Frank Seravalli, one of the hottest newsmakers around hockey recently, kept at it this afternoon with a report that the Penguins and Zach Aston-Reese are closing in on a one year deal.
All of Seravalli’s recent reports have been aces and he’s got a precise number here, so we’ll see if there comes team confirmation of this getting finalized soon.
This could be looked at several ways. Contract projection models, like Evolving Hockey, had Aston-Reese’s most likely contract as being a two-year deal worth an annual $2.12 million. The Pens would get a break on that if the $1.