Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford has a well-earned reputation for wheeling and dealing during an NHL season.
Justin Schultz, Trevor Daley, Carl Hagelin, and Ron Hainsey were in-season acquisitions crucial to the Penguins’ Stanley Cup championships in 2016 and 2017. Of those four, Schultz is still with the team.
Over the course of 2017-18, Rutherford added current roster players Derick Brassard, Jamie Oleksiak, and Riley Sheahan. This season, he traded for left wing Tanner Pearson and defenseman Marcus Pettersson and recently sent center Derek Grant to Anaheim for center Joseph Blandisi.