Cuts on Wednesday leave Pittsburgh with just one junior-aged player in camp
The Penguins trimmed away two more players from their roster yesterday.
The Penguins have assigned the following players to their respective junior teams:
– Tanner Howe, Regina Pats (WHL)
– Finn Harding, Brampton Steelheads (OHL)— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) September 25, 2024
These cuts of 2024 draft picks leaves a fellow 2024 draftee Harrison Brunicke as the last junior-aged player still in NHL training camp this year for the Pens. Brunicke has impressed at the Prospects Challenge and was named to both game day rosters for the two exhibition games so far (although he was a healthy scratch for last game). Still, that goes to show how much the team likes the youngster and is interested in seeing him a little more and longer than all their other young prospects.
The healthy players remaining in camp are:
Forwards (35)
NHL Contracts: Noel Acciari, Corey Andonovski, Raivis Ansons, Anthony Beauviller, Emil Bemstrom, Tristan Broz, Michael Bunting, Sidney Crosby, Lars Eller, Cody Glass, Jonathan Gruden, Kevin Hayes, Boko Imama, Marc Johnstone, Joona Koppanen, Ville Koivunen, Blake Lizotte, Bennett MacArthur, Evgeni Malkin, Rutger McGroarty, Drew O’Connor, Vasily Ponomarev, Sam Poulin, Jesse Puljujarvi, Valtteri Puustinen, Rickard Rakell, Bryan Rust
AHL Contracts: Atley Calvert, Avery Hayes, Sam Houde, Jimmy Huntington, Logan Pietila
UFA Invites: Jack Beck, Mathieu De St. Phalle, Gabe Klassen
Defense (21)
NHL Contracts: Sebastian Aho, Isaac Belliveau, Harrison Brunicke, Ryan Graves, Matt Grzelcyk, Mac Hollowell, Erik Karlsson, Filip Kral, Kris Letang, John Ludvig, Marcus Pettersson, Owen Pickering, Ryan Shea, Jack St. Ivany
AHL Contract: Scooter Brickley, Nathan Clurman, Justin Lee, Mats Lindgren, Dan Renouf, Philip Waugh
Professional Tryout: Nikolai Knyzhov
Goalies (5)
NHL Contracts: Joel Blomoqvist, Tristan Jarry, Filip Larsson, Sergei Murashov, Alex Nedeljkovic
Pittsburgh still has a ton of cuts to make, but soon enough AHL training camp will open in Wilkes-Barre and much of the current list will be trimmed. The Pens have back-to-back games this weekend on Saturday and Sunday and figure to use 40+ different players to get through those events.