Montreal Canadiens general manager, Kent Hughes, announced on Sunday having traded forwards Mike Hoffman and forward Rem Pitlick to the Pittsburgh Penguins for defenseman Jeff Petry, goaltender Casey DeSmith, Quebec-born forward Nathan Légaré and a second-round pick in 2025. Penguins retain 25% of Petrys salary.

Sell high, buy low.  I'm sure Grier did as well as he could, but that return isn't exactly putting the Sharks rebuild on fast-forward.

Hopefully Pittsburgh continues to be a sinking ship despite the trades.

This had been discussed so much I honestly thought it was already a done deal.

The Montreal piece is interesting. I'm too tired to try to figure out the specifics of this one so I'll leave that for another day. 

The Dubas days of offense without defense are upon Pittsburgh. It will help give them one more chance before Sydney calls it a career. 

I seriously suspect Dubas' Last Name is missing a "b" after a "u".
What a maroon!

Nobody spends $$,$$$,$$$ like Doobie....

Curious to see how they will fit him in with Letang.

from Rob Rossi of The Athletic,

Dubas surely studied the good, bad and ugly of Karlsson joining the Penguins. He clearly was comfortable enough with all the possible pratfalls of doing the deal before making it.

He presumably ran by Kris Letang his vision for Karlsson on the Penguins, and if he didnt, he should have. Letang has earned such special treatment; not because he is the Penguins longtime No. 1 defenseman, but also because of the respect Letang commands with teammates, throughout the organization and no use in sugarcoating it large swaths of the hockey landscape. Last season was hell for Letang, whose career arc is basically begging for a 30 for 30 documentary from ESPN.

Some in the media have speculated Letang wont be on board with Karlsson playing for the Penguins. Theyve opined he wont welcome another all-time defenseman or he will scoff if Karlsson quarterbacks the power play, among other laughable predictions.

Ive covered Letang since he first attended a prospects camp in 2005. He barely spoke English at the time. However many years later, hes proven himself time and again as a family-above-all, team-first, loyalist to the Penguins.

While offering no prediction on what will and wont happen to the Penguins now that Karlsson is theirs, I am overwhelmingly confident hell be welcomed by Letang. Its not just that Letang has grown into perhaps the most relatable of the Big Three for all Penguins players, but also that Letangs only concern and its been this way for at least a decade is winning.

During the cap era, winning for the Penguins has meant only one thing: the Stanley Cup.

much more ($)

Knew he'd be moved; just didn't think it would take a third team to make it work.

Dubas is doing the same thing he did in Toronto. Spend like a drunken sailor, then let the next GM clean it up.

I have to admire the imaginations of the respective GM's to get this deal done. So many moving pieces.  This is one of the largest trades I can remember and a 3 way deal to boot. Sure ratchetted up the excitement level of a slow summer.