NEWARK, N.J. -- Wilkes-Barre/Scranton is having one of the Penguins' top prospects join the AHL squad for the playoff push to finish the season.
Wilkes-Barre on Tuesday announced that Penguins goaltending prospect Joel Blomqvist has signed an amateur tryout contract with the team. Blomqvist, the Penguins' second-round pick in 2020, has yet to sign his entry-level deal with the Penguins, and has until next June to do so. An AHL tryout contract allows him to play some games for Wilkes-Barre to finish the season without eating into an entry-level contract.
As I reported in Sunday's game story, Blomqvist didn't know last week whether he would be coming to Wilkes-Barre to finish the season but the two parties had begun talking that day about the possibility.