Two underperforming teams swapped underperforming wingers late last night as the Pittsburgh Penguins shipped forward David Perron and blueliner Adam Clendening to the Anaheim Ducks for left winger Carl Hagelin. The Penguins acquired Perron, 27, last season from the Edmonton Oilers for depth forward Rob Klinkhammer and the 16th overall pick in the 2015 NHL Draft. In 86 games with the Penguins between parts of two seasons, Perron scored 16 goals and recorded 38 points, including four goals and ... Read More
Penguins defensive depth taking shape
The Pittsburgh Penguins training camp is almost finished with just one final preseason game remaining. There has been a lot of talk about who would make the opening night roster, but after the most recent stretch of games the eight defensemen the Penguins plan to start the season with appear to have stepped forward. Roster Locks There are a handful of players that were all but guaranteed to make the opening night lineup as long as they can manage to remain healthy. Kris Letang is the ... Read More
Questions remain on defense for Pens
Throughout the Penguins offseason, most of the attention of the fans, the media and the front office was the team’s group of forwards. General manager Jim Rutherford took great strides forward in his second offseason with the club, bringing Phil Kessel, Nick Bonino, Sergei Plotnikov, Eric Fehr and Matt Cullen to an already-talented group of forwards. What wasn’t addressed was the team’s defense. Through five preseason games, it seems that it may be an issue. They’ve given up 12 goals in the ... Read More
Pens sign Fehr; trade Sutter to Vancouver
The Pittsburgh Penguins have signed free-agent center Eric Fehr to a three-year contract worth $2 million annually. To make room under the salary cap for Fehr, the Penguins traded center Brandon Sutter, along with a 2016 third-round draft choice, to the Vancouver Canucks for Nick Bonino, Adam Clendening and a 2016 second-round pick. Fehr, 29, had spent nine of is 10 NHL seasons with the Washington Capitals, who drafted him in the first round in 2003. In 75 games with the Caps in 2014-15, Fehr ... Read More