Pittsburgh Penguins

On the day they traded longtime defenseman Mattias Ekholm, and a day after they announced general manager David Poile would retire after this season and ...

MORE: The 6-foot, 183-pounder was first among AHL rookies with those 32 assists and was tied for second in points. The 21-year-old was leading the Milwaukee Admirals with 41 points (nine goals, 32 assists) in 49 games. Jason Zucker made it 2-1 Penguins with 1:39 remaining in regulation. Forward Mark Jankowski broke a scoreless tie 7 minutes, 1 second into the third period.

It sounds like something is cooking between the Vancouver Canucks and Pittsburgh Penguins. Brock Boeser and J.T. Miller have been mentioned.

Rossi is reporting that sources with both the Canucks and Penguins are saying they don’t think Boeser will be traded to Pittsburgh. Will the Canucks and Penguins be able to get a deal done? It’s been a wild day of trades in the NHL today. It’s the third trade GM Patrik Allvin has made in four days. [Boeser’s agent being reportedly granted permission to find a new team](https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canucks-boeser-permission-to-seek-trade). Boeser, who signed a three-year contract extension worth $6.65 million last summer, [was looking to score 30 goals this season](https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/this-is-the-year-canucks-boeser-30-goal-promise).

The Pens are wheeling and dealing and J.T. Miller's name is popping up fast and furiously as a potential trade targer.

Miller or not — the Penguins are opening up a significant amount of cap space in order to bring in someone to their team for the stretch run. If the Canucks did not retain any money on Miller, Pittsburgh would be on the hook for the full brunt of his future contract...If they were to acquire him, which hasn’t happened yet. And, in fact, the Pens might be adding to that cap space in a major way with the news that they have placed Brock McGinn and Mark Friedman on waivers. (If all these stars are aligning, it could possibly be a bad sign that Pittsburgh couldn’t shoehorn McGinn and his full $2.75 million contract into a possible trade to Vancouver. Miller is a player that would certainly make waves for the Pens. Up until this point, or last week when the Pens waived Kasperi Kapanen, it has been a season totally devoid of any outside roster transactions for them. However, just days before Friday’s NHL trade deadline, it looks like business is seriously about to pick up in Pittsburgh — whether it’s J.T. In another piece of news, Shayna Goldman had this bit of information. But they could be revisited prior to Friday’s trade deadline. Miller, the standout Canucks forward who tallied 99 points last season, two league sources told the Post-Gazette. That runs the risk of peering fairly deep into the tea leaves at this point and still something that could happen — possibly with an early step being Vancouver doesn’t particularly want him and would be happier if a different team claimed him on waivers, but short of that if there are no takers might still take McGinn on in a trade if necessary.) If both clear and are assigned to the AHL, Pittsburgh gains $1.125 million from McGinn’s contract and $750k from Friedman — boosting their cap space to bring acquire around $3.8 million in salary for the rest of the season.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Pittsburgh Penguins played the first game of their annual Dads Trip Tuesday night. For much of the evening, it seemed like a lot of ...

[ Rickard Rakell got the second assist. That focus wasn’t terribly evident during the first period, however. From our standpoint, the focus is more importantly on our team and the type of game we have to play to set ourselves up for success.” “One of the things we try, in the preparation process for our guys, is just wrapping context around the team and where they’re at, what their mindset might be like in anticipation of what type of game we’re going to see. ](https://pittsburghhockeynow.com/pittsburgh-penguins-videos-brock-mcginn-jason-zucker-sidney-crosby/)

McGinn was placed on waivers but was still in the lineup against the Nashville Predators alongside Jeff Carter and Danton Heinen.

Tristan Jarry had to make a good save very early on, as Mikael Granlund raced in on a breakaway just seconds into the game and then got his own rebound. Jarry ...

Jason Zucker scored the gamewinner at 18:21, and despite a valiant late effort by the Preds with Saros pulled, they were unable to find the equalizer. The Preds were able to kill that off as well, and even managed a little bit of pushback late in the period, but again the teams headed to intermission with no score. With the game tied 1-1 at 11:00 of the third, the Preds were unable to generate much offense.

The NHL trade deadline is days away and the Pittsburgh Penguins are working the phones.

The Pittsburgh Penguins and Vancouver Canucks talked J.T. Miller and Brock Boeser. A Boeser deal could be close.

[David Pagnotta](https://twitter.com/TheFourthPeriod/status/1630675140844347394): There is a lot of speculation around the Vancouver Canucks today. The Pittsburgh Penguins and Cancuks have had serious talks about [Brock Boeser](https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/b/boesebr01.html?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=nhlrumors.com&utm_campaign=2023-02-28_hr). The Penguins are interested. If this gets done, the Canucks are expected to retain part of Boeser’s contract.” [Puck Pedia](https://twitter.com/PuckPedia/status/1630646260670812160): McGinn is in the second year of a four-year deal with a $2.75 million cap hit. There is still work that would need to be done and other teams are interested. The Penguins and Canucks talked J.T. The Penguins would need to move some salary to fit in him in this year. There is the J.T. [Ron Hextall](https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/h/hextaro01.html?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=nhlrumors.com&utm_campaign=2023-02-28_hr) said on Friday that they wouldn’t give up any of their top assets for a rental but would consider if it was an impact player with term. Miller and Brock Boeser. [Chris Johnston](https://twitter.com/reporterchris/status/1630644719834284037): The Pittsburgh Penguins have placed forward [Brock McGinn](https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/m/mcginbr01.html?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=nhlrumors.com&utm_campaign=2023-02-28_hr) and defenseman [Mark Friedman](https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/f/friedma01.html?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=nhlrumors.com&utm_campaign=2023-02-28_hr) on waivers.

Pittsburgh Penguins GM Ron Hextall is chopping at his third line, and he might gain plenty of salary-cap space to replace it. First, he exposed and lost ...

[ If both clear & are sent down, it would save $1.9M Cap Hit. This season, McGinn has 15 points, including 10 goals. He is a regular member of the Penguins’ penalty-killing unit and third line. The NHL trade rumors have linked the Penguins to big names, so for illustration purposes only: Jakob Chychrun’s full-season AAV is $4.6 million. Adam Henrique’s AAV is $5.825 million. Miller’s AAV is $5.25 million right now, but balloons to $8 million next season and for seven more after that. The big news will come if McGinn is claimed, which seems very possible. [McGinn](https://pittsburghhockeynow.com/pittsburgh-penguins-brock-mcginn-mark-friedman-waivers/), 29, is in the second year of a four-year deal he signed with the Penguins as a UFA with a $2.75 million AAV. After losing Kapanen, the Penguins had the full-season equivalent of $1.8 million in salary-cap space. First, he exposed and lost Kasperi Kapanen on waivers to the St. However, McGinn hasn’t registered a point in 26 games, dating back to December.

Precursor to a trade or two, perhaps? The Pittsburgh Penguins put winger Brock McGinn and defenseman Mark Friedman on waivers.

[ McGinn does not have a point in his past 26 games, but is a regular member of the penalty-killing unit. If they are not, they can be assigned to the Penguins’ American Hockey League affiliate in Wilkes-Barre, although the rules also would allow them to remain on the NHL roster. ](https://pittsburghhockeynow.com/pittsburgh-penguins-kasperi-kapanen-st-louis-blues/) ](https://pittsburghhockeynow.com/pittsburgh-penguins-trade-nhl-deadline-cap-space-redrawing-targets/) The Penguins will know by 2 p.m.

The Pittsburgh Penguins placed Brock McGinn on waivers, but he had one last shining moment.