The Penguins have made few depth signings on this first day of the free agency period. From a team release:
Pittsburgh signed forward Jimmy Hayes, defensemen Zach Trotman and Stefan Elliott, and goaltender John Muse. Trotman spent last year with the Pittsburgh organization, playing most of the season with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, and three NHL games with the Penguins.
All four deals contain an average annual value of $650,000 at the NHL level.
Fairly interesting stuff- Elliott and Trotman are likely to be the 8th and 9th defensemen in the organization (in whatever order, along with Kevin Czuczman), which means they would be the first call-up from the AHL in case of an injury to an NHL defenseman, given that Pittsburgh has basically no young prospect defensemen who are going to be ready for NHL action in 2018-19.