Of the seven players listed, four will go to unrestricted free agency, one will go to restricted free agency and two are signed into next year.
When looking at how the San Jose Sharks are doing this season, it can be easy to look at it through a negative lenses. But Jan Rutta thinks differently.
Shakir Mukhamadullin’s first NHL game didn’t start as planned. And no, we aren’t talking about his performance in the actual game. The San Jose Sharks
There was a lot of good news for the San Jose Sharks in their 4-3 shootout victory over the Los Angeles Kings. Fabian Zetterlund scored once again, tying Tomas Hertl for the team lead with 14 goals.
San Jose Sharks head coach David Quinn announced that defenseman Jan Rutta will be out of the lineup on a week-to-week basis with an upper-body injury.
Sheng Peng of San Jose Hockey Now is reporting that San Jose Sharks defenseman Jan Rutta has been placed on the injured reserve while fellow defenseman Matt Benning has been activated off IR.
Nicklaus Perbix emerged as a consistent option for the Tampa Bay Lightning throughout the 2023 season. The off-season prior, the Lightning lost Ryan McDonagh and Jan Rutta to salary cap casualties.
Where does David Quinn think that Mike Hoffman and Jan Rutta will line up for the San Jose Sharks? Hoffman and Rutta, along with Mikael Granlund, came to San Jose a couple weeks ago in the Erik Karlsson trade.
Mikael Granlund and Jan Rutta are looking to rebound from tough seasons with the Pittsburgh Penguins. It looks like they’re going to get plenty of opportunity to do so with the San Jose Sharks: Both veterans, along with Mike Hoffman from the Montreal Canadiens, were sent to the Bay Area yesterday for superstar Erik Karlsson.
The Pittsburgh Penguins envisioned a defensive shutdown pairing anchored by Stanley Cup champion Jan Rutta when they signed him to a three-year contract in the summer of 2022.
The 2022-23 season was a disappointing one for the Pittsburgh Penguins. They were inconsistent all season, in the playoffs and then out again down the stretch, and finally in the final week of the regular season they were eliminated from the postseason for the first time since 2006.
With the Stanley Cup Final finishing on Tuesday, the NHL offseason has officially begun, and the Pittsburgh Penguins are one of the more intriguing teams to watch this summer.
Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Jan Rutta underwent core muscle surgery this week in St. Louis. The team announced that his recovery timeline is 8 to 10 weeks.
If the Pittsburgh Penguins defeat the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday and the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday on the road, they will secure a postseason berth.
With an optional Penguins morning skate Thursday at PPG Paints Arena, defenseman Kris Letang, 35, was the oldest player who opted to participate. He had a tongue-in-cheek reason for skating – to avoid a possible prank from former longtime teammate Marc-Andre Fleury, who is scheduled to start Thursday night for the Minnesota Wild.
Hours after the Pittsburgh Penguins revealed the longer-term nature of one defenseman’s injury, two more blueliners left during their 6-4 loss to the Montreal Canadiens Tuesday at PPG Paints Arena.
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Tristan Jarry, who has missed the past four games because of an unspecified injury, was the first player on the ice for the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 50-minute practice at Honda Center Thursday afternoon.
With 24 days remaining until the NHL Trade Deadline, the Pittsburgh Penguins will look to make a few trades to help improve their current lineup. However,
The Pittsburgh Penguins will look to carry the momentum of halting a seven-game winless streak into Friday's contest against the host Toronto Maple Leafs.
The Pittsburgh Penguins finally kicked their skid and won their first game in seven contests. It wasn’t an easy battle against the Washington Capitals, however, as the Penguins walk away from the game with multiple injuries to defensemen.
While the team’s last Stanley Cup win wasn’t overly long ago (2017), the Penguins have continually struggled to make a deep playoff push ever since.
The Pittsburgh Penguins are through two weeks of training camp and a few preseason games and are already getting exactly what they signed up for with defenseman Jan Rutta - dependability.
Let's take a look at the upcoming season for the Pittsburgh Penguins.
The Penguins could eventually trade a defenseman away to free up salary-cap space this summer now that they have Rutta on the books.
Despite losing a few impact players in the offseason, the Chicago Blackhawks have kicked off their 2017-18 campaign looking like a competitive club. But their early season dominance isn't just the work of the well-known core that has hoisted a few Stanley Cups over the past decade.
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