The All Star game is in the rear view mirror (and the less said the better about that dud of an event) which puts the NHL trade deadline as the next upcoming major milestone on the hockey calendar. That is coming up fast at this point in nearly a month, on Friday March 8th.
For the Penguins, what they have is largely what they might get. The team has already traded an upcoming first round pick for Erik Karlsson, as well as a second rounder in 2025. The Pens are without their third rounder this year as well as a result of last year’s trade that sent Brock McGinn to Anaheim for Dmitri Kulikov.