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Penguins Activate Kevin Hayes, Assign Vasily Ponomarev To AHL

The Pittsburgh Penguins have activated center Kevin Hayes off injured reserve and returned forward Vasily Ponomarev to the AHL.

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Published: 1 month ago

32 Thoughts: Post-draft buzz with free agency up next

Tampa Bay’s draft trades open up the possibility they could go after Jake Guentzel; what Toronto could give Chris Tanev; how close Columbus was to trading the fourth overall pick; and more thoughts from Elliotte Friedman.

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Published: 6 months ago

Steven Stamkos To Hit Unrestricted Free Agency, Lightning To Pursue Jake Guentzel

By trading away defenseman Mikhail Sergachev and forward Tanner Jeannot earlier this afternoon, the Tampa Bay Lightning have $11.165MM more to work with this summer than they did 24 hours ago. Much of the early conjecture perceived the cap-clearing m

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Published: 6 months ago

NHL Rumors: Jake Guentzel Contract Eyed By Lightning in FA amid Steven Stamkos Buzz

The Tampa Bay Lightning appear to be pursuing a pending unrestricted free agent that isn't Steven Stamkos. The Lightning made multiple trades during Day 2 of…

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Published: 6 months ago

NHL Draft rumblings: What the Lightning are up to, Utah's defense haul, Guentzel, Reinhart and more

The Lightning have freed up cap space, but is it going to Steven Stamkos or ... Jake Guentzel? Here's the buzz from execs at the NHL Draft.

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Published: 6 months ago

Penguins Video Q&A: The Hayes Trade, Draft Picks and Next Deal?

LAS VEGAS — From the hallway in Encore because Sphere quickly ushered us out after the draft. The big news of Saturday was not the Pittsburgh Penguins draft but the Penguins’ trade with the St. Louis Blues for Kevin Hayes. The Penguins acquired H

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Published: 6 months ago

Penguins round out 2024 draft with three late-round selections

Photo by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI via Getty Images Pittsburgh adds two more defensemen and an intriguing forward over the sixth and seventh rounds of the draft The Pittsburgh Penguins finished up the 2024 NHL Entry draft by ma

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Published: 6 months ago

Ranking the NHL's top 25 pending UFAs

The 2024 class of unrestricted free agents once could've included the likes of Auston Matthews, William Nylander, Connor Hellebuyck, Mark Scheifele, Devon Toews, and Noah Hanifin. Those impact players ultimately re-upped with their clubs, and in the

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Published: 6 months ago

6 interesting teams to watch in free agency

Folks, the NHL silly season is upon us (as evidenced by a whopping nine player trades during the draft on Saturday).Though all 32 general managers are bound to be attached to their phones when the free-agent market opens Monday at noon ET, we've sing

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Published: 6 months ago

Lightning GM: Stamkos to test free agency

Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Julien BriseBois revealed Saturday that team captain and longtime franchise fixture Steven Stamkos plans to become a free agent Monday."As of now, we've both agreed to go to July 1," the GM said, per NHL.com's Dan

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Published: 6 months ago

Penguins Draft: Picks From Rounds 4-7, One Electric but Small Prospect

LAS VEGAS — The pace of the picks slowed, as did the recognizability of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ selections. After grabbing a couple of Team Canada players in the second round, the Penguins had four more picks to unearth talent in the later round

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Published: 6 months ago

Penguins Draft Marchand-like Agitator at 46: Tanner Howe Scouting Report

LAS VEGAS — The Pittsburgh Penguins news was flying fast and furious Saturday morning. In a span of a few minutes the Penguins selected Harrison Brunicke with the 44th pick, traded for Kevin Hayes from the St. Louis Blues, and used the 46th overall

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Published: 6 months ago

Carolina Hurricanes select Justin Poirier No. 156 overall in 2024 NHL Draft

Poirier is QMJHL’s first 17-year-old to score 50 goals since Sidney Crosby.

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Published: 6 months ago