The Pittsburgh Penguins are the biggest winner on the opening day of free agent hunting season, after landing the biggest difference-maker in the marketplace.
Goal scorers are an endangered species these days in the NHL, and yet the Penguins acquired one of the more proven ones to play with Sidney Crosby. The Penguins obtained Phil Kessel from the Toronto Maple Leafs in a multiplayer swap and also convinced his former team to pay 15% of Kessel's salary over the next seven seasons.
Pittsburgh general manager Jim Rutherford has a long history of being able to pull off trades, and this has the potential to be one of his better ones.