[hide] The Pittsburgh Penguins coaching staff made defenseman Ryan Graves a healthy scratch vs the San Jose Sharks Saturday Night. Graves with 0 points and a minus-7 rating on the season, showed some improvement in the early going of the season but struggled mightily this week and he continues to perform at a #6th-#7th level defenseman. Frustrations starting to emerge with the coaching staff that a source says ‘they’ve had enough’. “It was an accumulation of events,” Sullivan said of sitting Graves. “We’re not satisfied with where we are at.”. Graves is signed through the 2028/2029 season with a $4.5 Million Cap Hit. [/hide]
November 17, 2024
Ryan Graves a healthy scratch vs Sharks
By William DePaoli
