With the Pittsburgh Penguins entering the offseason after a brief return to the postseason, TribLive will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at all 53 individuals signed to an NHL contract — including those whose deals do not begin until future seasons — with the organization.

Starting with veteran Noel Acciari and going on through to prospect Bill Zonnon, every player will be profiled in alphabetical order.

This series is scheduled to be published every day until June 24, two days before the start of the NHL Draft. In the event of a transaction, that schedule will be altered as necessary.

(Note: All contract information courtesy of Puckpedia.)

Connor Dewar

Position: Center

Shoots: Left

Age: 26

Height: 5-foot-10

Weight: 187 pounds

2025-26 NHL regular season statistics: 78 games, 30 points (14 goals, 30 assists), 13:55 of average ice time per contest

2025-26 NHL postseason statistics: Six games, two points (two goals, zero assists), 13:49 of average ice time per contest

Contract: Signed to a one-year contract with a salary cap hit of $1.1 million. Entering the first year of a two-year contract with a salary cap hit of $2.25 million. Pending restricted free agent in 2028

Acquired: Trade, March 7, 2025

This season: When the Penguins acquired Connor Dewar in a deal with the Toronto Maple Leafs at last season’s trade deadline, he was something of a lost soul as an NHLer.

After drifting through his first four seasons in the league with the Minnesota Wild and Maple Leafs, Dewar joined the Penguins and began to find more of a defined purpose under former coach Mike Sullivan by filling in holes among all four lines to fill in for various absences.

Then this season, he found a pretty steady full-time role on what became the Penguins’ venerated LAD line with fellow fourth-liners Blake Lizotte and Noel Acciari.

Primarily stationed on the left wing of that line, Dewar was a vital component of a trio that was entrusted with demanding defensive assignments. Additionally, Dewar tapped into an offensive component to his game.

Despite largely being on the fourth line and getting little in the way of power-play opportunities, Dewar registered career highs in goals and points.

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Dewar filled in gaps in the lineup when injuries dictated. During a four-game stretch in mid-November, he stepped in on the left wing of the top line when incumbent Rickard Rakell was sidelined by a hand injury. He also replaced Acciari and Lizotte as the right wing and center of the fourth line, respectively, when they were hobbled by their own maladies.

Broken down, Dewar opened 56 regular season games on the left wing, 14 at center and eight at the right wing.

In addition to his duties in five-on-five scenarios, Dewar was the Penguins’ most prominent penalty killer, averaging a team-leading 2:41 of average short-handed ice time per contest.

After Dewar’s own undisclosed injury led to him missing the final four games of the regular season, he rejoined the lineup by the time the postseason opened and was a steady presence in the lineup for all six games of the team’s first-round series loss to the Philadelphia Flyers. His two goals were tied with defenseman Kris Letang and Evgeni Malkin for the team lead in goals over the series.

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The future: Entering the offseason, it was fair to wonder if Dewar would opt to remain with the Penguins. He was coming off a career year and potentially entering a free agent market that had limited options and plenty of teams with tons of salary cap space.

He could have very easily commanded a bigger contract with more term and more salary. But he ultimately opted to remain with the Penguins with a team-friendly deal.

Dewar genuinely appreciates what he found with the Penguins.

A role.

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