ANAHEIM, Calif. -- On the exact second anniversary of his hiring by the Penguins, Ron Hextall watched his team practice Thursday from the second tier of Honda Center and, in doing so, could casually observe both of the players he's acquired at each of his first two NHL trade deadlines.
Both for second-round picks.
If he's to turn that practice into a hat trick, though, it'll almost certainly require a first-rounder, based on both of the New York teams acquiring top-tier talents within the past week -- Vladimir Tarasenko from the Blues to the Rangers, Bo Horvat from the Canucks to the Islanders -- and, based on everything I'm hearing .