Penguins GM Makes Feelings Clear On Free Agency originally appeared on SportsNet Pittsburgh.
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The Pittsburgh Penguins could be rather quiet in free agency.
Pittsburgh wasn’t a part of the big trades leading up to the 2026 NHL Draft and during the draft. So, ahead of free agency beginning on July 1, Penguins general manager Kyle Dubas isn’t sure the team will make any big moves as he believes the market will be expensive.
“We can be as aggressive as we want on July 1,” Dubas said. “But if you look at what’s available, it could be an expensive mistake. I try to learn from the past. We’ll try to steer clear of that. If it’s not a significant move in the short run, rather than do something for the sake of doing it, I’d rather say we aspired to do it, but the options weren’t there. We’ve had to check down and continue to build it up the way that we have.”
Although Dubas isn’t sure how aggressive the Penguins will be in free agency, he said he will be engaged in the free agent market, as well as trades.
“We’ll continue to stay active,” Dubas said. “It’s a shifting landscape, as everyone has seen. It might not be one gigantic type of transaction. We’ll stay active on those. It might be brick-by-boring-brick style.”
The Penguins enter the offseason with over $37 million in cap space.
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