Penguins/NHL
Penguins General Manager Kyle Dubas is Jim Rutherford like in how he’s always in on everything and always open to making changes to the roster. Difference is everything with Dubas is much more thought out and calculated than making knee jerk, emotional moves like Rutherford was so accustomed to doing.
For those reasons the Penguins are a team Monday to watch on the waiver wire. As the team is very comfortable going into the season with Colin White or Radim Zohorna as the 13th forward on the roster, the organization went well into Sunday were still mulling outside options at the forward position and on defense, particularly the right D spot.
“Kyle and our staff are going to have some difficult decisions here within the next 24 hours, ” said Mike Sullivan following Sunday’s practice. “There’s a lot of things that are on the table at this point. We’ll work through those.”
The Penguins on Sunday placed Colin White (1 year, $775K Two-Way Deal signed on Saturday), Radim Zohorna, Vinnie Hinostroza, Mark Friedman and Magnus Hellberg on waivers as the newly acquired Jansen Harkins won a role in the lineup rather quickly and defenseman Ryan Shea, among the major surprises in camp, for now avoided being placed on waivers. If all clear and the Penguins don’t make any outside additions, the coaching staff is said to prefer to have To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!
On defense, the organization remains open to adding a tougher minded physical defenseman to round out the third pair or serve as the 7th defenseman. With Kyle Dubas having ties To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!
