Penguins Update: Puh-lease Sign This Kid

Third time’s a charm. Or the squeaky wheel gets the oil.

Whatever time-honored aphorism you prefer, I’m pulling out all stops with a single-minded purpose.

I want the Penguins to sign power forward Jagger Joshua, the kid brother of Vancouver banger Dakota Joshua, who for the record has 15 goals and counting for the Canucks.

For the unfamiliar, the 6’3” 210-pound native of Dearborn, Michigan, currently plays for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. The Baby Pens signed Jagger following his collegiate career at Michigan State to a two-year deal that runs through next season.

The reason I’m so enamored of the 25-year-old should be obvious. The Pens simply don’t have a glove-dropping, body-banging forward under contract, and haven’t since Ryan Reaves rode shotgun back in 2017-18.

When interviewed about his playing style, Joshua likened himself to Capitals marauder Tom Wilson and ex-Flyers toughie Wayne Simmonds, recently retired.

“I love hitting people,” he explained. “There’s definitely something about contact that I definitely enjoy. I take pride in it. I don’t think about it, I just go out and do it.”

When’s the last time you heard a Pens forward say something like that?

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