No more “Big Rig”…at least not in the ‘Burgh. The Penguins traded popular defenseman Jamie Oleksiak back to the Dallas Stars today for a fourth-round pick in the 2019 Entry Draft.
The return seems a bit light for the 6’7″ 255-pound blueliner, who showed flashes of genuine promise after arriving in a trade with the Stars in December 2017.
Indeed, Oleksiak piled up eight goals and 25 points in 73 games with the black and gold over a two-season span, to go with a sparkling plus-18 and 235 hits. A performance that earned the former first-round pick a three-year contract extension over the summer for $2.