Penguins/NHL
Prior to today’s 5:00 p.m. deadline, the Pittsburgh Penguins did not make a qualifying offer to center Riley Sheahan and winger Tom Kuhnhackl.
Both players are now unrestricted free agents and free to sign anywhere on July 1.
The Penguins are fully moving on from Kuhnhackl but the team had been trying to sign Riley Sheahan to a deal slightly To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!
In the lead-up to today’s qualifying offer deadline, Pittsburgh offered Sheahan a 2To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!
The Penguins offer was declined by Sheahan and countered today, a source says.
Indications are the Penguins felt were they to qualifying Sheahan, Sheahan’s camp planned to target arbitration this summer where team officials projected Sheahan was a candidate to get somewhere To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!
The Sheahan camp saw Ryan Spooner’s To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!
