After an unsuccessful professional tryout contract, where he was unable to earn a deal with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Austin Wagner has decided to take his talents overseas to Europe.
Wagner, 26, was drafted 99th overall by the Los Angeles Kings in 2015 and has gone on to play in 178 career games in the National Hockey League, 171 of which were with LA, while the other seven were with the Chicago Blackhawks.
In those 178 career games with Los Angeles and Chicago, the Calgary native put up 42 points (23 goals, 19 assists), 70 penalty minutes and was a minus-19.
In July, Wagner became an unrestricted free agent after the Chicago Blackhawks decided not to issue him a qualifying offer. He went all summer without a new deal before inking a professional tryout contract (PTO) with the Pittsburgh Penguins, which didn't end how he was hoping.
