A few random tidbits of news and notes on a Friday afternoon:
Danton Heinen and the five other Penguin players on waivers yesterday all cleared. The Pens didn’t put anyone else on the wire today. They haven’t made the next transaction yet immediately to assign them to the AHL just yet.
The Pens saw some good news with Rutger McGroarty back on the
ice skating on his own for the first time in training camp. McGroarty has been listed as out indefinitely with an undisclosed upper body injury.
The Pens haven’t given much notice about how they will split the team tonight into lines but they are going to give Sergei Murashov the second half of the game. It’s a nice reward for a good camp and chance to see Murashov behind an NHL caliber roster and it also helps to mitigate the risk against Tristan Jarry suffering an injury before the start of the season to only play him 30 minutes instead of going the full 60. It’s a lesson the Pens saw first hand in their last game when Ukk0-Pekka Luukkonen suffered an injury against the Pens. Luukkonen is week-to-week and will miss regular season time.
On the lighter side, some have noticed that Evgeni Malkin suddenly became listed at 6’5”. Seth Rorabaugh dug out the story behind that, Malkin’s final height never got registered back in 2006 so he officially was 6’3” for many years. Goes to show what all those official heights and weights are worth.
