A couple of weeks ago I proposed in a Trending Players post that Jared McCann was the key piece the Penguins were after when they traded Derick Brassard, Riley Sheahan, and a bunch of draft picks to the Florida Panthers, and that Nick Bjugstad and his contract was simply the price to get it done.
The response to that was mixed.
Some agreed with the theory.
Others responded by telling me Jim Rutherford and the Penguins have been after Bjugstad for a couple of years and were always intrigued by him.