Penguins suspend newly-acquired defenseman Egor Zamula for breaching contract
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Per multiple reports, the Pittsburgh Penguins have suspended defenseman Egor Zamula, recently acquired from the divisional foe Philadelphia Flyers, for failure to report to the American Hockey League affiliate Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.
In what was one of the rare trades between the longtime divisional foes, the Pittsburgh Penguins traded Philip Tomasino to the Philadelphia Flyers for Egor Zamula, and then assigned him to their American Hockey League affiliate Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.
But the only problem is that Zamula apparently has no interest in playing in the AHL right now.
Per multiple reports, the Penguins have suspended Zamula for his failure to report to their AHL affiliate.
Acquired earlier this week from Flyers, the Penguins have suspended defenseman Egor Zamula for failure to report to AHL Wilkes-Barre. - Frank Seravalli
NEWS: The Pittsburgh Penguins have suspended D Egor Zamula for failure to report.
Zamula was assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL) after being acquired by the Penguins, but has refused to report. - Around The Horn Hockey
Zamula was assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL) after being acquired by the Penguins, but has refused to report. - Around The Horn Hockey
Zamula recently cleared waivers after being put there by the Flyers and was assigned to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, and also recently changed agents to Dan Milstein of Gold Star Hockey.
The Penguins Have Suspended New Defenseman Egor Zamula
Zamula, who was never drafted into the NHL, signed a contract with the Flyers and would eventually make his debut in 2021.
He played in a career-high 66 games in 2023-24 and had a career-best 21 points (5G, 16A), and then followed that up with 63 games the next year.
This season, he's played in 13 games with the Flyers in the NHL and three games with the Phantoms. .
He has 41 points (8G, 33A) in 168 games played so far in his NHL career.
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