The Penguins got more than Alex Galchenyuk and Pierre-Olivier Joseph when they traded Phil Kessel to Arizona Saturday.
In the process, they picked up salary-cap space that will allow Jim Rutherford to be more than an interested onlooker when the NHL's free-agent signing period begins at noon Monday.
Oh, Rutherford won't be bidding for big-ticket guys like Artemi Panarin and Matt Duchene, but he will at least be able to make a legitimate attempt to plug what he views as a significant hole in his roster.