Four Penguins Crack New NHL Free Agent Rankings

The Penguins have four players showing up in a fresh round of NHL free agent rankings, which is exactly the kind of number that makes a front office stare a little longer at its spreadsheet. Pittsburgh is entering the stage where every contract conversation starts to look like a roster decision in disguise. These lists do not make deals, but they do tell you where the market thinks the bodies are. The real question is how many of these names the Penguins can keep without boxing themselves in.