{"id":419200,"date":"2026-01-21T05:15:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T05:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/419200\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T05:15:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T05:15:30","slug":"penguins-trade-solovyov-scouting-report-updated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/419200\/","title":{"rendered":"Penguins Trade; Solovyov Scouting Report (UPDATED)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CALGARY \u2014 The Pittsburgh Penguins made a <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/tag\/penguins-trade\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"470\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">minor trade<\/a> of players Tuesday, both playing in the AHL but with ample NHL experience. <\/p>\n<p>General manager <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/tag\/kyle-dubas\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1425\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kyle Dubas<\/a> announced the swap, sending Valtteri Puustinen to the Colorado Avalanche for left-handed defenseman Ilya Solovyov. <\/p>\n<p>Solovyov, 25, is a native of Belarus. He\u2019s a big (6-foot-3, 208 pounds) left-shot defenseman known for reliability and a steady game. This season, he played 16 NHL games with one goal and two assists, and a minus-1 rating with six penalty minutes. He\u2019s also played three games for the AHL\u2019s Colorado Eagles. <\/p>\n<p>Solovyov turned pro five seasons ago. In 232 career AHL games with Colorado, Calgary, and Stockton, he has recorded 18 goals, 51 assists, and 69 points. He also played the pandemic season for Dinamo Minsk in the KHL. <\/p>\n<p>The move would appear to bolster the left side of the organization\u2019s depth. <\/p>\n<p>With some irony, both players were seventh-round draft picks. Puustinen was the Penguins\u2019 seventh-rounder in 2019 and played 66 NHL games with seven goals and 16 points. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTags: <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/tag\/ilya-solovyov\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Ilya Solovyov<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/tag\/penguins-trade\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Penguins Trade<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/tag\/valtteri-puustinen\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Valtteri Puustinen<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"categories\">Categorized: <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/category\/pittsburgh-penguins\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CALGARY \u2014 The Pittsburgh Penguins made a minor trade of players Tuesday, both playing in the AHL but&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419201,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5116],"tags":[193,192,144,5277,5,11999,4,644,7732],"class_list":{"0":"post-419200","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-colorado-avalanche","8":"tag-avalanche","9":"tag-colorado","10":"tag-colorado-avalanche","11":"tag-coloradoavalanche","12":"tag-hockey","13":"tag-ilya-solovyov","14":"tag-nhl","15":"tag-penguins-trade","16":"tag-valtteri-puustinen"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115931389897551725","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}