It appears the Pittsburgh Penguins' organization has gotten even deeper at the goaltending position.
On Tuesday, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (WBS) Penguins - Pittsburgh's AHL affiliate - signed goaltender Maxim Pavlenko to a one-year AHL contract.
The Penguins have signed goaltender Maxim Pavlenko for the 2025-26 season.https://t.co/dkMY34dN8vpic.twitter.com/irKrdenQep
— x - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (@WBSPenguins) June 3, 2025
Pavlenko, 22, represented Kazakhstan at the IIHF World Championship and appeared in seven games, posting an .881 save percentage behind a defense that didn't offer him much support. He has been in Russia's VHL for the past two seasons with Ryazan HC and has earned a .919 save percentage and two shutouts in that span.
The 6-foot-5, 181-pound netminder will join a goaltending prospect pool that is already pretty deep for Pittsburgh, as Joel Blomqvist, Sergei Murashov, and Filip Larsson - in addition to Taylor Gauthier if he re-signs as a restricted free agent - will already be jostling for positioning in WBS barring any major goaltending shakeup at the NHL level.
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