Valtteri Puustinen a signé un contrat de 1 ans d'une valeur de 775 000 $ avec les Penguins de Pittsburgh, le 20 juin 2023. Le contrat comporte un cap hit de 775 000 $.
Most 7th rounders never play a single game in the NHL, so this one is already above the curve. This is a good signing, even if he is just competition at training camp.
Now if (unlike Hextall) Dubas actually calls him up to the NHL sometime, and if Sullivan actually gives him minutes, maybe we can really see if Puustinen is an NHL player or not. Puustinen's never going to be mistaken for Teemu Selanne. But he might have the tools to be an NHL regular, or at least a bottom six fill-in player.