Penguins Activate Ben Kindel Off IR, Waive David Gustafsson

By Brian La Rose | at October 3, 2026 12:07 pm On top of getting Andrei Kuzmenko back from personal leave tonight against Montreal, the Penguins will welcome another important forward back as well. The team announced (Twitter link) that center Ben Kindel has been activated off injured reserve. To make room on the roster, center David Gustafsson has been placed on waivers with a non-roster designation. Kindel was injured in the preseason, sustaining a lower-body injury. While he wound up on IR with a retroactive designation, he’ll ultimately only miss one game. The 19-year-old was certainly a bright spot…