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Ty Smith’s journey brings him to the PenguinsVideo
Ty Smith has already had a long offseason. At least the first 30-plus hours of it. After finishing the 2021-22 season as a member of the New Jersey Devils, he drove home. Across the expanse of an entire continent. The left-handed defenseman hopped in his car with his father, Wayne...
New Penguins defenseman Jeff Petry is closer to home and ready to winVideo
Jeff Petry has a unique place in NHL history. A native of Ann Arbor, Mich., he has played the most games in NHL history of any American-born player for Canadian teams with 803. And he’s going to lose that distinction almost as soon as the 2022-23 season begins by virtue...
Penguins forward Kasperi Kapanen files for salary arbitration
Penguins forward Kasperi Kapanen has filed for salary arbitration according to a release from the National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA). He was one of 24 players around the league who opted to file. Kapanen labored through an underwhelming 2021-22 season in which he appeared in 79 games and scored...
Penguins reassemble their blue line by adding Jeff Petry, Ty Smith
Ron Hextall knows he can’t keep nine defensemen on his NHL roster. The Pittsburgh Penguins’ general manager said as much Wednesday. “We’re certainly not going to have nine on the opening roster,” Hextall said. “I don’t know where that’s all going. Sometimes, you sit around and wait until something moves...
Penguins acquire defenseman Jeff Petry, forward Ryan Poehling from CanadiensVideo
The Penguins made their second trade Saturday aimed at rearranging their blue line, acquiring defenseman Jeff Petry and forward Ryan Poehling from the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for defenseman Mike Matheson and a fourth-round pick in 2023. A right-handed shot, Petry, 34, played in 68 games last season and scored...
Penguins trade defenseman John Marino to DevilsVideo
On Wednesday, Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Ron Hextall acknowledged he would have to jettison one of the nine NHL-caliber defensemen he had under contract. On Saturday, he did so. Right-handed John Marino, who never quite lived up to the promise he showed as a rookie in 2019-20, was traded to...
Penguins sign 1st-rounder Owen Pickering to entry-level contract
The Pittsburgh Penguins signed defenseman Owen Pickering to a three-year entry-level contract Saturday. According Cap Friendly, the contract will carry a salary cap hit of $950,000. Pickering was the team’s first-round pick (No. 21 overall) at the NHL Draft earlier this month. The contract will begin when Pickering commences his...
Penguins prospect Tristan Broz moves past a rough freshman seasonVideo
Pittsburgh Penguins forward prospect Tristan Broz is as Minnesota as a Minnesotan can get. First, as a high schooler, he suited up for the Blake School and played for Rob McClanahan, a member of the 1980 United States Olympic team and a vaunted son of the self-titled State of Hockey....
Penguins forward prospect Lukas Svejkovsky can be ‘pretty special’ with the puck
Lukas Svejkovsky finished as the leading scorer of the Western Hockey League’s Medicine Hat Tigers last season. And he didn’t play a game for them beyond Dec. 27. That’s when he was traded to the Seattle Thunderbirds. In a testament to how prolific Svejkovsky was and how putrid the Tigers...
Former Penguins forward Anthony Angello signs with Blues
Former Penguins forward Anthony Angello has signed with the St. Louis Blues. According to a release from the Blues, Angello agreed to a one-year, two-way contract. According to capfriendly.com, it pays $750,000 at the NHL level with a $300,000 guarantee. A fifth-round pick (No. 145 overall) in 2014, Angello, 26,...
Rickard Rakell wants to show he can do more with the PenguinsVideo
Like most people with a vested interest in the Pittsburgh Penguins, Rickard Rakell was pretty happy when word came out late Tuesday night that superstar forward Evgeni Malkin would re-sign with the club. Rakell’s enthusiasm, however, was somewhat selfish. That’s because Malkin might be Rakell’s regular center moving forward. “I...
Penguins A to Z: Jason Zucker just needs to stay healthyVideo
With the Penguins’ 2021-22 season coming to a quick ending in the first round of the playoffs, the Tribune-Review will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at the 54 individuals who were signed to an NHL contract entering this offseason – including those whose deals do not begin...
After re-signing Evgeni Malkin, Penguins believe they can still ‘do special things’
If you were surprised by the new contract Evgeni Malkin signed with the Pittsburgh Penguins late Tuesday night — it was announced at 11 p.m. to be precise — you weren’t alone. Penguins general manager Ron Hextall was as well, to a certain extent. After reports Monday proclaimed Malkin was...
Penguins bring back forward Josh Archibald
The Penguins have brought back forward Josh Archibald on a one-year, one-way contract worth $900,000. A sixth-round pick (No. 174 overall) of the Penguins in 2011, Archibald returns to the franchise after spending parts of the past four seasons in the Western Conference with the Arizona Coyotes and Edmonton Oilers....
Penguins sign ex-Lightning defenseman Jan Rutta, create surplus on blue line
Penguins general manager Ron Hextall is sure of two axioms regarding his defense. He currently has nine NHL-caliber defensemen under contract. And not all of them will be on the roster when the Penguins open the 2022-23 season with a home contest against the Arizona Coyotes on Oct. 13. Figuring...
Goaltender Louis Domingue leaves Penguins to sign with Rangers
Arguably the most famous moment of Louis Domingue’s career happened in Madison Square Garden. And for the next two seasons, his career will unfold with the Rangers. On Wednesday, the now former Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender signed a two-year, one-way contract with the Rangers that carries a salary cap hit of...
Penguins slot free-agent goaltender Dustin Tokarski into 3rd spot on depth chart
The Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday brought back a familiar face to serve as the organization’s third goaltender. Dustin Tokarski, who spent the 2019-20 season with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League, signed a one-year, one-way contract for $775,000. Tokarski, who turns 33 in September, spent the past two...
Penguins sign depth defenseman Xavier Ouellet
The Penguins have reportedly signed unrestricted free agent defenseman Xavier Ouellet to a two-year, two-way contract that carries a salary cap hit of $762,500. French Canadian outlet RDS first reported the deal. Ouellet, who turns 29 on July 29, spent last season with the Laval Rocket, the American Hockey League...
Penguins A to Z: Can Radim Zohorna find a way to stay in the NHL?Video
With the Penguins’ 2021-22 season coming to a quick ending in the first round of the playoffs, the Tribune-Review will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at the 54 individuals who were signed to an NHL contract entering this offseason — including those whose deals do not begin...
Penguins re-sign forward Evgeni Malkin to 4-year contract
As it turns out, the Penguins won’t be able to replace Evgeni Malkin. Especially since he isn’t going anywhere. Late Tuesday night, the Penguins announced they re-signed the superstar center to a four-year contract worth $6.1 million a season. The contract runs through the 2025-26 season. According to Cap Friendly,...
Penguins re-sign defenseman P.O Joseph to 2-year, 1-way contract
The Penguins re-signed defenseman P.O Joseph to a two-year, one-way contract that carries a salary cap hit of $825,000. The deal was announced Tuesday, one day after the team formally tendered a qualifying offer to retain his rights as a pending restricted free agent. Considered as the top prospect in...
Who could the Penguins explore as their second-line center?
If Evgeni Malkin winds up leaving the Pittsburgh Penguins, it won’t be easy to replace him. In fact, it probably will be impossible. But someone has to be the second-line center. There will be options on the free-agent market, which opens at noon Wednesday. But they aren’t plentiful. Here are...
Penguins president Brian Burke isn’t closing the window on re-signing Evgeni Malkin
Evgeni Malkin has opted to test the free agency waters once the NHL’s signing period opens Wednesday. But that doesn’t necessarily mean he can’t return to the Pittsburgh Penguins. At least that’s how the team’s president of hockey operations, Brian Burke, feels. On Tuesday morning, Burke spoke to the Tribune-Review...
Penguins A to Z: Colin Swoyer has a chance to prove he has a futureVideo
With the Penguins’ 2021-22 season coming to a quick ending in the first round of the playoffs, the Tribune-Review will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at the 54 individuals who were signed to an NHL contract entering this offseason – including those whose deals do not begin...
Penguins re-sign forward Rickard Rakell
With franchise pillar Evgeni Malkin apparently prepared to move on as a pending unrestricted free agent, the Penguins appear to have re-signed the winger they brought in to play with him. Rickard Rakell, whom the Penguins acquired in March at the NHL’s trade deadline, will re-sign with the Penguins, agreeing...
