The action ramped up at the conclusion of the 2015 NHL draft.
Following an easy beginning on Friday with 30 first-round picks, Saturday brought with it the final 181 picks over six rounds. Even though the draft just finished up, the trade winds continue to blow.
Teams are constantly shifting where they pick, as well as what they want to do with assets already in place, so discussions of deals figure to take up more time on Saturday than celebrating who was actually taken.
Not every deal will end up happening, but it's hard to fault a general manager for exploring all the options at hand. Here are the latest rumblings coming from this year's draft.
Pittsburgh's Scoring Quest
The Pittsburgh Penguins were quiet on Day 1 of the draft by design since they didn't have a first-round pick.
That didn't mean the front office wasn't trying to make something happen behind the scenes, as TSN's Bob McKenzie reported, the Penguins wanted to find scoring wingers:
SportsNet.ca's Damien Cox reported the Penguins were looking at Kes ...
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