In the dead of summer, let’s go through some optimistic type of scenarios for the Penguins where they could see improvements. Today we’ll start with one of the most limited players tied to Pittsburgh these days in a free agent signing that’s only caused pain and disappointment so far.
Yahoo’s season splits for Graves are so sad to see how far he fell in 2024-25.
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An occasional healthy scratch, Graves’ offense disappeared to non-existent. He’s never been an offensive defenseman (zero career power play points) but in his best of seasons in 2019-20 with Colorado and 2022-23 with New Jersey, Graves was up to nearly two shots on goal per game.