In a sudden turn of events, Los Angeles Kings’ forward Tanner Pearson officially becomes the newest member of the Pittsburgh Penguins.
During Jim Rutherford’s media availability celebrating his three-year extension deal, he ever-so-casually dropped a huge bomb regarding a trade. Reporters joked that he could just tell us all now, but Rutherford explained that because of the move’s alleged complexity, it was still in the holding period awaiting league-approval.
Just minutes later, that approval came through, with the news that Pearson is Pittsburgh bound, straight-up, for Carl Hagelin.
Pearson, 26, is a left winger, a position the Penguins have immense need in after trading Conor Sheary away over the summer.