and Nick Spaling on Friday, and Jokinen left on Tuesday to sign a four-year deal with the Florida Panthers. 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Wholesale Nike Zoom .And although FIFAs investigators are preparing to release the findings of a World Cup corruption probe, Hassan Al Thawadi dismissed any chance of Qatar losing the showpiece event.PARIS - On the back of its victory against leader Marseille, Paris Saint-Germain can move to the top of the French league this weekend.Unbeaten PSG trails its bitter rival by one point as it seeks its first win in 11 years at Metz, while Marseille hosts Bordeaux on Sunday after two losses in their last three league games.Used to off-field turmoil, Marseille also needs to deal with a new crisis after president Vincent Labrune was detained this week as part of an investigation into Andre-Pierre Gignacs transfer to the club in 2010.Here are some other things to know about this weekends games:___WEAKENED SIDE: Marseille is sweating on the fitness of defender Jeremy Morel and winger Romain Alessandrini, while top-scorer Andre-Pierre Gignac is struggling for goals.Morel has resumed light training as he tries to shake off a foot injury, while Alessandrini twisted his ankle in a friendly against Spanish side Espanyol last Friday. Winger Andre Ayew has been ruled out after hurting his groin on international duty with Ghana this week, and Marseilles team is further depleted because defender Nicolas NKoulou and midfielder Alaixys Romao are both suspended.Marseille also needs Gignac to find his form again. After netting 10 times in his first 10 league games, Gignac has not scored in his past five for club and country.LAURENTS LAMENT: PSG coach Laurent Blanc is worried the international break left some of his players leg-weary. Uruguay striker Edinson Cavani is one of the high-profile internationals at PSG, and he had a long flight back to Paris after playing in Chile on Tuesday.Blanc did not get all of his players back until Thursday, effectively giving him one full training session before facing Metz.Its not the best way to prepare, but we have to put up with it, he said.PSG has another short turnaround before taking on Ajax at home in the Champions League on Tuesday.We have six matches to play before the holiday break, Blanc said. We intend to take as many points as possible.IBRAHIMOOVIC BACK AT TRAINING: After being rested during Swedens 1-0 loss to France on Tuesday in a friendly, PSG striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has resumed training and is expected to play against Metz.ddddddddddddIbrahimovic has already missed seven weeks of action this season with a heel injury. He returned as a substitute against Marseille then scored for Sweden last week in a 1-1 draw with Montenegro in a Euro 2016 qualifier.He feels very good. He came back with some muscular aches after his match with Sweden but has enjoyed a good recovery since, Blanc said.Ibrahimovics return could help to compensate for some key absences, with midfielder Blaise Matuidi doubtful with a hand injury and Marco Verrati sidelined with a groin lesion.BRANDAOS SUSPENSION UPHELD: The French football federation has upheld Bastia striker Brandaos six-month ban for head-butting PSG midfielder Thiago Motta after a league match.Provisionally suspended since Aug. 22, Brandao wont be able to play until February.After Bastias 2-0 loss to PSG, Brandao waited for Thiago Motta in the tunnel for 20 minutes and butted him in the face before running away. Mottas nose was broken, and PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi called for Brandao to be banned for life.BLANC SADDENED BY CORRUPTION: PSG coach Blanc used to play for Nimes and Marseille, two clubs at the centre of the financial and match-fixing cases rocking French football.This week, French police detained Marseille president Vincent Labrune as well as the club director general and two former club presidents — Jean-Claude Dassier and Pape Diouf — as part of an investigation into past transfers of players. In the second division, Nimes is suspected of fixing or attempting to fix matches as it avoided relegation last season.Im sad for football, but you cant be a fool. As soon as money is involved, youll find people without scruples entering the system, Blanc said on Thursday. And its appalling to see that even these things happen at the highest level. ' ' '