Penguins commerce for his or her former participant in gorgeous transfer

After leaving the Penguins this summer time, Pierre-Olivier Joseph is heading again there.  The Penguins introduced that they’ve acquired the blueliner from St. Louis in alternate for future concerns.

The 25-year-old spent 5 seasons in Pittsburgh’s system, break up between them and AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.  Over his time with the Penguins, Joseph primarily performed in a depth function and was usually sixth or seventh on their depth chart.  Final season, he acquired into 52 video games with Pittsburgh, recording 11 factors whereas averaging somewhat over quarter-hour an evening of ice time.  Nevertheless, they elected to not tender him a qualifying supply of $935K, understanding that doing so would have given him arbitration rights.