The Penguins made a roster move today, putting Ryan Poehling on long-term IR and bringing up Alex Nylander from Wilkes-Barre on emergency recall. This classification means Nylander won’t count against the four regular recalls the team has — and perhaps more importantly that they won’t need to waive him to send him back to the AHL later, he will go back during the regular season when they get healthy and the emergency conditions no longer exist.
The Penguins have 12 forwards besides Poehling that were healthy, which muddles this emergency recall. It is possible one of them — perhaps Jake Guentzel who missed practiced yesterday?