{"id":386938,"date":"2026-01-04T04:25:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T04:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/386938\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T04:25:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T04:25:14","slug":"egor-zamula-suspended-in-ahl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/386938\/","title":{"rendered":"Egor Zamula Suspended In AHL"},"content":{"rendered":"

It appears that some controversy has already started with one of the Pittsburgh Penguins\u2019 recent acquisitions. According to the AHL transactions log<\/a>, the AHL\u2019s Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins have suspended defenseman Egor Zamula<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s minimal reporting on Zamula\u2019s status, and the AHL Penguins have yet to announce the decision. Still, regardless of the reasoning behind the suspension, it certainly throws a wrench in the Penguins\u2019 plans after trading<\/a> for Zamula only three days ago.<\/p>\n

Zamula may be continuing to posture that he should be on an NHL roster and is refusing to report to Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton. Shortly before the trade to Pittsburgh, Zamula changed<\/a> his representation to Dan Milstein of Gold Star Hockey and was considering mutually terminating his contract to explore other opportunities.<\/p>\n

Still, refusing to report to the AHL doesn\u2019t necessarily mean that Zamula is unhappy about his newfound home with the Penguins. There may be a potential handshake agreement between Zamula and Pittsburgh for a future recall, but the team is currently unable to implement it. If that\u2019s the case, the AHL Penguins would have to suspend him for failing to report, regardless of any potential agreement.<\/p>\n

Although that situation is plausible, it\u2019s unclear how Zamula fits into the Penguins\u2019 roster as currently constructed. The team has seven defensemen on the active roster, with Caleb Jones<\/a> on the injured reserve. Given how they\u2019ve been playing lately, it wouldn\u2019t make much sense for Pittsburgh to make a change to their defensive core unless they trade a defenseman off the team.<\/p>\n

For the sake of his continued development, Zamula and his representation will have to find a longer-term solution sooner rather than later. Despite being healthy this season, he\u2019s only appeared in 13 games for the Flyers and three games for the AHL\u2019s Lehigh Valley Phantoms.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, even if Zamula is unhappy with a continued stay in the AHL, the Penguins don\u2019t stand to lose much even if he ultimately leaves the organization. Initially, they traded\u00a0Philip Tomasino<\/a> for Zamula in the deal with Philadelphia. He has primarily been playing for Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton this season, with limited chances to return to NHL games with the Penguins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It appears that some controversy has already started with one of the Pittsburgh Penguins\u2019 recent acquisitions. According to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386939,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[6066,49,48,164336,448,753,82,4584],"class_list":{"0":"post-386938","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-ahl","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-egor-zamula","12":"tag-nhl","13":"tag-pittsburgh-penguins","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-transactions"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}