While we’re waiting to see if Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford pulls the trigger on any more deals, I thought it would be fun to glance back at the best (and worst) deadline trades in team history.
I’ll call ‘em doozies ‘n’ duds.
The best deadline deal of all-time? That’s easy. “The Trade.”
Given a mandate by Hartford owner Richard Gordon to move Ron Francis at the 1991 trade deadline “or else,” Whalers (and former Pens) GM Eddie Johnston hooked up with Penguins GM Craig Patrick on an epic six-player swap.