Alexander Nylander has signed a new contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins.

League minimum for a guy who has proven he can play a bottom-6 role? No one can call this a bad signing.

Has he proven he can play in a bottom 6 role? He’s been an AHLer nearly all year

I think that Pittsburgh management is reasonably high on him for that limited purpose from what he showed them at the end of the season, which is why they signed him so quickly. But maybe he just looks good by comparison, and economical.

Wonder who signed him to this with management gone though. Sullivan?

This has been a big misconception. I read that press release wrong myself, after Hextall was fired. Sullivan isn't like the acting GM, or helping with choosing a GM. Sullivan and a few others are basically just doing the paperwork that Hextall and company would've been doing. I'm assuming this deal was worked out through some other high-ranking player development people. From what I understand, the GM, or even the assistant GM, doesn't even negotiate and sign low level deals like this. They leave it to other people most of the time.

Looks like he gets full pay even if he’s in the minors again which is a W for Nylander. Pittsburgh gets a guy with middle 6 upside on a league minimum contract.

Horrible cap management by Hextall kept him in the AHL most of the year. When he played he was actually solid. He definitely played better than Carter and McGinn.