Ponikarovsky also returns to Pittsburgh

Much have been made of late about Rob Scuderi’s return to Pittsburgh — Fox Sports also did an interview with Scuderi that is available here — but it’s also a lower-profile return for Alexei Ponikarovsky. Ponikarovsky was traded from Toronto to Pittsburgh in early March, but had only 16 regular-season and 11 playoff games with the Penguins before signing with the Kings last summer. Ponikarovsky has four goals and four assists in 33 games with the Kings, and today Terry Murray was asked by a Pittsburgh reporter about Ponikarovsky’s ability to fit in despite injuries and other setbacks…

MURRAY: “It’s been a big adjustment for him, coming through a couple different organizations, coming through a couple different organizations now, coming through Pittsburgh last year and now to us. It’s a new system, new style, new philosophy, and it takes a little bit of time for a player to make those adjustments. I think his game is starting to get back on track, with what we expected when we signed him as a player. So we’re looking for big things from him in the remaining games.”