Last night, Edmonton Oilers forward Kasperi Kapanen made his return to the lineup after an extended injury absence. That absence included a setback at practice, when he was on the verge of returning initially.
Kyle Dubas has made the decision to send Sebastian Aho back down to the AHL's WIlkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, cutting his time short with the big club.
Seth Rorabaugh of Tribune-Review Sports is reporting that the Pittsburgh Penguins have assigned defenseman Sebastian Aho and forward Matt Nieto to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the AHL.
There's more to hockey than scoring goals and stopping pucks. For some players, putting up points came second to their main task: angering their opponents.
The Pittsburgh Penguins trimmed their roster by two Sunday, waiving defenseman Sebastian Aho and minor league tough guy Boko Imama. Imama wasn’t expected to make the NHL roster, but Aho was in full competition for an NHL spot on the Penguins blue line.
On paper, the Pittsburgh Penguins are not a better team in August than they were in October or April. It will be curious if the team can transfer the positive
Random thoughts on overlooked items In the rash of signings last week, one player is standing out as a low-key potential contributor to the Penguins that most might not realize at the moment.
The left-shot Swede had been a career Islander up to this point, playing in parts of five NHL seasons after being drafted by them in the fifth round in 2017.
There was a funny — and very unique — moment in the third period of the Islanders' 3-2 win over the Hurricanes on Tuesday night when two players, with the exact same name, shared the penalty box at the exact same time.
Totals continue to lead the way lately in the NHL, and the sides and total market is where my morning research began. While shots on goal props have not been yielding much success, I do still believe in the market as long as we pick and choose our spots.