Overview
- The Pittsburgh Penguins placed defenseman Ilya Solovyov on waivers on Friday, Oct. 9, 2026, which makes him available for other NHL teams to claim during the standard 24-hour window.
- Solovyov has not appeared in a regular-season game for Pittsburgh this year and was a healthy scratch after making the opening-night roster.
- He is on a one-year, one-way contract with an $850,000 cap hit, so if he clears waivers the Penguins can assign him to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in the AHL while keeping him as a recallable depth option.
- The team moved him to meet the NHL 23-player active roster limit as several players returned from injured or non-roster status, including pending availability for forwards such as Andrei Kuzmenko and Bryan Rust.
- Reports differ on Solovyov’s exact 2025–26 NHL totals, but coverage agrees he is a 26-year-old left-side defenseman with limited NHL experience who would likely provide organizational depth if unclaimed.