The Pittsburgh Penguins took center stage Thursday, but it was not a blockbuster trade, nor bold proclamations that snared the headlines. Instead, it was signing prospect Ville Koivunen to an eight-year contract. The news and general manager Kyle Dubas\u2019s explanations are below. Elsewhere in the Daily, the NHL trade rumors are growing in the midst of the barren August wasteland as Quinn Hughes has not yet signed an extension in Minnesota and our New Jersey colleagues put together the trade cost if the New Jersey Devils make a run. The Philadelphia Flyers also signed a 23-year-old second-year player, but gave him far less money. And a new team picked up the Wheeling Nailers as their ECHL affiliate. <\/p>\n
The Daily was a little late this AM as I did a hit on 93-7 the Fan to discuss the Koivunen matter. I\u2019ll write a column for today, too. I wanted to give it a moment to digest before dashing off thoughts, but many of you picked up on Dubas\u2019s answers and the circular nature of them. It is a difficult contract to parse, and the shrugs that the Penguins can get out of it easily overlook one very important factor\u2026<\/p>\n
But I should also point out\u2013my vacation streak is intact! Dan takes an overnight trip in August, and the Penguins make news. It\u2019s like clockwork. From Matt Dumba to Cody Glass and Rutger McGroarty, usually it\u2019s a trade, but we got a whopper of a contract this year instead. <\/p>\n
Also, I plan to take a short trip next week, too. <\/p>\n
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Pittsburgh Hockey Now: Here are the details. An eight-year contract for Ville Koivunen<\/a>.<\/p>\n We participated with a handful of other local outlets in an email exchange with Penguins general manager Kyle Dubas. The answers were interesting, and some of you noted the contradictory nature of one of them. Here are his responses as he answered to the Koivunen contract<\/a>.<\/p>\n And some good news for those of you who cared\u2013the Wheeling Nailers got an NHL affiliation<\/a>.<\/p>\n NHL Trade Talk, News, & National Hockey Now<\/p>\n New Jersey Hockey Now: So, let\u2019s just hypothetically say the New Jersey Devils notice that contract talks are stalled and they don\u2019t want to wait until free agency next July. Here\u2019s what a Devils trade would cost<\/a>.<\/p>\n Philly Hockey Now: Soooo, the Philadelphia Flyers also signed a 23-year-old RFA Thursday. They gave him a lot less term and a lot \u2026 a lot less money. It was a fair deal for Nikita Grebenkin<\/a>.<\/p>\n Florida Hockey Now: You can\u2019t go home again? Maybe. Maybe not. To revive their Stanley Cup hopes, some important players have come back to the Florida Panthers<\/a>.<\/p>\n Sportsnet: And let\u2019s grade the offseasons of the stacked\u2013very stacked\u2013Atlantic Division<\/a>.<\/p>\n NHL.com: Is it time to start watching the consensus top overall pick in the 2027 draft? If so, Landon DuPont is gearing up to begin his college career, and here\u2019s more on the big fish at next summer\u2019s draft<\/a>.<\/p>\n As Jeff Hatthorn asked me on the air\u2013Where does Koivunen fit? I just \u2026 There\u2019s a lot that doesn\u2019t fit right now. <\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTags: nhl trade<\/a> Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> quinn hughes<\/a> <\/p>\n Categorized:Links<\/a> NHL Trade Rumors<\/a> Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Penguins took center stage Thursday, but it was not a blockbuster trade, nor bold proclamations that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261059,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[10172,73,75,74,1067,31041],"class_list":["post-261058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-nhl-trade","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-penguins","tag-quinn-hughes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}