Headlines

  • New York Islanders Acquire Bo Horvat
  • Cole Caufield Out For The Season With A Shoulder Injury
  • Vancouver Canucks Extend Andrei Kuzmenko
  • Vancouver Canucks Hire Rick Tocchet
  • Minnesota Wild Extend Matt Boldy
  • Boston Bruins Extend Pavel Zacha
  • Previous
  • Next
Register
Login
  • MLB Trade Rumors
  • Hoops Rumors
  • Pro Football Rumors

Pro Hockey Rumors

  • Home
  • Teams
    • Atlantic
      • Boston Bruins
      • Buffalo Sabres
      • Detroit Red Wings
      • Florida Panthers
      • Montreal Canadiens
      • Ottawa Senators
      • Tampa Bay Lightning
      • Toronto Maple Leafs
    • Central
      • Arizona Coyotes
      • Chicago Blackhawks
      • Colorado Avalanche
      • Dallas Stars
      • Minnesota Wild
      • Nashville Predators
      • St. Louis Blues
      • Winnipeg Jets
    • Metropolitan
      • Carolina Hurricanes
      • Columbus Blue Jackets
      • New Jersey Devils
      • New York Islanders
      • New York Rangers
      • Philadelphia Flyers
      • Pittsburgh Penguins
      • Washington Capitals
    • Pacific
      • Anaheim Ducks
      • Calgary Flames
      • Edmonton Oilers
      • Los Angeles Kings
      • San Jose Sharks
      • Seattle Kraken
      • Vancouver Canucks
      • Vegas Golden Knights
  • About
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise
  • Partners
    • MLB Trade Rumors
    • Hoops Rumors
    • Pro Football Rumors
Go To MLB Trade Rumors
Go To Hoops Rumors

Penguins Notes: Hornqvist, Hunwick, Sprong

November 8, 2017 at 7:31 pm CDT | by Brian La Rose Leave a Comment

With the Penguins being fairly tight to the salary cap beyond this year, Sam Werner of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette suggests that winger Patric Hornqvist is probably playing his final season in Pittsburgh.  The pending UFA has scored at least 20 goals in each of the past four seasons and is on pace to do so again in 2017-18 while he has the reputation of producing when it counts in the playoffs.  Between that and a pair of Stanley Cup titles, he should be him in line for a nice raise on the open market from the $4.25MM cap hit he currently has unless he chooses to sign for below-market value to try to keep the full core of the team together.

More from Pittsburgh:

  • Defenseman Matt Hunwick has been skating with the team for more than a week but has yet to be cleared to return by team doctors. Head coach Mike Sullivan was quick to put an end to any speculation that he may have suffered a setback, telling Jonathan Bombulie of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review that they’re still just going through the process of trying to get him back into the lineup.  When he does play, he’ll be the second defender to return in a short period of time after Justin Schultz made his return from a concussion on Tuesday.
  • Even though his shot is one of his best weapons, the team is working closely with top prospect winger Daniel Sprong on his shooting, notes Jason Mackey, also of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. While he is off to a strong start in the minors with eight goals through ten games, the organization is concerned with the number of times he has missed the net, suggesting he hasn’t hit the net on a similar number of occasions as his 43 shots on goal.  With the Penguins scuffling a bit offensively as of late, it wouldn’t be surprising to see Sprong in the discussion for a recall before too long and if he can make strides in his accuracy, that time may come sooner rather than later.
Share 0 Retweet 0 Send via email

Daniel Sprong| Matt Hunwick| Patric Hornqvist| Pittsburgh Penguins

Central Notes: Fabbri, Forsling, Bonino, Turris
Main
East Notes: Smith, Palmieri, Sabres Defensemen
View Comments (0)

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Please login to leave a reply.
Log in Register

    Top Stories

    New York Islanders Acquire Bo Horvat

    Cole Caufield Out For The Season With A Shoulder Injury

    Vancouver Canucks Extend Andrei Kuzmenko

    Vancouver Canucks Hire Rick Tocchet

    Minnesota Wild Extend Matt Boldy

    Boston Bruins Extend Pavel Zacha

    Dallas Stars Extend Joe Pavelski

    Ottawa Senators Extend Artem Zub

    Edmonton Oilers Sign Jason Demers

    Los Angeles Kings Place Cal Petersen On Waivers

    Recent

    Evening Notes: Boeser, IIHF/Russia, NHLPA Leadership

    Bo Horvat Reportedly “Open” To Extension With Islanders

    Minor Transactions: 01/31/23

    Submit Your Questions For The #PHRMailbag

    Vancouver Canucks Reassign Aatu Raty

    Anton Levtchi Clears Unconditional Waivers

    Jussi Olkinuora Placed On Unconditional Waivers

    Snapshots: Canucks, Wahlstrom, Leskinen

    St. Louis Blues Reassign Nikita Alexandrov, Jake Neighbours

    Boston Bruins Recall Jakub Lauko, Vinni Lettieri

    Rumors By Team

    Rumors By Team

    • Avalanche Rumors
    • Blackhawks Rumors
    • Blue Jackets Rumors
    • Blues Rumors
    • Bruins Rumors
    • Canadiens Rumors
    • Canucks Rumors
    • Capitals Rumors
    • Coyotes Rumors
    • Devils Rumors
    • Ducks Rumors
    • Flames Rumors
    • Flyers Rumors
    • Golden Knights Rumors
    • Hurricanes Rumors
    • Islanders Rumors
    • Jets Rumors
    • Kings Rumors
    • Kraken Rumors
    • Lightning Rumors
    • Maple Leafs Rumors
    • Oilers Rumors
    • Panthers Rumors
    • Penguins Rumors
    • Predators Rumors
    • Rangers Rumors
    • Red Wings Rumors
    • Sabres Rumors
    • Senators Rumors
    • Sharks Rumors
    • Stars Rumors
    • Wild Rumors

    Navigation

    • Sitemap
    • Archives

    PHR Info

    • About
    • Privacy Policy

    Connect

    • Contact Us
    • Twitter
    • Facebook
    • RSS Feed

    Pro Hockey Rumors is not affiliated with National Hockey League, NHL or NHL.com

    scroll to top
    Close

    Desktop Version | Switch To Mobile Version