Aho has 50 points (11G / 39A) in 190 career NHL games but has spent the entirety of the 2024-25 campaign in the AHL. The 29-year-old defenseman has seven points (0G / 7A) in 17 games with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL) this season.
Laatsch was a seventh-round pick, 215th overall, of the Penguins in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft. The 6'5 defenseman is a product of the University of Wisconsin and scored five points (2G / 3A) in 22 games with the club this season.
Graham was a fifth-round pick, 139th overall, of the New Jersey Devils in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft. The 20-year-old forward has spent the last five seasons in the WHL, including scoring 35 points (13G / 22A) in 34 games with the Kelowna Rockets in 2024-25.
Brazeau was part of a deal that sent Jakub Lauko and Marat Khusnutdinov to the Boston Bruins on Thursday evening. The 27-year-old Brazeau played a career-high 57 games with the Bruins this season, scoring 20 points (10G / 10A) and averaging 12:58 time-on-ice.
Alexeyev was the 31st overall pick of the Capitals in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft. He has played 77 career NHL games, including five with the Capitals earlier this season, and scored eight career points (1G / 7A).
The Penguins will be hoping the 27-year-old Novak will be able to regain the form he flashed in the 2022-23 season, when he scored 17 goals and added 26 assists in just 51 regular season games. Novak leaves Nashville after amassing 117 points with the franchise across 201 career games.
Vladislav Kolyachonok will make his Penguins debut on Tuesday against the Colorado Avalanche, sending Graves to the sidelines as a healthy scratch. The 29-year-old Graves is averaging 15:13 time-on-ice and has one point (0G / 1A) in 44 games this season.
Harding was a seventh-round pick, 223rd overall, of the Penguins in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft. The 20-year-old defenseman is in his third OHL season and has 55 points (7G / 48A) in 59 games with the Brampton Steelheads.
After allowing six goals on 33 shots (.818 SV%) in Sunday's 6-5 overtime loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs, Blomqvist has been demoted to the Wilkes-Barre Sranton Penguins (AHL). In a corresponding move, Pittsburgh has recalled Tristan Jarry.
Jarry has been in the AHL the last month and a half but Pittsburgh is desperate for a spark in their crease after allowing four or more goals in five of their last six games (1-3-2). The 29-year-old Jarry was serviceable during his AHL stint, posting a 2.67 GAA and .908 SV% in 12 games (6-5-1). In a corresponding move, Pittsburgh has reassigned Joel Blomqvist to the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins (AHL).
