The Pittsburgh Penguins were busy on Wednesday, making two trades: sending Michael Bunting to the Nashville Predators and swapping Vincent Desharnais to the San Jose Sharks.
In their place, the black and gold acquired Luke Schenn and Tommy Novak from the Predators, and a 2028 fifth round draft pick from the Sharks.
Meanwhile, several former Penguins players were on the move on Thursday. Here’s a recap of who went where.
In the offseason, the Penguins dealt former Stanley Cup champion Reilly Smith to the New York Rangers for a fifth (2025) and second round (2027) picks. He played 76 games in 2023-24, scoring 13 goals and 40 points.
After 58 games with the Rangers, they traded Smith back to the Vegas Golden Knights, where he returned to the team he won a championship with in 2023. As an “original misfit,” a player initially drafted in the Golden Knights expansion draft, he returns “home” after a season and a half away.
The New Jersey Devils got some heartbreaking news that Jack Hughes had season-ending surgery, the team got busy by acquiring defenseman Brian Dumoulin from the Anaheim Ducks. In the deal, the 33-year-old rejoins the Metro Division in exchange for Herman Traff and a second-round pick in 2025.
As fans may remember, Dumoulin came to the Penguins in the Jordan Staal trade in 2012, winning the Stanley Cup in 2016 and 2017 before signing with the Seattle Kraken as a free agent in 2023. He was dealt to the Ducks in the 2024 offseason and has two goals and 16 points in 61 games.
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