The Penguins 2021 preseason is now completed, with the team about to travel to Tampa to kick off the 2021-22 regular season. In every training camp there are some winners at the end, which also unfortunately means there have to be some losers as well. Let’s put a bow on the first stage of the year for the Pens.
Winner: Danton Heinen
Heinen, 26, came in under the radar as a free agent on a one-year contract. His career started off pretty good in Boston, where Heinen scored 81 total points in two seasons from 2017-19. Then he went to Anaheim and his career got caught in a rut, with two unimpressive seasons played mostly with the struggling Ducks from 2019-21.