While I was sound asleep, sawing the proverbial logs, Penguins POHO/GM Kyle Dubas was burning the midnight oil, in the process hooking up on a big trade with Jimmy Rutherford’s Canucks.
In exchange for UFAs-to-be Marcus Pettersson and Drew O’Connor, Dubas acquired towering physical defenseman Vincent Desharnais (pictured), veteran forward and ex-Pen Danton Heinen, forward prospect Melvin Fernström and…drum roll please…a conditional 2025 first-round pick (via the Rangers).
Wow.
A lot to unpack.
First things first, the first (?!), freshly acquired by JR & Co.