Penguins Announce Opening Night Roster
The Pittsburgh Penguins have released their roster to start the 2023-24 season.
Training camp has officially come to an end and the Pittsburgh Penguins have announced their roster for opening night against the Chicago Blackhawks.
After a few weeks of training camp, there aren’t too many surprises, but the Penguins will enter this season with 12 new faces.
Amongst the new crowd are depth forwards Noel Acciari, Matt Nieto, and recent addition Jansen Harkins.
On defense, the Penguins added Ryan Graves and Erik Karlsson for the top of the lineup, while Ryan Shea and really recent waiver claim John Ludvig are around as depth options.
Tristan Jarry and Alex Nedeljkovic will be the Penguins one-two punch between the pipes.
Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, and Kris Letang are set to enter their North American sports’ record 18th season together; those three will also serve as the obvious captain and alternate captains.
The Penguins will enter the season with 12 forwards, eight defenders, and a pair of goalies; among the forwards is the injured Jake Guentzel.
After missing most of camp on the injured list, Guentzel was recently listed as a game-time decision for opening night.
As part of the final roster announcement, the Penguins made official that Vinnie Hinostroza, Colin White, Radim Zohorna, Mark Friedman, Magnus Hellberg, and Garret Sparks were all assigned to the AHL’s Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.
Prospect defenseman Owen Pickering was assigned to the WHL’s Swift Current Broncos after an extended stay at Penguins’ camp.
Forward Raivis Ansons and defenseman Will Butcher were designated as injured non-roster.
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