The Pittsburgh Penguins make moves to maximize their salary cap space, sending Olli Maatta down to the AHL, and recalling forward Oskar Sundqvist. Expect tomorrow these moves to be reversed, as the team jockeys to get maximum salary cap space for opening rosters that were due to the NHL today
The first day of the NHL season usually sees enterprising teams like the Pittsburgh Penguins make some bold moves, to maximize their salary cap space. Guru Mike Colligan explained this really well back in 2010 when the Pens used Eric Tangradi (an NHL player they sent to the ECHL), Patrick Killeen (a minor league player they called up to the NHL) and an injured NHL player with a sizeable salary who was going to the long-term injury reserve (Jordan Staal).