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Penguins sign former Capitals defenseman Alex Alexeyev
The Pittsburgh Penguins have signed defenseman Alex Alexeyev to a one-year contract worth $775,000. His addition to the roster was reflected on the NHL’s media website while Puckpedia reported contractual information. He is scheduled to become a restricted free agent at the conclusion of the deal. A first-round draft pick...
Tim Benz: Kyle Dubas puts emphasis on individual development for Penguins’ 1st round ‘triplets’Video
The last time the Pittsburgh Penguins drafted three players in the first round, it was 1984. Two of those players were Doug Bodger and Roger Belanger. The third guy? I don’t remember. Did he ever amount to much? Oh … right. No. None of the three players Pens general manager...
Penguins sign former Canadiens forward Rafael Harvey-PinardVideo
The Pittsburgh Penguins signed forward Rafael Harvey-Pinard to a one-year, two-way contract that carries a salary cap hit of $775,000. A native of Saguenay, Quebec, Harvey-Pinard has spent the first five years of his professional career with the Montreal Canadiens organization after being a seventh-round draft pick (No. 201 overall)...
Penguins goaltending prospect Taylor Gauthier signs AHL deal with Wilkes-Barre/ScrantonVideo
Goaltending prospect Taylor Gauthier has signed a one-year American Hockey League (AHL) contract with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. This signing comes after the Pittsburgh Penguins opted to not extend a qualifying offer to Gauthier as a pending restricted free agent on Monday with regards to his NHL rights. That decision allowed...
Penguins sign former Oilers defenseman Phil KempVideo
The Pittsburgh Penguins have signed defenseman Phil Kemp to a two-year, two-way contract with a salary cap hit of $775,000. No announcement has been made by the team but Kemp was added to the NHL’s media website on Wednesday morning while Puckpedia had the financial terms of his new contract....
Penguins sign forward Anthony Mantha to 1-year contractVideo
The Pittsburgh Penguins have signed forward Anthony Mantha to a one-year contract that carries a salary cap hit of $2.5 million. The deal also offers a performance bonus of up to $2 million. According to Puckpedia, Mantha can collect bonuses of $250,000 for every 10th game he plays in up...
Former Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins forward Jimmy Huntington signs with Sharks
Former Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins forward Jimmy Huntington has signed a one-year, two-way contract with the San Jose Sharks. Financial terms were not announced but deals such as this typically carry a salary cap hit of $775,000. The Pittsburgh Penguins signed Huntington to a one-year, two-way contract with a salary cap hit...
Penguins trade away goalie Alex Nedeljkovic, avoid big-ticket items on 1st day of free agency
Alex Nedeljkovic was under no misconceptions as to how the offseason might unfold. His gig as the Pittsburgh Penguins primary backup goaltender was far from secure. “At the end of the day, it’s a business,” Nedeljkovic said during the team’s season-ending interviews April 18 in Cranberry. “(Management is) going to...
Penguins sign defenseman Caleb Jones to 2-year contract
The Pittsburgh Penguins signed defenseman Caleb Jones to a two-year contract with a salary cap hit of $900,000. Jones, 28, spent the 2024-25 season with the Los Angeles Kings organization, primarily at the American Hockey League level. In six NHL games, the left-hander did not record a point while averaging...
Report: Penguins sign forward Justin Brazeau to 2-year contractVideo
According to Puckpedia, the Pittsburgh Penguins signed unrestricted free-agent forward Justin Brazeau to a two-year contract with a salary cap hit of $1.5 million on Tuesday. The 27-year-old Brazeau (pronounced BRAZ-oh) split the 2024-25 campaign between the Boston Bruins and Minnesota Wild. In total, he played in 76 games last...
Penguins trade goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic to Sharks for 2028 3rd-round pickVideo
The Pittsburgh Penguins traded goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic to the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday in exchange for a third-round selection in the 2028 NHL Draft. Nedeljkovic, 29, is entering the final year of a two-year contract with a salary cap hit of $2.5 million. Initially joining the Penguins as an...
Penguins re-sign forwards Connor Dewar, Philip TomasinoVideo
The Pittsburgh Penguins re-signed forwards Connor Dewar and Philip Tomasino to one-year contracts. Dewar’s salary cap hit is $1.1 million and he is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent following the completion of this contract. Meanwhile, Tomasino will carry a hit of $1.75 million and is scheduled to become...
Ex-Penguins defenseman Nate Clurman signs with CanadiensVideo
Former Penguins defenseman Nate Clurman has signed with the Montreal Canadiens, agreeing to a one-year, two-way contract with a salary cap hit of $775,000. The Penguins signed Clurman to a one-year, two-way contract with an identical salary cap hit last offseason. A sixth-round draft pick (No. 161 overall) of the...
Report: Penguins sign defenseman Parker Wotherspoon for 2 yearsVideo
According to Puckpedia, the Pittsburgh Penguins signed unrestricted free agent defenseman Parker Wotherspoon to a two-year contract with a salary cap hit of $1 million. Wotherspoon, who turns 28 on Aug. 24, spent the 2024-25 season with the Boston Bruins. Appearing in a career-high 55 games, the left-handed Wotherspoon scored...
Tim Benz: Kyle Dubas doesn’t question the strategy of Penguins’ draft pick stockpile
As Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Kyle Dubas started to amass draft picks throughout last season in an effort to help rebuild the franchise, few felt all the selections he had for the 2025 entry process would be used as actual picks. After all, as of Friday morning, he had 11...
Penguins’ negotiations continue with Conor Dewar, Philip Tomasino
Pittsburgh Penguins forwards Connor Dewar and Philip Tomasino did not receive qualifying offers as pending restricted free agents by the NHL’s deadline to extend such offers at 5 p.m. Monday. But that does not necessarily mean they will be leaving the club. Earlier in the day, Penguins president of hockey...
Carter Sanderson, Brady Peddle go from USHL Clark Cup adversaries to Penguins draft picks
The 2025 Clark Cup Finals to determine the United States Hockey League champion was a series to remember. Pitting the Waterloo Black Hawks against the Muskegon Lumberjacks, it went the distance, requiring five games before Muskegon triumphed 4-3 in overtime. As it turned out, two of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 2025...
Penguins president Kyle Dubas doesn’t expect to be aggressive in free agency
Kyle Dubas was beaming about his club’s future. In a somewhat ostentatious presentation by the Pittsburgh Penguins at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry on Monday, Dubas stood up on the stage constructed on the main rink of the facility and showcased each member of the Penguins draft class from...
Penguins announce development camp roster
The Pittsburgh Penguins unveiled their development camp roster a few days before welcoming a host of prospects to UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry from Thursday through July 7. All sessions in Cranberry, culminating with a prospect tournament at noon July 7, are free and open to the public. The...
Penguins hire Mike Stothers as assistant coach
The Pittsburgh Penguins hired Mike Stothers as an assistant coach. That appointment was announced Monday. Stothers, 63, is expected to oversee the team’s defensemen and penalty kill. A native of Toronto, Stothers has an extensive history as a coach at various levels, starting in 1991 when he was an assistant...
Madden Monday: Expect Sidney Crosby to retire a Penguin, but ‘this year will test him’
My anticipation heading into the NHL draft was that the Pittsburgh Penguins would use one of their two first-round draft picks while parlaying the other for a player who could bolster the 2025-26 roster. Instead, they ended up acquiring a third pick in the first round and using all three...
Penguins 3rd-round pick Charlie Trethewey’s journey brings him back to PittsburghVideo
Charlie Trethewey will be somewhere familiar later this week. The UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry. He has been in the auxiliary dressing room adjacent to the Pittsburgh Penguins’ portion of the facility. The five Stanley Cup banners, the pictures of Western Pennsylvanians who have reached the NHL and the...
A breakdown of the Penguins’ 10 selections from Day 2 of NHL DraftVideo
The Pittsburgh Penguins made 10 selections on Day 2 of the 2025 NHL Draft on Saturday: four defensemen, five forwards and a goalie through rounds 2-7. Penguins vice president of player personnel Wes Clark offered insights into each player as well as general scouting reports of the newest additions to...
The Penguins’ rebuild accelerates after drafting 13 players
It hasn’t even been a year since Wes Clark was hired as the Pittsburgh Penguins’ vice president of player personnel. Brought on staff July 9, 2024, Clark was reunited with president of hockey operations Kyle Dubas, with whom he worked in previous stops with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Sault...
West Mifflin native L.J. Mooney drafted by Canadiens in 4th round
The Montreal Canadiens selected forward L.J. Mooney, a native of West Mifflin, in the fourth round (No. 113 overall) of the NHL Draft on Saturday. Last season, Mooney skated in 51 games for the United States National Team Development Program’s under-18 squad and scored 51 points (10 goals, 41 assists)....
