Pro Hockey Rumors

Taking on the Metropolitan Division-leading New York Rangers tonight, the Pittsburgh Penguins are in dire need of defensive depth and will receive that as the team announced John Ludvig has officially been activated off of the LTIR. It is unknown at this point whether or not the Penguins will dress six or seven defensemen tonight, but Ludvig will be in the lineup … [Read more...] about Pittsburgh Penguins Activate John Ludvig From LTIR

Earlier today, the Pittsburgh Penguins placed both forward Rickard Rakell, and defenseman Chad Ruhwedel, and have been busy today seeking their replacements for the foreseeable future. After signing defenseman Dmitri Samorukov a few hours ago, the team announced it would be recalling forward Alexander Nylander and Jansen Harkins from their AHL affiliate, the … [Read more...] about Pittsburgh Penguins Recall Alex Nylander, Jansen Harkins

Devils superstar center Jack Hughes has officially returned to the lineup tonight against the Rangers after missing five games with an injury to his right shoulder. It’s about right on schedule for the 22-year-old, who sustained the injury on November 3 against the Blues and was subsequently listed as week-to-week. Already with a goal and assist in tonight’s contest at the time … [Read more...] about East Notes: Hughes, Meier, Harvey-Pinard, Carter

After spending nearly a month on the team’s long-term injured reserve, the Pittsburgh Penguins announce they have activated goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic, and have sent down Magnus Hellberg to their AHL affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. Earlier in the year, Nedeljkovic played in two games for the Penguins, earning a .914 SV% and a 3.01 GAA before a lower-body injury … [Read more...] about Penguins Activate Alex Nedeljkovic, Send Down Magnus Hellberg

6:05 p.m.: In what may be an NHL record, the Penguins have returned Harkins to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton less than two hours after recalling him. It’s unclear why they opted to bring him up to the NHL in the first place, but this may be part of the moves Pittsburgh needs to make to take Nedeljkovic off LTIR. 4:19 p.m.: The Penguins announced the recall of winger Jansen Harkins from … [Read more...] about Penguins Reassign Jansen Harkins