The Arizona Coyotes have taken on another reclamation project, adding big Russian winger Sergei Plotnikov in a trade with the Pittsburgh Penguins, a source told ESPN.com's Craig Custance.
The Penguins will receive 24-year-old German winger Matthias Plachta, who is playing for Springfield of the AHL, the source said. TSN reports that Pittsburgh will also get a conditional draft pick.
Plotnikov, 25, was signed as a free agent last summer after spending six years in the Kontinental Hockey League, and the hope was he might fit playing on the wing with countryman Evgeni Malkin for the Penguins.