Penguins goalies in play as we approach trade deadline.
The Pittsburgh Penguins are receiving calls from rival teams about their depth at the goaltending position.
The Pittsburgh Penguins appear destined to be sellers ahead of the National Hockey League's upcoming trade deadline, or at the very least rival teams around the league appear to believe so.
You've all heard the rumors surrounding pending unrestricted free agent forward Jake Guentzel over the last few weeks with a huge number of NHL teams reportedly interested in the Penguins winger. What you may not be aware of, is the fact that there are other players on the Penguins roster currently being sought by other teams around the league.
On Saturday night, NHL insider Elliotte Friedman revealed that Pittsburgh's goaltenders may also be in play as the Penguins look to retool on the fly ahead of next season.
"After they lost to L.A. last week in the great Jagr retirement ceremony night, I think things really started to intensify around the Penguins," said Friedman on Hockey Night in Canada. " Obviously the big name is Jake Guentzel... but I believe this has also gone beyond Guentzel. I believe there are other players in the Pittsburgh Penguins organization that have begun to get attention."
Friedman also indicated that, while rival teams have interest, the Penguins themselves may also be open to moving one of their goaltenders.
"One position that I do think people have started to ask about, and the Penguins will consider, is goal," revealed Friedman. "A couple of teams have suggested to me that you might wanna add to the list of goalies who could be moved, someone in Pittsburgh."
The two big names at the goaltending position in Pittsburgh are of course number one goaltender Tristan Jarry and backup goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic. Nedeljkovic is an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season while Jarry has several more years of term on his current deal, and we would be looking at drastically different returns for either player.
Friedman did not touch on what the return for the Penguins could look like in such a deal.