- May 21, 2026
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The Pittsburgh Penguins announced Sunday they avoided arbitration with four players and signed them to new contracts, including forward Egor Chinakhov.
The Omsk, Russia native signed a three-year, $18.75-million contract that will pay him an annual average value of $6.25 million.
Last season, Chinakhov scored 21 goals and recorded 21 assists for 42 points in 72 games, setting new career highs in all categories. He was acquired by the Penguins in a trade last December with the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Across five NHL seasons with Pittsburgh and Columbus, Chinakhov, a 2020 first-round pick, has 55 goals and 58 assists for 113 points in 247 regular-season games.
The Penguins also signed goaltender Arturs Silovs to a one-year, $2.8-million contract. In 39 games last season, he went 19-12-8 with an .887 save percentage (SV%) and 3.07 goals against average (GAA).
In four NHL seasons, the Latvian netminder has a 27-20-10 record with an .885 SV% and 3.09 GAA in 58 career games with both Pittsburgh and the Vancouver Canucks.
The team announced they signed forward David Gustafsson to a one-year deal worth $850,000 at the NHL level and goaltender Joel Blomqvist to a two-year deal worth $875,000 at the NHL level.
Gustafsson, 26, had 10 goals and 22 assists for 32 points in 48 AHL games with the Manitoba Moose in 2025-26. He also had a goal and three assists for four points in seven Calder Cup Playoff contests.
As for Blomqvist, 24, he went 16-5-6 with a .913 SV% and 2.40 GAA in 26 AHL games with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. Taken in the second round by Pittsburgh in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, he’s played in 91 career AHL contests, going 49-26-16 with a .916 SV% and 2.38 GAA and three shutouts.
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The Omsk, Russia native signed a three-year, $18.75-million contract that will pay him an annual average value of $6.25 million.
Last season, Chinakhov scored 21 goals and recorded 21 assists for 42 points in 72 games, setting new career highs in all categories. He was acquired by the Penguins in a trade last December with the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Across five NHL seasons with Pittsburgh and Columbus, Chinakhov, a 2020 first-round pick, has 55 goals and 58 assists for 113 points in 247 regular-season games.
The Penguins also signed goaltender Arturs Silovs to a one-year, $2.8-million contract. In 39 games last season, he went 19-12-8 with an .887 save percentage (SV%) and 3.07 goals against average (GAA).
In four NHL seasons, the Latvian netminder has a 27-20-10 record with an .885 SV% and 3.09 GAA in 58 career games with both Pittsburgh and the Vancouver Canucks.
The team announced they signed forward David Gustafsson to a one-year deal worth $850,000 at the NHL level and goaltender Joel Blomqvist to a two-year deal worth $875,000 at the NHL level.
Gustafsson, 26, had 10 goals and 22 assists for 32 points in 48 AHL games with the Manitoba Moose in 2025-26. He also had a goal and three assists for four points in seven Calder Cup Playoff contests.
As for Blomqvist, 24, he went 16-5-6 with a .913 SV% and 2.40 GAA in 26 AHL games with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. Taken in the second round by Pittsburgh in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, he’s played in 91 career AHL contests, going 49-26-16 with a .916 SV% and 2.38 GAA and three shutouts.
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