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The Ottawa Senators signed former Penguins goaltender Matt Murray to a four-year contract with a salary cap hit of $6.25 million on Friday. Murray, who the Senators acquired in a trade with the Penguins on Wednesday, just completed a three-year contract with a salary cap hit of 3.75 million. A...

Former Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Justin Schultz signed a two-year contract with the Washington Capitals. The contract will carry a salary cap hit of $4 million. Just completing a three-year contract with a salary cap hit of $5.5 million, Schultz, 30, spent parts of five seasons with the Penguins and was...

Former Penguins defenseman Jack Johnson has signed with the New York Rangers. Per The Athletic, Johnston agreed to a one-year deal worth $1.15 million. On Monday, the Penguins bought out the final three years of a five-year contract they signed Johnson to in 2018. Johnson, who had a salary cap...

Evan Rodrigues’ time with the Pittsburgh Penguins was brief. His time away from them was even shorter. On Friday, the Penguins re-signed the versatile forward to a one-year contract with a salary cap hit of $700,000. Initially acquired in a trade with the Buffalo Sabres on Feb. 24, Rodrigues (5-foot-11,...

The Penguins have re-signed forward Sam Lafferty to a two-year contract with a salary cap hit of $750,000. A native of Hollidaysburg, Lafferty was scheduled to become a restricted free agent on Friday. He just completed a two-year entry-level contract with had a salary cap hit of $767,500. Lafferty, 25,...

Matt Murray already has a poignant connection to his new team, the Ottawa Senators. A native of Thunder Bay, which is a 16-hour drive across the expanse of Ontario from Canada’s capital, Murray looked up to a journeyman NHL goaltender who spent parts of two seasons playing for the Senators...

Jim Rutherford smirked when the idea was proposed to him. Trade Matt Murray? The Penguins general manager shook his head “no” while dismissing the notion. This happened in late April 2015 during Rutherford’s end-of-season media availability following his first year with the Penguins, and Murray was in the midst of...

The Pittsburgh Penguins are going heavy on goaltenders with their early picks in the NHL Draft. After selecting Finnish-born Joel Blomqvist in the second round, the team chose Calle Clang, a native of Olofstrom, Sweden, in the third round with the No. 77 overall pick. Clang, 18, spent most of...

Using the pick they acquired from the Ottawa Senators in exchange for goaltender Matt Murray, the Pittsburgh Penguins selected another goaltender. With the 52nd overall selection in the second round, the Penguins chose Joel Blomqvist of Karpat in Finland’s Liiga. During 2019-20, while playing for Karpat’s junior team in the...

The Matt Murray era has come to an end in Pittsburgh. On Wednesday, the Penguins traded the goaltender who led them to two Stanley Cup titles to the Ottawa Senators in exchange for a second-round pick (No. 52 overall) and forward prospect Jonathan Gruden. Murray, 26, is a pending restricted...

The NHL and NHLPA announced on Tuesday a new target date of Jan. 1 to open the 2020-21 season. Previously, the NHL had identified Dec. 1. The NHL calendar has been impacted dramatically ever since the NHL halted play March 12 due to the coronavirus pandemic. After the remainder of...

In August, Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford let it be known he didn’t want to utilize any buyouts while crafting his roster in advance of the NHL’s 2020-21 season. They were a last resort. “That’s the fallback position, buyouts, if we have to get to that,” Rutherford said. “I don’t...

The Big Ten announced it is aiming to open the 2020-21 men’s hockey season by Nov. 13. No schedule has been announced, but play will involve a 24-game regular season scheduled for all seven members of the conference. Penn State is a member of the conference as is Michigan, Michigan...

Patrik Allvin, the Penguins’ director of amateur scouting, could be forgiven if he is a little jealous of his peers. While his counterparts with organizations such as the Anaheim Ducks, New Jersey Devils, New York Rangers and Ottawa Senators are scheduled to have multiple first-round selections in the NHL Draft...

Jack Johnson’s time in Pittsburgh has come to an end. On Monday, the Penguins placed the veteran defenseman on unconditional waivers for the purposes of buying out the final three years of a five-year contract he signed in 2018. The man who extended and ultimately ended that contract wishes it...

Patrik Allvin has an interesting way of describing the NHL’s entry draft. “It the same for the players, and it the same for the scouts,” said the Pittsburgh Penguins’ director of amateur scouting. “This is the graduation. This is the thing you really work hard for. This is excitement. Every...

When the NHL’s free agent signing period opens up on Friday, it’s a safe assumption the Penguins won’t be going after any All-Stars scheduled to be available. “It’s not going to be any of the big free agents,” general manager Jim Rutherford said in a telephone interview with the Tribune-Review...

The Pittsburgh Penguins have re-signed their long-time goaltender of the future. Now, they just have to figure out the future of their goaltender with two Stanley Cup rings. On Saturday, the team re-signed Tristan Jarry, a pending restricted free agent, to a three-year contract that carries a salary cap hit...

Even if he didn’t know when his next game was going to be, Penn State cornerback Joey Porter Jr. remained prepared throughout August and September while the Big Ten’s 2020 season was still canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. “It’s definitely hard,” Porter Jr. said via video conference Thursday. “Because...

In a shortened season bound to be filled with uncertainty, one thing will be concrete for Penn State. There will be no Micah Parsons. On Aug. 6, the star linebacker decided to opt out of the 2020 campaign because of the coronavirus pandemic as well as his prospects as a...