During Monday night’s loss to the Ducks, Jake Guentzel found himself riding the bench following a brutal turnover that led directly to the Ducks tying goal in the second period. Guentzel’s benching was a display of Mike Sullivan using his greatest power as the team’s head coach. [Pensburgh]
After playing the Carolina Hurricanes this coming Saturday, the Penguins will enter the Christmas break where no team activities can be conducted between December 23-26. With players away celebrating the holiday with their families, general managers are prohibited from making any roster moves until the roster freeze lifts on December 28th.