Another year, another busy trade deadline period for Ray Shero and the Pittsburgh Penguins.
A day after trading a second round pick in the upcoming draft to Florida for defenseman Jordan Leopold, Shero was at it again, this time with offense in mind. After the conclusion of Tuesday night's victory over the Ryan Miller-less Buffalo Sabres, the Penguins announced the addition of Toronto left wing Alexei Ponikarovsky.
But at what price?
Veteran defenseman Martin Skoula and 21-year-old prospect Luca Caputi will be packing their bags and heading north to Canada.
The initial thought was that Maple Leafs' General Manager Brian Burke wanted at least a second round pick for the Ukraine Train, but as the Penguins had already spend theirs on defense, Shero chose not to hand out a first rounder.
Caputi makes up the brunt of the deal, and Skoula was essentially the eighth man on the Pittsburgh blue line and needed to be moved to get under the salary cap.
But enough of the blabber.
The Penguins reeled in a mighty fine winger that will most likely be used on Evgeni Malkin's left wing.
The Maple Leafs ...
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