Pens Points: It‘s Wednesday, you know what that means
News and notes for the Penguins and around the league on this mid-week day
Sorting through the news to know after last night’s preseason game against the Sabres.
Mosey on over to our takeaways from the 3-2 loss, if you haven’t already (or even if you have!) [Pensburgh]
Boko Imama’s no stranger to the physical stuff, and he’s played 15 total NHL games in parts of the last three seasons. [Trib Live]
Bringing back a beloved veteran for NHL teams. Tough to argue against a 50 goal, pure power forward on Sid’s left wing. Too bad it has to be a veteran, this team is old enough. Make the next one a young player and reverse the Markus Naslund for Alek Stojanov deal and bring back a 23-year old star! [Daily Faceoff]
The upcoming NHL docuseries on Amazon looks really good. Shame that there weren’t any Penguins profiled in it, but Connor McDavid getting real and raw in the lockerroom after a Stanley Cup Final loss is tremendous theater. [Sportsnet]
Wooo, boy. Igor Shesterkin and the Rangers are reportedly “not remotely close” with their initial contract extension talks as a possible self-imposed regular season deadline starts to loom. [The Athletic $]
Another goalie negotiation that is not currently going very well is between Boston and restricted free agent Jeremy Swayman. Former Penguin Ryan Whitney is right in the middle of it and gave his current thoughts on the process. [Twitter]
The Athletic also drops some player tiers and this interesting bite on Evgeni Malkin, “At 37, he put up 2.18 points per 60 at five-on-five — same as Tim Stützle, who’s 15 years younger and $2.25 million more expensive”. [The Athletic]
Gary Bettman is slow-playing where the NHL is at about its next round of expansion, saying recently reporting is wrong and too advanced. [TSN]
Taylor Hall is on the comeback trail an ready to go after suffering an early season-ending injury last year. [NHL]