The Pens needed more depth to solidify their status as Stanley Cup contenders. With limited resources, General Manager Jim Rutherford had to get creative — and he may have solved two problems by addressing one.
The 40th anniversary of one of America’s all-time Olympic feel-good stories is worthy of remembering and celebrating every February, and always will be. Even if the story wasn’t told quite the way it should have been initially.
Albert Gallatin was 19 years old in 1780, but his youth didn’t deter him from emigrating from Geneva, Switzerland, to the newly declared independent nation of American states.
High-profile trades for well-established players like Jason Zucker include an element of unpredictability, but this was still a deal the Penguins had to make.
