Tick toc, Clarice. The NHL trade deadline is in eight days, which means the pressure cooker of trade rumors, blockbusters, and plugging holes is reaching its zenith as teams eye a chance at the Stanley Cup.

So much for the glowing words of praise about looking forward to Schenn’s physical defense and leadership in the room to mentor young defensemen. Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Kyle Dubas seemed to walk back his Wednesday night response and traded Schenn to the Winnipeg Jets Friday afternoon.

The intrigue deepened Thursday morning as the TSN insiders cast the Pittsburgh Penguins trade involving Luke Schenn as a potentially temporary relationship. As the NHL trade deadline at Friday 3 p.m.

Start the clock. Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Kyle Dubas will be on the job for two years in June, but the first quarter of his seven-year contract was spent trying in vain to patch a leaky dam and,

Pittsburgh president Kyle Dubas wanted to make his moves before Friday’s NHL trade deadline because his Penguins play that night in Las Vegas. He’s off to a decent start. The Penguins made a move Wednesday night by sending winger Michael Bunting and a 2026 fourth-round draft pick to the Nashville Predators,

What on earth does he do with Tristan Jarry? And then there’s this one: Is it time to admit that the Erik Karlsson experiment has failed? From what team sources have recently told me, the answer to the final question is yes.

By the 3 p.m. buzzer Friday, the Pittsburgh Penguins were not a fundamentally different team. Still, the cache of draft picks and potential is now overflowing general manager Kyle Dubas’s top drawer.

Since becoming the Penguins general manager, Kyle Dubas has faced heavy criticism for moves that he has made. Pittsburgh sports fans are just babies that want to cry about everything. Dubas had one goal at the 2025 NHL Trade Deadline which was to acquire assets to get the rebuild underway and he did that.

Matt Grzelcyk immediately impacted the Pittsburgh Penguins’ blue line after he joined on a one-year deal this past offseason. Kyle Dubas is in the difficult spot of trying to keep the team in contention to do right by the veteran core,

Kyle Dubas was busy today as were the general managers of just about every team in the league. Almost every team made at least one deal today, and Dubas made several, including one that sent Cody Glass to the New Jersey Devils.