It has been a trying season for Pittsburgh so far as they’ve dealt with numerous injuries and inconsistency in goal. Despite that, the Penguins head into Thursday’s games eight points up on a playoff spot in the East Division which has them thinking about adding to their roster. Speaking with Josh Yohe of The Athletic (subscription link), team president Brian Burke indicated that he’d like to add a player by next month’s deadline but also recognizes the challenges in doing so:
“We’d like to make it better. Here’s the thing. We don’t have any picks left. We aren’t putting our top kids in play. So, we don’t necessarily have certain things to offer that other teams do. The things we can offer are a little different than other teams, maybe. But if we can add, we’re going to add. Put it that way.”
While the team has ample space right now with LTIR, that will go away when Jason Zucker returns so they’ll be limited to their remaining cap room. Per CapFriendly, that stands at about $1.1M but that’s only if they wait to make a move until deadline day. As Zucker and perhaps others come back, that should improve a bit but it looks as if it will take some creativity for them to add an impact player by April 12th.
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