penguins Captain’s Practices Begin, Karlsson already inโ Pittsburgh
Pittsburghโ Penguinsโฃ players have begun informal captain’s practices as preparations forโค the 2024-25โฃ season accelerate.Severalโ players were on the ice Wednesday, includingโ recently โขacquiredโ goaltender Arturs Silovs and prospects Joel Blomqvist and Sergei Murashov. โConnor Clifton observed the session fromโ the sidelines while speaking with โBroz.The early โฃon-ice work signalsโ the unofficial startโค of trainingโ camp ahead of the โคProspects Challenge in Buffalo, scheduled โขfor September 12-15. Silovsโ appears โto beโ a frontrunner for the backup โgoaltender position, facing shots from regular players duringโ Wednesday’s practice. Filip Larsson,coming off โaโฃ strong season โขwith โขthe โWilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins,also participated in the session,vying for a โpotential prospect.Notably,sources have confirmed toโ Pittsburgh Hockey Now that โdefenseman erik karlsson has been in โคPittsburgh for approximately one week and is actively increasing his โtraining intensity. Karlsson โmissed training camp and the preseason last year due to an injury sustained during a captain’s practice.
The โPenguins haveโ not yet announced the official start date for training camp.