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Penguins Acquire Pierre-Oliver Joseph

December 18, 2024 at 6:50 pm CDT | by Brian La Rose 9 Comments

After leaving the Penguins this summer, Pierre-Olivier Joseph is heading back there.  The team announced (Twitter link) that they’ve acquired the blueliner from St. Louis in exchange for future considerations.

The 25-year-old spent five seasons in Pittsburgh’s system, split between them and AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.  Over his time with the Penguins, Joseph primarily played in a depth role and was generally sixth or seventh on their depth chart.  Last season, he got into 52 games with Pittsburgh, recording 11 points while averaging a little over 15 minutes a night of ice time.  However, they elected not to tender him a qualifying offer of $935K, knowing that doing so would have given him arbitration rights.

That made him an unrestricted free agent and while the Penguins were believed to have interest in keeping him around, Joseph instead elected to sign a one-year, $950K deal with St. Louis on the same day that the Blues acquired his brother Mathieu Joseph from Ottawa.  However, the change of scenery hasn’t changed his role as Joseph has remained in that depth role.  He has played in 23 games so far this season, picking up two assists while averaging just 13:06 per night, a career low.

With the Blues bringing in Cam Fowler recently, playing time was going to be that much harder to come by for Joseph while they also have Matthew Kessel and Tyler Tucker in the minors, players with some NHL experience.  Presumably, they’ll be bringing up a defender – quite possibly one of those two – before long.  As for Pittsburgh, Marcus Pettersson landed on injured reserve yesterday while Jack St. Ivany was injured with AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton per Seth Rorabaugh of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Twitter link), leading GM Kyle Dubas to seek out some low-cost depth in the interim.  Joseph will once again be arbitration-eligible this summer but barring a change in role in the second half of the season, he could be trending toward being non-tendered for the second year in a row.

Following the swap, the team announced (Twitter link) that defenseman Nate Clurman was re-assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.  He was recalled on Tuesday but Joseph will take his place on the active roster.

Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman was the first to report that Pittsburgh was acquiring Joseph.

Photo courtesy of USA Today Sports Images.

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  1. 8EL8

    6 months ago

    That should help!

    Reply
  2. Johnny Z

    6 months ago

    Gryzlyk for PO????

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  3. TJECK109

    6 months ago

    Only Dubas. He’ll end up giving up a 2 for a guy he let walk

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  4. Johnny Z

    6 months ago

    PO no longer POed?

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  5. jmartin87

    6 months ago

    Situation with depth dmen required action. St Ivany and Aho week to week. You literally gave up nothing. Relax.

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    • laynestaley2002

      6 months ago

      Which is good, because you’re literally getting nothing.

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    • 66TheNumberOfTheBest

      6 months ago

      A little bitter.

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    • jmartin87

      6 months ago

      Unless you prepared to play 5 dmen if another left defender is injured it makes sense.

      Reply
  6. admiral hopppaaa

    6 months ago

    Better option than Clurman while Petterson is out… And subsequently traded. Higher ceiling than Shea, but that’s not saying much.

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