Penguins/NHL category, Page 129

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,...

Thursday’s “First Call” takes a look at how some other teams in the Penguins’ division were impacted by NHL free agency. Local star Vince Trocheck has a new home. Some Penguins-killers are on the move. Pat Freiermuth may be on the verge of making some money for Steelers fans. And...

The Steelers announced that they are giving the naming rights for Heinz Field to some company you’ve never heard of, from a city that isn’t Pittsburgh. The Penguins are bringing back a team that won’t change at all from the team that has failed to win its last five playoff...

Forward Drake Caggiula will get a chance to bounce back from injury with the Penguins next season. Caggiula, 28, signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Penguins on Wednesday. It pays $750,000 at the NHL level. Caggiula is recovering from February surgery to repair a herniated disc in his neck....

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

Ron Hextall executed his plan, and did it well. Whether or not it’s the correct plan, and how well it works, is yet to be seen. The Penguins GM kept all four of his marquee free agents, bringing each in at under market value. Probably. The word is that Evgeni...

Wednesday’s “First Call” has a career update for former Pittsburgh Steeler Le’Veon Bell. Najee Harris is turning NFL heads already. Penguins draft choice Owen Pickering discloses his musical talent. And a rare Clay Holmes blowup hurts the Yankees and Gerrit Cole. Boxing for Bell Former Steeler Le’Veon Bell is taking...

Did you ever break up with someone after a long relationship, then start dating somebody else you barely know right away in an attempt to get back at that other person? Did that new relationship immediately start off with a $30 million prenup? That sort of feels like what happened...

Did re-signing franchise cornerstone Evgeni Malkin, as the Penguins did Tuesday night, guarantee the team will host a championship parade down Grant Street in the next four years? Of course not. The team’s superstars aren’t getting any younger, and besides, that’s not how the NHL works. But it did greatly...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

If you were under the impression that Evgeni Malkin’s contract negotiations with the Pittsburgh Penguins were going to end as swimmingly as Kris Letang’s did, sorry to disappoint. Apparently, this keeping the band together idea isn’t going to happen without getting out of tune. Malkin has been playing hardball with...

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...

In December, Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin joked he was already a “pretty rich guy.” It looks like he would prefer to maintain the status quo. According to multiple reports, Malkin, a pending unrestricted free agent who happens to be one of the greatest players in the history of the...