Penguins qualify multiple RFAs
The Pittsburgh Penguins have offered qualifying offers to 5 pending restricted free agents.
Jim Rutherford offered a qualifying offer to Pontus Aberg, Anthony Angello, Sam Lafferty, Sam Miletic and goaltender Matt Murray.
Forwards Graham Knott, Dominik Simon and defenseman John Nyberg will not be receiving a qualifying offer and become free agents on October 9th. Additionally, Jack Johnson was placed on waivers for the purpose of a buyout.
Aberg was aquired in the Kasperi Kapanen trade and has not played a game for the Penguins, but had 1 assist in 5 games for the Maple Leafs. He currently has 2 goals and 3 assists for 5 points in 11 games for the Celyabinsk Traktor of the KHL.
Angello played 8 games for the Penguins in the 2019-20 season and had 1 goal. He was drafted 145th overall in 2014.
Lafferty played 50 games and had 6 goals and 7 assists for 13 points in the 2019-20 season. It was his debut season in the NHL, after spending 3 seasons with the Wilkes Barre/Scranton Penguins of the AHL.
Miletic had 9 goals and 23 assists for 32 points in 62 games for the Wilkes Barre/Scranton Penguins in the 2019-20 season. He was signed by the Penguins as a free agent in 2017.
Murray played 38 games and had a record of 20-11-5 along with a goals against average of 2.87 and a save percentage of .899. He won the Stanley Cup with the Penguins in 2016 and 2017.
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Clayton Keller | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Matvei Michkov | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Nick Suzuki | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Anton Lundell | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Evgeni Malkin | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Boone Jenner | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Philip Broberg | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Erik Karlsson | 2 | - | 2 | |
| James Van Riemsdyk | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Ivan Barbashev | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Cole Caufield | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| J.T. Compher | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Brandon Hagel | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Barrett Hayton | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Tomas Hertl | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Kent Johnson | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Connor McMichael | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Tyler Myers | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jake Neighbours | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Mikko Rantanen | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 59 | 42 | 14 | 3 | 87 | |
Capitals | 58 | 38 | 12 | 8 | 84 | |
Stars | 58 | 37 | 19 | 2 | 76 | |
Maple Leafs | 58 | 36 | 20 | 2 | 74 | |
Golden Knights | 58 | 34 | 18 | 6 | 74 | |
Panthers | 59 | 35 | 21 | 3 | 73 | |
Oilers | 58 | 34 | 20 | 4 | 72 | |
Wild | 58 | 34 | 20 | 4 | 72 | |
Kings | 56 | 31 | 17 | 8 | 70 | |
Lightning | 57 | 33 | 20 | 4 | 70 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||