After leaving the Penguins this summer time, Pierre-Olivier Joseph is heading again there. The Penguins announced that they’ve acquired the blueliner from St. Louis in trade for future issues.
The 25-year-old spent 5 seasons in Pittsburgh’s system, break up between them and AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. Over his time with the Penguins, Joseph primarily performed in a depth function and was typically sixth or seventh on their depth chart. Final season, he acquired into 52 video games with Pittsburgh, recording 11 factors whereas averaging slightly over quarter-hour an evening of ice time. Nonetheless, they elected to not tender him a qualifying provide of $935K, understanding that doing so would have given him arbitration rights.
