Why The Pittsburgh Penguins Called Up Tom Sestito

Ahead of their tilt against the New Jersey Devils, the Pittsburgh Penguins called up forward Tom Sestito from their AHL affiliate. What can he bring to the team?

This morning, the Pittsburgh Penguins announced that they had called up Tom Sestito from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. Sestito, 28, is perhaps most famous for the time he managed to rack up 27 penalty minutes after only being on the ice for one second, against the Los Angeles Kings.

That should already tell you everything you need to know about his hockey career.

Over a nine-year professional career, Sestito has played a grand total of 137 NHL games – yes, that includes the aforementioned one where he only saw one second of ice…