The Jake Guentzel trade saga continues to wind along, but movement is starting to pickup now. Carolina is making forward Michael Bunting a scratch tonight for trade related reasons, and now reports are starting to piece together those reasons could include going to Pittsburgh.
Michael Bunting is scratched tonight for Carolina. There is word he will be traded to Pittsburgh as part of a deal for Jake Guentzel
— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) March 7, 2024
Other national insider types have jumped on that train of thought.
Hearing that the Hurricanes and Penguins are very close to a Guentzel trade.