The Pittsburgh Penguins made a splash on Wednesday, trading two-time Stanley Cup champion Carl Hagelin to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for left winger Tanner Pearson.
But general manager Jim Rutherford’s job in switching things might not be done just yet.
“We felt that we needed to make some changes,” Rutherford said in the presser announcing the Hagelin trade on Wednesday. “This could be the start of more changes or we’ll see how this goes here for a little bit. But the way things have gone for the first part of the season, it’s obvious we had to change something out.