Now, he’ll hope that this successful tryout with Ceske Budejovice (he played four preseason games on a PTO) will help get him back on track and perhaps back onto the NHL radar.
Cody Eakin to the Flames on a PTO Elliotte Friedman: The Calgary Flames have signed forward Cody Eakin to a PTO. A 185-day season for salary cap purposes Puck Pedia: Last season had 200 days but this season will have 185 days for salary cap purposes.
The Pens couldn’t quit Dom Simon, but he may have politely declined them On Saturday, news broke from HC Sparta Praha in the Czech Republic that forward Dominik Simon had signed with the club he played for from 2012-14.
After seeing NHL action in each of the last seven seasons, Dominik Simon is heading home to where it all began.
What will the Pittsburgh Penguins do? Whatever the Penguins management decides to do, it seems the players braced for goodbyes. The Carolina Hurricanes dished a little medicine back to the New York Rangers with a late tying goal and OT win.
The Penguins make a big trade after all To an extent, making a trade and burning a future asset in exchange for help now ended up carrying the day in Pittsburgh after all at the NHL trade deadline.
A right-shot man with a higher pedigree to fit in on the third pairing with Mike Matheson will only improve this team’s playoff aspirations.
It looks as if the Pittsburgh Penguins could be getting some players back for Sunday’s home game against the San Jose Sharks, players who had been in NHL’s COVID-19 protocol.
The Pittsburgh Penguins have announced that Teddy Blueger, Tristan Jarry, John Marino, Mike Matheson, Evan Rodrigues and Dominik Simon have all been added to the COVID protocol and are currently unavailable.
According to various reports, Pittsburgh Penguins star center Evgeni Malkin was back on the ice with his teammates for practice Tuesday in Edmonton, in a non-contact capacity again.
The Pittsburgh Penguins showed a different configuration of their fourth line Tuesday at their morning skate at PPG Paints Arena. Brian Boyle, the fourth-line center pretty much all season, was replaced by Evan Rodrigues, with Dominik Simon moving to the right wing.
Pittsburgh’s first win of the preseason was last night in Buffalo In the preseason, it really doesn’t matter if a hockey team wins or loses, but the Penguins did win 2-1 last night in Buffalo.
Filppula is the latest veteran Detroit has passed through waivers. The 36-year-old forward has registered just five points in 20 games and is nearing the end of what has actually been quite a successful career.
The Calgary Flames announced on Thursday that they've signed former Pittsburgh Penguins forward Dominik Simon to a one-year contract worth $700,000.
While these players (among the others who were non-tendered) can become unrestricted free agents on Friday, some teams will still be negotiating with their players to try to get them at a lower salary than either their qualifying offer or their expected arbitration salary.
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