Photo: Micheline Veluvolu
The Pittsburgh Penguins signed a defenseman Ryan Johnson From the Buffalo Sabers in front of the defenders Caleb Jones and: Daniel Latsch.
Johnson, 25, was Buffalo’s first pick (31st overall) in the 2019 NHL Draft and has seven assists in 47 games with the Sabres. In 153 AHL games with the Rochester Americans (including four so far in 2026-27), the fourth-year pro has recorded seven goals and 34 assists for 41 points.
Johnson also has one goal and three assists in 15 Calder Cup playoff games.
This season, Jones has three assists in four games with the AHL’s Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins and has 87 points on 13 goals and 74 assists in 186 AHL games with the Penguins, Ontario Reign, Colorado Eagles and Bakersfield Condors.
Jones, in his 10th professional season after being drafted by Edmonton in the fourth round in 2015, has played 255 NHL games with the Oilers, Blackhawks, Avalanche, Kings and Penguins, totaling 14 goals and 42 assists for 56 points.
Latch played in 10 games as a first-year pro for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton in 2025-26, recording three assists. He also had three goals and eight assists in 29 games with Wheeling (ECHL).
Latsch was a seventh-round pick by Pittsburgh in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft.
