There are three weeks remaining until the March 8 trade deadline, and until the Penguins have to make a decision regarding Jake Guentzel’s expiring contract.
In order for Kyle Dubas to decide to move Guentzel before the deadline, a team would need to offer a package to similar to what sent longtime Philadelphia Flyer Claude Giroux to the Florida Panthers in 2022, according to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman.
“The thing about Pittsburgh is... you know that [Dubas] has done his research. What did Claude Giroux get? A first-rounder and Owen Tippett,” Friedman said on Monday’s episode of 32 Thoughts: The Podcast.