Penguins ‘Good Problems’ Are Not; Could Lose Young Players

Oct 5, 2026, 10:39 AM ET|Comments (0)

from Pittsburgh Hockey Now, by Dan Kingerski,

The Penguins claim to have good problems, but those very issues could also cost them players and set back their youth movement.

Also standing beside Koivunen in civvies during pregame introductions was 25-year-old Elmer Soderblom . While the disparity between the large 6-foot-8, 254-pound Soderblom standing beside the 6-foot, 186-pound Koivunen, and the whirring camera angle from one to the next was amusing, the predicament is anything but when it relates to the Penguins’ future.

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