Quite a bit of news and notes around the Penguins on Tuesday, let’s jump right in and get all caught up and sorted out.
First, the Penguins have established a taxi squad for short-term boosts to help them fill out a full roster after six players entered COVID protocol earlier.
The Penguins have assigned forward Kasper Bjorkqvist, defensemen P.O Joseph and Juuso Riikola, and goaltender Louis Domingue to the taxi squad from the @WBSPenguins.
Details: https://t.co/4c8mdgOcKZ pic.twitter.com/YHi6rhrwBk— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) December 28, 2021The only thing particularly surprising is that early reports from the media about the taxi squad indicated that waiver non-eligible players (like Joseph and Bjorkqvist) couldn’t be on it, yet the Pens did it, so they must.