The Pittsburgh Penguins made a personnel move a few hours before their game against Columbus Tuesday night at PPG Paints Arena, but it wasn’t one of the franchise-altering deals people have expecting since the Penguins dropped to the fringe of the Eastern Conference playoff race.
With the All-Star break in the rearview, the trade deadline looms large and is now less than two weeks away. Where does each team stand, and what moves should they be looking to make?
The injuries continue to pile up for the Pittsburgh Penguins, opening the door for a fresh face to take his first skate with the team. As Noel Acciari and Matt Nieto sit out with lower-body injuries, Joona Koppanen was recalled and is set to make his Penguins debut.
Noel Acciari and Matt Nieto were absent from the Pittsburgh Penguins morning skate Saturday before the team hosts the Philadelphia Flyers at PPG Paints Arena.
The Pittsburgh Penguins are closing in on the start of the 2023-24 regular season, and are beginning to make the tough decisions in building the roster.
With the Boston Bruins back in town for a couple of days before sending off to Toronto, the B’s have made a couple of NHL roster moves by sending Joona Koppanen and Marc McLaughlin back to AHL Providence.
The Boston Bruins have been bitten by the injury bug in recent weeks. Jake DeBrusk was injured during the Winter Classic on Jan. 2, and while he has started to skate again, he is not set to travel with the team for their upcoming five-game road trip.
BRIGHTON, MA – The Boston Bruins have been playing around with their forwards over the last few weeks, and the carousel continues this week as they have recalled big Finnish center Joona Koppanen for the second time in as many weeks.
BOSTON – The Boston Bruins got a look at 24-year-old Finnish center Joona Koppanen with his NHL debut on Thursday night, and they subsequently sent him back to the AHL after the shutout loss to the Kraken.
There’s plenty of NHL trade chatter and Jim Montgomery accolades flying around this week. That, the latest NHL news and NHL trade rumors in your Boston
The Boston Bruins have swapped a pair of depth forwards, sending Chris Wagner back to the AHL and recalling Joona Koppanen in his place. This is Koppanen’s first recall of the season.
Shoring up the depth during conference finals season! B’s have remained relatively quiet as The Big Decision looms overhead, but have made some moves to shore up a little bit of depth here and there, and now we can add forward Joona Koppanen to this list!
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