The Penguins have already made a couple of moves this week as the deadline looms, and from what I'm hearing, they aren't done yet.

Playing against Flyers

The chaos and triage of the NHL trade deadline is past. Teams are settled, some for the last 16 games, while the rest are anxiously awaiting the results of their moves, hoping to have caught magic for a Stanley Cup run.

The Penguins dropped the first game of a home-and-home with the Flyers on Tuesday at Wells Fargo Center, 6-1. “I don’t think we played particularly good today,” Erik Karlsson said. “It’s

Karlsson, 34, has two years remaining beyond 2024-25 on an eight-year contract that pays him $11.5 million annually and has a full no-movement clause. The Penguins are paying $10 million of Karlsson's contract, as $1.5 million was retained by the San Jose Sharks in the blockbuster trade that sent Karlsson to Pittsburgh on Aug. 6, 2023.

Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Matt Grzelcyk (upper body) will be in the lineup on Tuesday against the Philadelphia Flyers. Due to an upper-body injury, Grzelcyk was limited to only five minutes of action on Sunday against the New York Rangers.