The Penguins and Anaheim Ducks have had a wonderful working relationship and have made several trades in recent years. Most recently the Ducks picked up Erik Gudbranson and his $4.0 million cap hit from Pittsburgh for a seventh round pick in October of 2019. The teams made a fairly minor move to swap veteran forwards Derek Grant and Joseph Blandisi earlier in 2019 and in late 2018 the teams made a “change of scenery” deal that sent Daniel Sprong west for Marcus Pettersson.
Jim Rutherford is gone, and he made all of those deals on the Pens’ end, but Anaheim is at the top of the lists right now for trade rumor activity.