Dan Kingerski of Pittsburgh Hockey NOW: When a team backs themselves into a corner, they really do. The Pittsburgh Penguins are no exception. Pittsburgh has a limited cap space of about $1.6 million provided they bury a forward. That would give them 13 forwards on the roster.
Ron Hextall admits Pittsburgh will have to get creative.
“As I’ve said (to the media) numerous times, we’ll look to upgrade at any position. If we can upgrade on defense, we’ll certainly look at it. We don’t have much wiggle room in terms of cap space, so we’d have to get creative,” Hextall said.