As we told you yesterday, Tomas Tatar was rumoured to be returning to the Montreal Canadiens, as he is still a free agent without a contract. According to Elliotte Friedman, there's news on this front. The Pittsburgh Penguins are the favourites to acquire the Slovak. <q>That's not all, my friends! Late night update: According to Elliotte Friedman on Sportsnet Central tonight, he thinks Pittsburgh is targeting a forward like Tomas Tatar. ... Stay tuned.</q> The Habs would help Kyle Dubas, much against his better judgment, sign a player like Tatar, when he agreed to take on the contracts of Jeff Petry and Casey DeSmith, freeing up more than $3 million from the Penguins' payroll. Tatar is still capable of delivering offensively and is very responsible defensively, which could be an asset on the Pens' top 9. <blockquote class=twitter-tweet><p lang=en dir=ltr>That's not all folks! Late night update: Per Elliotte Friedman on Sportsnet Central tonight- he thinks Pittsburgh targets a forward like Tomas Tatar <br><br>...Stay tuned.- Pens Report (@pensreport) <a href=https://twitter.com/pensreport/status/1688390220369006592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>August 7, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src=https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js charset=utf-8>