With the bulk of the exhibition games now completed — including two games in two days this weekend — the time was right for the Penguins to make a second round of cuts to their roster today, and they did so, nearly halving the group.
Pittsburgh assigned 17 players to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League, including forwards Andrew Agozzino, Justin Almeida, Anthony Angello, Kasper Bjorkqvist, Joseph Blandisi, Joseph Cramarossa, Thomas Di Pauli, Ryan Haggerty, Sam Lafferty, Jake Lucchini, Sam Miletic and Oula Palve; defensemen Niclas Almari, Kevin Czuczman, Pierre-Olivier Joseph and David Warsofsky; and goaltender Emil Larmi.