The Penguins have signed forward Maxime Talbot to a two-year contract extension that averages $1.05 million per season. "It was very friendly, very comfortable," agent Pat Brisson said. "It wasn't rushed." Talbot claims that he only thought of staying with Pittsburgh. "There's no way I was thinking about leaving or anything like that," said Talbot, who is earning $700,000 this season. "There's no better place to play hockey than Pittsburgh. With the exciting young team we have and the success we had last year, what we've achieved and what everybody expects us to achieve, it's so fun to be part of this hockey team and to be part of this town."