Pittsburgh Penguins reveal finalized roster for the 2024-25 season

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Gabriel Sami
October 7, 2024 (3:54 PM)

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The Pittsburgh Penguins, led by General Manager Kyle Dubas and President of Hockey Operations, have finalized their opening night roster for the 2024-25 campaign.

There will be 13 forwards among the 22 players on Pittsburgh's roster when the season begins.

Here is the full team roster

13 forwards
Noel Acciari, Anthony Beauvillier, Michael Bunting, Sidney Crosby, Lars Eller, Cody Glass, Kevin Hayes, Evgeni Malkin, Rutger McGroarty, Drew O'Connor, Jesse Puljujarvi, Valtteri Puustinen and Rickard Rakell),

7 defensemen
(Ryan Graves, Matt Grzelcyk, Erik Karlsson, Kris Letang, Marcus Pettersson, Ryan Shea and Jack St. Ivany)

2 goaltenders
(Joel Blomqvist and Tristan Jarry).

Goalie Alex Nedeljkovic has been placed on Injured Reserve, along with forwards Blake Lizotte and Bryan Rust. Additionally, forwards Vasily Ponomarev and Matt Nieto have been designated as Injured Non-Roster and Long-Term Injured Reserve, respectively.

The American Hockey League's Wilkes-Barre/Scranton assigned defenseman Sebastian Aho and forward Boko Imama..

"I feel good about the position... Joel had a great year last year. We just felt we were never going to regret having Tristan, Ned, Joel, we signed Filip Larsson too. With Ned injured, we'll start the year with Tristan and Joel." - Kyle Dubas

The full Pittsburgh Penguins roster can be found here.

Out of the 22 players, 17 had Penguins uniforms on the previous season. They are joined by new players McGroarty (trade w/WPG), Beauvillier (free agency), Glass (trade w/NSH), Hayes (trade w/STL), and Grzelcyk (free agency).

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