To assist shore up the blue line, the Pittsburgh Penguins opened up free company by signing veteran defenseman Trevor van Riemsdyk away from the rival Washington Capitals.
A deal introduced by the Penguins on Wednesday, via the 2027-28 season and for an annual worth of $4 million, brings van Riemsdyk to a Penguins staff that was uncovered defensively of their first-round playoff loss to the Philadelphia Flyers.
Trevor van Riemsdyk ought to bolster the Penguins’ poor protection
The addition of the 6-foot-3, 210-pound van Riemsdyk provides dimension and defensive prowess to a Penguins protection that ranked twenty fourth within the NHL in protection all through the 2025-26 season.
Capable of additionally chip in offensively every now and then, van Riemsdyk scored three targets and tallied 14 factors as a +6 in 68 video games this previous season with the Capitals.
Leaving Washington after six seasons, van Riemsdyk has 28 targets, 133 assists and 161 factors in 751 NHL video games in a profession that began in 2014-15 with the Chicago Blackhawks and included additionally spending three years in Carolina with the Hurricanes.
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