The Pittsburgh Penguins had a rather quiet trade deadline day as the team made most of their moves before Friday.
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Pittsburgh had already traded for Stuart Skinner, Egor Chinakhov and Samuel Girard earlier this season to help bolster the roster. On trade deadline day, the only move the Penguins made was acquiring forward Elmer Soderblom from the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for a 2026 third-round draft pick, originally belonging to the San Jose Sharks.
After the deadline passed, Penguins President of Hockey Operations and general manager, Kyle Dubas, discussed the quiet deadline day.
“I think everyone would be more excited if there was a lot more movement, especially the folks assembled here today and the fans,” Dubas said on Friday.
“I can only speak from our perspective, we tried to get the players in earlier because the types of players that we’re trading for, and have traded for throughout the year, are either guys that are going to be here a while, or maybe wasn’t going perfectly where they were. So, the more runway you have to get them up and running, (the better).”
Dubas, meanwhile, also believes the team has played well together and thought the mix was something he didn’t want to make major changes to.
“Obviously, the mix has worked quite well,” Dubas said. “They’ve got some chemistry. Dan (Muse) has done a great job coaching them. The staff has done a great job. We just have to deal with some absences this year for various different reasons, and continue to stay with it, find a way to write our own story, regardless of what anyone expects it (to be).”
The Penguins are 31-17-13 and holding onto the second spot in the Metro division. Pittsburgh will return to the ice on Saturday at home against the Philadelphia Flyers.
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