The Pittsburgh Penguins gave their stars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin some help, acquiring the star forward Phil Kessel from the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday.
Pittsburgh sent forward Nick Spaling, defenseman Scott Harrington, the former first-round pick Kasperi Kapanen and a draft pick to the Maple Leafs for Kessel, defenseman Tim Erixon, forward Tyler Biggs with other conditional picks involved.
Kessel, 27, has 247 goals and 273 assists in nine seasons between Boston and Toronto. Kessel finished with 25 goals and 36 assists for the Maple Leafs last season. He led Toronto in points every season since arriving in a trade from the Bruins in 2009.