In a minor swap today, the Penguins traded defenseman Mark Friedman and forward Ty Glover to Vancouver in exchange for forward Karel Plasek and defenseman Jack Rathbone.
When I learned of the deal from Other Rick, I (sarcastically) commented that we probably got smaller and less physical. A quick glance at the newcomers’ particulars confirmed my suspicions.
Plasek, 23, is a 5’11” 154-pound (that’s right, a buck fifty-four) right wing and a former sixth-round pick of Vancouver. Aside from an eight-game cameo with the Abbotsford Canucks of the AHL back in 2020-21 (no points), he’s spent his entire career in his native Czechia, where he’s produced at a middling rate.