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Penguins Swing Minor Deal

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In a swap of minor-league forwards, the Penguins dealt Corey Andonovski to the Blues for Mathias Lafferierre.

Although the trade doesn’t figure to impact the big-league roster (at least ours), it continues an all-too-familiar trend of pushing guys who play with an edge out the door (not too mention players brought on board during the Ron Hextall era).

Indeed, the deal comes on the heels of another swap involving a physical Baby Pens forward, Jagger Joshua.

While the 25-year-old Andonovski often imitated Mike Lange’s bulldozer in a construction yard (i.