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How Chad Ruhwedel’s fringe roster status makes Penguins history

Can you name the remaining Penguins from the 2016-17 championship squad still on the roster in 2021-22?

Five probably come off the top of your head: Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang, Jake Guentzel and Bryan Rust. Now, add in Brian Dumoulin and a recently re-acquired Dominik Simon.

But there are two names you might have forgotten were on the 2017 roster: Tristan Jarry, current starting goaltender who at the time was a third-stringer, and Chad Ruhwedel, the fringe defenseman who has been in the NHL since 2012 but has never played more than 44 games in a single season.