Sam Lafferty's headed back to the other end of the commonwealth, though he definitely should be renting rather than buying.
The Penguins, faced with a combo crunch of an overflow roster and only one forward who could be demoted without clearing waivers, reassigned Lafferty to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the AHL on Thursday afternoon. That'll allow him to join that team for its game Friday night against Lehigh Valley in Allentown, Pa.
More to come.
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