The Pittsburgh Penguins announced today they have resigned defenseman Juuso Riikola to a 1 year, $850,000 contract. The deal is a 1-way contract for the 25 year old who appeared in 37 games for the Penguins in 2018-2019, totaling 2 goals and 3 assists. Pittsburgh last week signed depth defenseman Chad Ruhwedel to a 2 year, 1.4 million contract as the Riikola contracts gives the Penguins 8 defensemen on 1-way contracts with Marcus Pettersson (RFA) unsigned.