The Penguins have made a move to buy some cap space today. The team is off for nine days, so they opted to drop the two players on their NHL roster that didn’t require waivers in order to build up cap space.
The Penguins have re-assigned forward Valtteri Puustinen and defenseman Ryan Shea to the @WBSPenguins.
Defenseman John Ludvig has been loaned to WBS for conditioning purposes.— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) January 28, 2024The NHL’s salary cap is calculated every day during the regular season on a pro-rated basis, so every little bit helps.