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Former Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins forward Riley Barber joins Red Wings
Former Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins forward Riley Barber has signed a two-year contract with the Detroit Red Wings. According to Cap Friendly, Barber’s deal carries a salary cap hit of $750,000 and is believed to be a two-way contract. A native of Washington, Pa., Barber joined the Penguins organization after being traded...
Penguins hope cheaper is better in signing Mark Jankowski as 3rd-line center
In his seemingly never-ending search to replace Nick Bonino as the Penguins’ third-line center, Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford usually has gone big in trying to fill that void. That’s to say he’s traded away some significant assets for players with large salary cap hits in hopes of giving...
Senators sign ex-Penguins goaltender Matt Murray to 4-year contract
The Ottawa Senators signed former Penguins goaltender Matt Murray to a four-year contract with a salary cap hit of $6.25 million on Friday. Murray, who the Senators acquired in a trade with the Penguins on Wednesday, just completed a three-year contract with a salary cap hit of 3.75 million. A...
Penguins sign former Oilers forward Josh Currie to 1-year, 2-way contractVideo
The Pittsburgh Penguins signed minor league forward Josh Currie to a one-year, two-way contract worth $700,000. Currie, 27, has spent the bulk of his seven-year professional career in the American Hockey League (AHL). Last season, he appeared in 56 AHL games with the Bakersfield Condors and led that team in...
Former Penguins defenseman Justin Schultz signs with Capitals
Former Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Justin Schultz signed a two-year contract with the Washington Capitals. The contract will carry a salary cap hit of $4 million. Just completing a three-year contract with a salary cap hit of $5.5 million, Schultz, 30, spent parts of five seasons with the Penguins and was...
Penguins sign former Flames forward Mark JankowskiVideo
The Pittsburgh Penguins signed former Calgary Flames forward Mark Jankowski to a one-year contract with a salary cap hit of $700,000. Jankowski, 26, appeared in 56 games last season and scored seven points (two goals, five assists). Averaging 11 minutes, 6 seconds of ice time in 2019-20, Jankowski primarily has...
Former Penguins defenseman Jack Johnson signs with Rangers
Former Penguins defenseman Jack Johnson has signed with the New York Rangers. Per The Athletic, Johnston agreed to a one-year deal worth $1.15 million. On Monday, the Penguins bought out the final three years of a five-year contract they signed Johnson to in 2018. Johnson, who had a salary cap...
Penguins re-sign forward Evan Rodrigues to 1-year deal
Evan Rodrigues’ time with the Pittsburgh Penguins was brief. His time away from them was even shorter. On Friday, the Penguins re-signed the versatile forward to a one-year contract with a salary cap hit of $700,000. Initially acquired in a trade with the Buffalo Sabres on Feb. 24, Rodrigues (5-foot-11,...
Penguins re-sign forward Sam Lafferty to two-year deal
The Penguins have re-signed forward Sam Lafferty to a two-year contract with a salary cap hit of $750,000. A native of Hollidaysburg, Lafferty was scheduled to become a restricted free agent on Friday. He just completed a two-year entry-level contract with had a salary cap hit of $767,500. Lafferty, 25,...
Matt Murray thanks Pittsburgh, Penguins organization
Matt Murray took to social media to thank Pittsburgh for his time here. After news of his trade Wednesday to the Ottawa Senators for a second-round pick and mid-level forward prospect, he posted a message on his Instagram saying, “Thank you, Pittsburgh for some incredible years. I cherished every opportunity...
Ex-Penguins goaltender Matt Murray eager for new start with Senators
Matt Murray already has a poignant connection to his new team, the Ottawa Senators. A native of Thunder Bay, which is a 16-hour drive across the expanse of Ontario from Canada’s capital, Murray looked up to a journeyman NHL goaltender who spent parts of two seasons playing for the Senators...
U mad, bro? Steelers fans are smoldering. Pitt fans upset. Penguins fans ‘fond farewell’ to Matt Murray.
I’ve gained a whole new respect for Steelers fans. They’ve proven to me that they can get just as uncontrollably agitated about a game the Steelers didn’t even play as they can get about a game that the Steelers didn’t win. I mean, this Tennessee Titans postponement really has Western...
Penguins’ options were limited in trading Matt Murray
Jim Rutherford smirked when the idea was proposed to him. Trade Matt Murray? The Penguins general manager shook his head “no” while dismissing the notion. This happened in late April 2015 during Rutherford’s end-of-season media availability following his first year with the Penguins, and Murray was in the midst of...
Penguins select forward Chase Yoder in 6th roundVideo
The Penguins selected forward Chase Yoder in the sixth round (No. 170 overall) of the NHL Draft. A native of Fairview, Texas, Yoder, 18, appeared in 19 United States Hockey League (USHL) games for the U.S. National Team Development Program in 2019-20 and scored seven points (three goals, four assists)....
Penguins draft forward Raivis Ansons in fifth roundVideo
The Penguins drafted forward Raivis Ansons in the fifth round of the NHL Draft. A native of Riga, Latvia, Ansons spent last season with Baie-Comeau Drakkar of the Quebec Major Hockey League. Teammates with forward Nathan Legare, the Penguins’ third-round selection in 2019, Ansons, 18, appeared in 60 QMJHL games...
Penguins select forward Lukas Svejkovsky in 4th roundVideo
The Pittsburgh Penguins selected forward Lukas Svejkovsky with the 108th overall pick in the fourth round of the NHL Draft on Wednesday. A native of Point Roberts, Wash., Svejkovsky appeared in 52 Western Hockey League (WHL) games between the Vancouver Giants and Medicine Hat Tigers and recorded 38 points (18...
Penguins select Swedish goaltender Calle Clang in 3rd round
The Pittsburgh Penguins are going heavy on goaltenders with their early picks in the NHL Draft. After selecting Finnish-born Joel Blomqvist in the second round, the team chose Calle Clang, a native of Olofstrom, Sweden, in the third round with the No. 77 overall pick. Clang, 18, spent most of...
Penguins select Finnish goaltender Joel Blomqvist in 2nd round
Using the pick they acquired from the Ottawa Senators in exchange for goaltender Matt Murray, the Pittsburgh Penguins selected another goaltender. With the 52nd overall selection in the second round, the Penguins chose Joel Blomqvist of Karpat in Finland’s Liiga. During 2019-20, while playing for Karpat’s junior team in the...
Penguins trade 2-time Cup champion Matt Murray to Senators
The Matt Murray era has come to an end in Pittsburgh. On Wednesday, the Penguins traded the goaltender who led them to two Stanley Cup titles to the Ottawa Senators in exchange for a second-round pick (No. 52 overall) and forward prospect Jonathan Gruden. Murray, 26, is a pending restricted...
Mark Madden: Let’s play the Jack Johnson blame game
Defenseman Jack Johnson will no longer play for the Penguins. His contract got bought out. That solves all their problems. The Penguins would have won the last two Stanley Cups if Johnson wasn’t on the team. That’s what social media thinks. That’s what analytics geeks think. Johnson was the root...
First Call: Steelers pass rush facing banged up Eagles O-line. Vegas struggling to trade Marc-Andre Fleury.
Wednesday’s “First Call” outlines some offensive line problems in Philadelphia as the Eagles get ready to face a fearsome Steelers pass rush. The Vegas Golden Knights are struggling to trade Marc-Andre Fleury. And Ex-Pirates aplenty put their stamp on last night’s Yankees-Rays playoff game. More problems up front In advance...
NHL adjusts target date to open 2020-21 season to Jan. 1
The NHL and NHLPA announced on Tuesday a new target date of Jan. 1 to open the 2020-21 season. Previously, the NHL had identified Dec. 1. The NHL calendar has been impacted dramatically ever since the NHL halted play March 12 due to the coronavirus pandemic. After the remainder of...
‘Dead’ money on the salary cap is a way of life for the Penguins and other NHL teams
In August, Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford let it be known he didn’t want to utilize any buyouts while crafting his roster in advance of the NHL’s 2020-21 season. They were a last resort. “That’s the fallback position, buyouts, if we have to get to that,” Rutherford said. “I don’t...
Potential destinations for Matt Murray, Penguins fans won’t have Jack Johnson to kick around anymore
I’m not sure about much when it comes to the 2020-21 Pittsburgh Penguins. I’m not sure who will be on the roster. I’m not sure if they’ll make the playoffs. I’m not even sure if head coach Mike Sullivan will make it through the season. But I am sure that...
First Call: Browns working around big injury. Titans may face discipline. Happy ‘Sid’iversary, Pens fans.
After the NFL postponed a Steelers game in Nashville this Sunday due to coronavirus concerns, the Tennessee Titans appear to be turning the corner when it comes to controlling the spread. But will they get disciplined for protocol violations after failing to take proper measures to prevent its introduction to...
