Pittsburgh Penguins Place Swedish Forward on Waivers, per Elliotte Friedman

There was only one player placed on waivers today, and that's Emil Bemstrom by the Pittsburgh Penguins. Everyone on waivers from the previous day has cleared. The Swedish forward was approaching 250 games in his NHL career.

The Penguins aren't statistically eliminated from the playoffs just yet, but they are six points back with two fewer games to play, and there are five teams between them and the final wildcard spot in the East.

While the team hasn't given up yet because they have been playing better lately than many of the teams in front of them in the standings, their roster is pretty full and competitive, and the Penguins are going to test some of their younger players out.

Bemstrom has only played in 13 games this season and has recorded just one assist.

He played three games in a row after being a healthy scratch for three consecutive games, but only recorded one shot, one hit, and one block in those games, which just wasn't good enough for him to remain with the big club.

The 25-year-old didn't even play a combined 20 minutes in those games, yet another concerning stat.

Bemstrom hasn't shown he can really make an impact for the Penguins this season. He is in the last year of his deal and is a free agent this summer.

Based on this recent waiver move, it would be highly unlikely that the Penguins extend him a contract offer in the offseason.