Pittsburgh Penguins Complete An Interesting Roster Move Involving A Former Colorado Avalanche Player

This morning it was announced that the Pittsburgh Penguins have recalled former Colorado Avalanche forward Matthew Nieto from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in the American Hockey League.

As the season comes to a close, the Penguins have been effected by a bunch of injuries as they currently have four players on their injured list.

Those players include newly acquired forwards in Tommy Novak, Philip Tomasino, Bokondji Imama, and defenseman Pierre-Olivier Joseph.

With the current state of the Pittsburgh Penguins, and the position they currently sit in, it's interesting that the organization is opting to recall a veteran like Nieto instead of one of their prospects to see what they can do in the remaining four regular season games.

Nieto had a late start to the season, and missed majority of the year last year after having a pair of knee surgeries.

When returning, he originally played a pair of AHL games on a conditioning stint with the Penguins, before earning a call up where he played 31 games for the Penguins. Ultimately his low production led to him being placed on waivers.

Since joining the Penguins affiliate, Nieto has been pretty solid with three goals and seven points in 15 games.

It's unclear if Nieto is going to see some ice time during the penguins game on Tuesday, but it's likely someone like Joona Koppanen could come out of the lineup in place of Nieto.