PENGUINS
Brian Burke
Final: NHL free agency, Day 1
CRANBERRY, Pa. -- Looking ahead to today's signings ...
• What: NHL free agency, Day 1
• When: 12 p.m. Eastern
• TV: NHL Network (national), TSN (Canada)
Free agency opens today at noon. After signing Evgeni Malkin to a four-year extension that carries a cap hit of $6.1 million late Tuesday night, the Penguins are currently projected to have $3,383,158 in cap space with 11 forwards, eight defensemen and two goaltenders under contract. That includes Drew O'Connor, Radim Zohorna and P.O Joseph, the latter signing a two-year deal on Tuesday.
The Penguins' unrestricted free agents are Danton Heinen, Evan Rodrigues, Brian Boyle, Nathan Beaulieu, and Louis Domingue, as well as Justin Almeida, Anthony Angello, Jordy Bellerive, Michael Chaput, Jan Drozg, Cam Lee, Will Reilly and Alex D'Orio from Wilkes-Barre. The lone restricted free agents are Kasperi Kapanen and Kasper Bjorkqvist, with the latter already signing in Finland for next season and was only qualified to retain his North American rights.
Danny Shirey and I will keep you posted with the moves and signings made around the league.
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