Quoting: hockeyfanatic05
where did you hear that at?
there are rumors, but nothing that isn't just clickbait.
You can simply do a google search you'll see them.
I think the real issue right now, for most players that aren't already signed, is cap. They aren't getting the contract they want and think someone will cave. But the reality is, most teams are 6 weeks from hockey or so, given 2 weeks for training camp, might be longer. Which isn't giving teams a whole lot of time if they are going to have a Jan 1st start to get in their 90 games for NBC. So if you were going to see moves, my guess is you'd be seeing them now. But most teams are more focused on signing RFAs and after that there isn't much cap left.
So you see guys like Hoffman waiting for a better offer. Everyone else right behind them. You add to that teams facing the reality that their prospects aren't getting ice time as minor league are canceling, and that anyone even remotely good enough to play should probably join the team to play and develop. You add those two together and it spells problem for most teams trying to make it work. Players like Poulin and Legare could very well make this team. Because neither has anywhere to get game time in now. Both don't need time to physically develop they are already 200lb+. Both are plenty fast enough and if anything as close to being ready to make the jump as can be given the situation. Hell Legare looked great in camp last year.
Which is why I don't think you are going to see either of these two in Pittsburgh unless they are taking a pay cut. Because they don't really have cap anywhere other than Matheson. And other teams are in the same boat as the penguins, If they have holes they need to fill, they are probably looking at their prospects. To both A. save cap and real money given the short fall, and B. give them ice time to develop. Because sitting around isn't going to make them better hockey players.