The past few years in the days immediately before training camp, the Penguins have sent a team of prospects to Buffalo to take part in a short exhibition tournament against Sabres, Bruins and Devils’ rookies. This year the other three teams went, but Pittsburgh stayed behind to focus more on in-house instruction and training.
WBS head coach J.D. Forrest: "We're really excited with a lot of the young talent, up front in particular. They work really hard and they're motivated, and hopefully in Wilkes, we can kind of teach them the ropes and get them prepared to play for Pittsburgh at some point.