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Pittsburgh Penguins Make Five Cuts as Training Camp Roster Shrinks
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The Penguins have announced that on top of placing six players on waivers, the team has also just cut five additional players from camp as the regular season nears.
With each passing day, the Pittsburgh Penguins' roster is coming more and more into focus, and on Thursday, it got a little bit closer to the finish line with a series of moves.
Following practice at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry, Pa., the Penguins announced that forward Bryan Rust and defenseman Jack St. Ivany were both placed on injured reserve.
The team later placed six players on waivers, and in addition to that, there are now five players cut from the training camp roster.
The five players re-assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton's (WBS) AHL training camp are:
- D Scooter Brickey
- F Mathieu De St. Phalle
- G Taylor Gauthier
- F Aidan McDonough
- D Chase Pietila
- D Scooter Brickey
- F Mathieu De St. Phalle
- G Taylor Gauthier
- F Aidan McDonough
- D Chase Pietila
The six players sent to the NHL's waiver wire are:
- D Sebastian Aho
- F Danton Heinen
- D Philip Kemp
- F Joona Koppanen
- G Filip Larsson
- F Valtteri Puustinen
- D Sebastian Aho
- F Danton Heinen
- D Philip Kemp
- F Joona Koppanen
- G Filip Larsson
- F Valtteri Puustinen
The Penguins are at Risk of Once Again Losing Danton Heinen
The biggest surprise among the group that was waived is veteran forward Danton Heinen, who was re-acquired by the Penguins as part of the deal that sent defenseman Marcus Pettersson to the Vancouver Canuncks last season.
The journeyman forward is on his second stint with the Penguins' organization, and in his entire time with Pittsburgh, he has registered 29 goals and 66 points in 169 games. His future with the organization is once again in doubt.
With camp winding down, the Penguins' roster is now down to 39 players. As the days go by, the team is inching closer and closer to what the final roster will look like on opening night.
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