For folks like myself who were somewhat eager to see the likes of Sam Poulin, Vasily Ponomarev, and Joel Blomqvist get a cup of coffee with the NHL club down the final stretch of the season, don’t hold your breath. League rules and the salary cap will prevent opportunities for younger players as we wait for this season to mercifully reach its end date. [PensBurgh]
Jake Guentzel will return to Pittsburgh on Tuesday night for the first time as a member of the opposing team. Here’s this for two opposite ends of a spectrum: While the Pittsburgh Penguins are 2-6-1 since Guentzel was traded, the Hurricanes are 6-1-1 since he joined their lineup.