Quiet trade deadline ahead for the Pens?

Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty ImagesThe Pittsburgh Penguins have never been afraid to strike in the days before the NHL’s annual trading deadline. Whether it’s been adding high-profile names over the years like Bill Guerin, Marian Hossa, Jarome Iginla, Brenden Morrow, Gary Roberts — heck you can go all the way back to getting Ron Francis and Ulf Samuelsson from Hartford in ‘91 — it’s practically in the Pens’ DNA to be active and try to load up for a long playoff run late in the season.

As you’ve heard a million times, this year is different in so many ways. And that might extend over to Pittsburgh’s trade deadline plans at all. The deadline is on Monday (April 12) afternoon this year, yet the…