Yesterday morning Ray Shero had eight active defensemen on his roster and one defenseman, Kris Letang, on Injured Reserve. In between then and now defenseman Simon Despres was returned to the
Shero said this about the nine Penguins defenseman “The guys that are here right now are the guys, in my opinion, who are going to be here April 3 when you can expand the rosters,” His plans was to make a few procedural moves then have them all back when the team’s roster becomes unlimited on April 3rd.
Finding a “loophole” 13.8 to send Bortuzzo on “conditioning assignment” was pure genius. It was obvious with Bortuzzo being a healthy scratch for the last 4 weeks that he was unable to break into coach Bylsma’s top 6 Penguins defensemen. This “loophole” has given Ray Shero a little breathing room and will allow for the Penguins not only to have the quality reserve defenseman on the roster they would like, but also if Evgeni Malkin is ready to return before April 3rd they won’t need to make any more “procedural” moves.
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