Longtime NHL forward John LeClair was assigned to the minors by the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday for the second time this month.

LeClair was placed on waivers last week but was not claimed by
another team. The Penguins then assigned him to
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the AHL before putting him on re-entry
waivers, which would have required any club claiming him to pay half
of the remaining share of his US

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