Reviewing Penguins’ Trade Deadline Moves & Players Who Are Still Fighting For The Season
Also, how the Carolina Hurricanes won the trade
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Today we are going to review the Penguins’ trade moves, look at some players who are still performing well despite the lost season and more.
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Penguins’ 2024 Trade Deadline Headlined by Jake Guentzel Deal
March 9, 2024 by Jordan Orth
With the Pittsburgh Penguins in an unfamiliar position heading into the trade deadline this season, general manager Kyle Dubas found himself trying to balance selling off some assets while also keeping the roster intact and skilled enough to possibly try and make a push for a playoff spot (albeit an outside chance at this point). There were plenty of murmurs around the hockey world of players that Dubas could look to trade and what kind of return he could get for certain players, but when the clock struck 3 PM EST on March 8, the first-year Penguin GM only made three trades.
3 Penguins Not Playing Like It’s a Lost Season
March 8, 2024 by Sylvie McCarthy
At this point, there is probably no one betting on the Pittsburgh Penguins to make the playoffs, except for maybe the Penguins themselves. In the midst of what has been an extremely disappointing season, there is still some life left in the lineup. There is no question that Pittsburgh desperately needs to make some changes, however, there are some players who have proven that no matter what happens this season they will still be around in 2024-25.
Hurricanes Finally Get Their Guy With Big Guentzel Trade
March 8, 2024 by Zach Martin
After what has been a week of Jake Guentzel news of where he may or may not go, it is official. He will be with the Carolina Hurricanes when it’s all said and done. The Hurricanes got Guentzel and Ty Smith for Michael Bunting, three prospects, and two draft picks. The 29-year-old forward from Omaha, Nebraska has been with the Penguins since being drafted by them as the 77th overall pick in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft. Guentzel made his NHL debut back in the 2016-17 season where he played 40 games tallying 16 goals and 33 points. He’s spent the last eight seasons with Pittsburgh accumulating 466 points in 503 games over that span.