Ryan Graves was supposed to be the Pittsburgh Penguins’ plug-and-play replacement for Brian Dumoulin, the steady and reliable left defenseman who counterbalanced Kris Letang for a half dozen seasons.
CRANBERRY—Pittsburgh Penguins president of hockey operations/GM Kyle Dubas noticeably grimaced when asked about defenseman Ryan Graves. Dubas held his season-ending press conference Friday at the UPMC Lemieux Complex, wrapping what he admitted was a roller coaster season with several sections that bore no resemblance to the previous.
Pittsburgh Penguins third-line center Lars Eller is expected to be available for Thursday night’s huge home game against the Detroit Red Wings. Coach Mike Sullivan said the steady two-way player, who missed practice Wednesday because of an illness, should play.
CRANBERRY — Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Ryan Graves has been diagnosed with a concussion. Coach Mike Sullivan, who announced Graves’ injury following the team’s practice at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex Friday, did not offer a projected timeline for his return.
Defenseman Ryan Graves logged just five minutes, 27 seconds of ice time before leaving the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 3-2 win over Columbus Thursday night at PPG Paints Arena because of an unspecified upper-body injury.
A few new or recently missing faces were on the ice Tuesday for a full Pittsburgh Penguins morning skate at PPG Paints Arena. Forward Jeff Carter and defenseman Ryan Graves skated, as did Sam Poulin.
DALLAS — Good fortune is a win-win inside the Pittsburgh Penguins locker room and defenseman Jack St. Ivany will make his NHL debut Friday in Dallas. The first bit of good news is that defenseman Ryan Graves is expecting his first child.
Pittsburgh Penguins' general manager and president of hockey operations, Kyle Dubas, has made some shrewd moves in his first season at the helm. The acquisition of Erik Karlsson for a first-round pick while sending out anchors of contracts like Jeff Petry, Jan Rutta, and Mikael Granlund.
NEWARK, N.J. -- Maybe it was the collapse in Calgary. Or the embarrassment in Edmonton. Or, I suppose it's possible, it really did come down this singularly pathetic display of defense from Ryan Graves on this Tuesday night at Prudential Center: That's a whopper, huh?
The Pittsburgh Penguins are a lot of things. In denial is not one of them. They are all too aware of where they sit in the Eastern Conference and Metropolitan Division standings.
SEATTLE — It is not the first time this season that the Pittsburgh Penguins felt they outplayed their opponent but failed to score enough goals. The Seattle Kraken beat the Penguins 2-0 Thursday at the Climate Pledge Arena.
CRANBERRY — The Pittsburgh Penguins signed Ryan Graves to a six-year, $27 million contract last July because they projected him as a solid top-four defenseman.
The 2023-24 season hasn’t been easy for Ryan Graves as he slowly descends the Pittsburgh Penguins defensive depth chart. Now, suiting up on the third pairing with Chad Ruhwedel, Graves has been given the task of playing a simpler game.
The game was not yet a minute old when Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson accelerated past Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Ryan Graves on the right wing.
Before training camp gets underway for the Pittsburgh Penguins, a few familiar faces are in Toronto as part of the BioSteel NHL Camp. Among the Penguins in attendance at the camp are captain Sidney Crosby, blue liner P.O.
The New Jersey Devils have not been very active during the free agency period. However, they have lost some players to other teams. One of these players is Ryan Graves.
The Penguins made a couple signings outside of their crease, locking up defenseman Ryan Graves to a six-year deal with a $4.5M cap hit and center Noel Acciari to a three-year contract with a $2M cap hit.
Ryan Graves has himself a new contract. After spending the last year with the New Jersey Devils, he has signed with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Graves is locked in for the next six years and has an AAV of $4.5.
Ryan Graves scored with two seconds remaining in the third period as the New Jersey Devils ended a seven-game road losing streak to the Columbus Blue Jackets with a 3-2 victory on Tuesday night.
The New Jersey Devils have come out of the break with some unfortunate news, moving John Marino and Ryan Graves to injured reserve.
The New Jersey Devils have announced that forward Nathan Bastian has been placed on injured reserve, retroactively to Nov. 26. In a corresponding move, the team has recalled defenseman Nikita Okhotiuk from their AHL affiliate, the Utica Comets.
In the 2021 offseason, the New Jersey Devils took a swing at improving their defensive core. They accomplished that, signing the best defenseman on the market, Dougie Hamilton, to a seven-year contract worth $63 million.
If not false positives, Hischier and Graves could miss at least seven days while in protocol.
The Colorado Avalanche’s top line was the most-talked-about story for the team in their first-round series sweep of the St. Louis Blues. That line was responsible for 9 of the 20 goals in the series.
The 25-year-old led the entire league in plus-minus during his first full season in the NHL, finishing at a +40 in 69 games.
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