Penguins Acquire Goalie Silovs from Canucks
Just when I was rather blissfully settling into a deep summertime hockey slumber, Kyle Dubas had to go and pull off another trade.
The Penguins’ POHO/GM acquired 24-year-old goalie Arturs Silovs from old friend Jimmy Rutherford’s Canucks for minor-league forward Chase Stillman and a fourth-round pick in the 2027 Entry Draft.
My initial reaction…surprise bordering on shock. Especially since PenguinPoop colleague Caleb Di’Natale rousted me from an actual afternoon nap to inform me of the trade. Bear with me while I try to organize my thoughts.
I presumed we’d parted with Alex Nedeljkovic for the express purpose of opening up a slot behind starter Tristan Jarry for one (or both) of our prime goaltending prospects, Joel Blomqvist or Sergei Murashov. The arrival of Silovs, still a prospect himself, roils those waters somewhat.
To digress, the native of Riga, Latvia, is a former sixth-round pick of the Canucks in 2019. According to Caleb, the rangy 6’4’ 203-pounder plays a scrambling style reminiscent of Hall-of-Famer Dominik Hasek.
Thrust into the spotlight in ’23-24 in the wake of injuries to Thatcher Demko and then Canucks’ backup Casey DeSmith, Silovs became the de facto starter for the club’s playoff run.