Days after the trade there were a lot of experts saying that the Whalers got the better end of the deal. I thought it might work better for us.

CRAIG PATRICK
Penguins GM recalling the trade that brought Ron Francis, Ulf Samuelsson and Grant Jennings to Pittsburgh in 1991. Three months later, the Penguins won their first Stanley Cup.
Legend has it that then-general manager Baz Bastien, on October 18, 1978, sent a first-round draft pick to the Montreal Canadiens believing that the player he acquired – Rod Schutt – actually was future Hall of FamerSteve Shutt.

Rod Schutt insists it’s a fable.

“That was actually a locker-room joke,” Schutt said. “Guys would say, '(Bastien) only has one eye, so he only saw the last name.’ It wasn’t true, because he knew quite well who he was getting. Pittsburgh was going to draft me originally, and we had conversations before the draft.”

Schutt laughed and added, “Every once in a while, he did used to call me Steve.”
• The busiest trading day in team history was February 27, 2007. Pens GM Ray Shero made five trades with four teams, adding four players and a draft pick.

• Craig Patrick holds the team record for the most trades made in a General Manager's tenure with 66.

• Tony Esposito holds the team record for the least trades made in a General Manager's tenure with three.
Pittsburgh Penguins All-Time Transactions since 1967
2008-09 (G.M. Ray Shero)
July 21
Forward Jonathan Filewich signed a two-year contract and forward Jeff Taffe and defenseman Paul Bissonnette inked one-year deals.

July 18
Agreed to terms with coach Michel Therrien on a three-year contract through the 2010-11 season.

July 15
Signed Forward Bill Thomas
Re-signed center Kris Beech and Ryan Stone.

July 10
Signed defenseman Joey Mormina to a one-year contract.
Re-signed forward Connor James.

July 8
Acquired the rights to defenseman Danny Richmond in exchange for the rights to Tim Brent,
Signed TJ Kemp and Adam Henrich.

July 7
Signed Finnish forward Janne Pesonen to a two-way one-year deal worth $875K.
Re-signed defenseman Ben Lovejoy.

July 5
Signed forward Matt Cooke to a two-year contract worth $1.2M per year.

July 3
Re-signed goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury to a seven-year, $35M deal.
Signed forward Miroslav Satan to a one-year $3.5M contract and forward Ruslan Fedotenko to a one-year $2.25M contract.

July 2
Re-signed defenseman Brooks Orpik to a six-year, $22.5M deal.

July 1
Signed right wing Eric Godard to a three-year, $2.25M deal.
Re-signed defenseman Mark Eaton to a two-year, $4M deal.
Re-signed forward Pascal Dupuis to a three-year, $4.2M deal.
Re-signed center Evgeni Malkin to a five-year, $43.5M contract extension.

June 28
Traded the rights to Ryan Malone and Gary Roberts to the Tampa Bay Lightning for conditional draft picks.

2007-08 (G.M. Ray Shero)
February 26
Acquired Hal Gill from the Toronto Maple Leafs for a second and fifth round draft pick in 2008.

Acquired Marian Hossa and Pascal Dupuis from the Atlanta Thrasers in exchange for Colby Armstrong, Erik Christensen, Angelo Esposito and a first round draft pick in 2008


October 1, 2007
Signed forward Adam Hall to a one-year, two-way contract.

July 2, 2007
Signed winger Petr Sykora (2006-07: Edmonton Oilers) to a two-year contract.
and defenceman Darryl Sydor (2006-07: Dallas Stars) to a two-year, $5 million contract.

July 1, 2007
Signed goaltender Dany Sabourin (2006-07: Vancouver Canucks) to a two-year, $1.025 million contract.

June 23, 2007
Acquired center Tim Brent from the Anaheim Ducks for center Stephen Dixon.

June 22, 2007
Acquire a third-round round pick in 2007 from Atlanta Thrashers for Chris Thorburn.
2006-07 (G.M. Ray Shero)

Ray Shero named G.M. in May 25, 2006

February 27, 2007 - Traded Noah Welch to Florida for Gary Roberts.

Traded Daniel Carcillo & third round pick (2008) to Phoenix for Georges Laraque.

Traded Dominic Moore to Minnesota for third round pick in 2008.

Traded a fourth round pick (2007) to Florida for Joel Kwiatkowski.

Traded seventh round pick (2007) to San Jose for Nolan Schaefer.

December 19, 2006 - Acquired Wade Brookbank from the Boston Bruins for future considerations.

July 25, 2006 - Signed Mark Recchi as an unrestricted free agent.

July 24, 2006 - Signed Ronald Petrovicky as an unrestricted free agent.

July 23, 2006 - Signed Matt Carkner as an unrestricted free agent.

July 21, 2006 - Signed Wade Skolney as an unrestricted free agent.

July 20, 2006 - Acquired left wing Nils Ekman and goaltender Patrick Ehelechner from San Jose in exchange for a 2007 second-round pick.

July 19, 2006 - Acquired Dominic Moore and Libor Pivko from the Nashville Predators.

July 17, 2006 - Signed Joe Jensen as an unrestricted free agent.

July 3, 2006 - Signed as an unrestricted free agent Mark Eaton to a two-year contract.

2005-06 (G.M. Craig Patrick)
March 9, 2006 - Acquired Petr Taticek from the Florida Panthers for Ric Jackman.

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Traded Cory Cross to the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for a fourth-round draft pick in 2007.

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Traded Mark Recchi to the Carolina Hurricanes for Niklas Nordgren, Krys Kolanos and a second-round pick in 2007.

- Claimed center Andy Hilbert off waivers from the Chicago Blackhawks.

January 26, 2006 - Acquired Cory Cross and Jani Rita from the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for Dick Tarnstrom.

January 18, 2006 - Eric Cairns from the Florida Panthers in exchange for a sixth round pick in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft

December 9, 2005 - Acquired forward Eric Boguniecki from the St. Louis Blues in exchange for defenseman Steve Poapst.

September 9, 2005 - Sent Kris Beech to Nashville for a conditional draft pick.

August 10, 2005 - Obtained Jocelyn Thibault from Chicago for a 4th-round pick in 2006 draft.

2003-04 (G.M. Craig Patrick)
March 8, 2004 - Acquired Alain Nesreddine from New York Islanders in exchange for Steve Webb.

March 4, 2004 - Claimed Jon Sim off waivers from Los Angeles.

November 30, 2003 - Acquired Sergei Anshakov and Martin Strbak from Los Angeles Kings in exchange for Martin Straka.

November 1, 2003 - Nolan Baumgartner lost in Waiver Draft to Vancouver.

October 4, 2003 - Claimed Nolan Baumgartner in Waiver Draft.

2002-03 (G.M. Craig Patrick)
March 11, 2003 - Obtained Ramzi Abid, Guillaume Lefebvre and Dan Focht from Pheonix for Jan Hrdina and Francois Leroux.

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Obtained Matt Bradley from San Jose from Wayne Primeau.

February 10, 2003 - Obtained Mikael Samuelsson, Rico Fata, Richard Litner and Joel Bouchard from the New York Rangers for Alexei Kovalev, Dan LaCouture, Mike Wilson and Janne Laukkanen.

February 9, 2003 - Obtained Shawn Heins from San Jose for a conditional draft pick

2001-02 (G.M. Craig Patrick)
March 19, 2002 - Obtained Ville Nieminen and Rick Berry from Colorado for Darius Kasparaitis.

March 17, 2002 - Obtained Kent Manderville from Philadelphia for Billy Tibbetts.

March 15, 2002 - Claimed Shean Donovan from waivers from Atlanta.

January 4, 2002 - Claimed Randy Robitaille from waivers from Los Angeles.

July 11, 2001 - Obtained Kris Beech, Ross Lupaschuk, Michal Sivek and future considerations from Washington for Jaromir Jagr and Frantisek Kucera.

2000-01 (G.M. Craig Patrick)
March 12, 2001 - Obtained Johan Hedberg and Bobby Dollas from San Jose for Jeff Norton.

February 1, 2001 - Obtained Wayne Primeau from Tampa for Matthew Barnaby.

January 14, 2001 - Obtained Kevin Stevens from Philadelphia for John Slaney.

December 28, 2000 - Obtained Marc Bergevin from St. Louis for Dan Trebil.

1999-00 (G.M. Craig Patrick)
March 14, 2000 - Obtained Ron Tugnutt and Janne Laukkanen from Ottawa for Tom Barrasso; Obtained Rene Corbet and Tyler Moss from Calagry for Brad Werenka; Obtained Josef Beranek from Edmonton for German Titov.

March 13, 2000 - Obtained Bob Boughner from Nashville for Pavel Skrbek.

1998-99 (G.M. Craig Patrick)
March 11, 1999 - Obtained Matthew Barnaby from Buffalo for Stu Barnes.

November 26, 1998 - Obtained Alexei Kovalev, Harry York and future considerations from New York Rangers for Petr Nedved, Chris Tamer and Sean Pronger.

June 17, 1998 - Obtained German Titov and Todd Hlushko form Calgary for Ken Wregget and Dave Roche

1997-98 (G.M. Craig Patrick)
March 24, 1998 - Obtained Sean Pronger from Anaheim for rights to Patrick Lalime.

October 22, 1997 - Obtained Tuomas Gronman from Chicago for Greg Johnson.

October 1, 1997 - Signed Rob Brown as a free agent.

1996-97 (G.M. Craig Patrick)
March 18, 1997 - Obtained Eddie Olczyk from Los Angeles for Glen Murray.

November 19, 1996 - Obtained Alex Hicks and Fredrik Olausson from Anaheim for Shawn Antoski and Dmitri Mironov.

- Obtained Stu Barnes and Jason Wooley from Florida for Chris Wells.

November 17, 1996 - Obtained Darius Kasparaitis and Andreas Johansson from the New York Islanders for Bryan Smolinski.

June 22, 1996 - Obtained Kevin Hatcher from Dallas for Sergei Zubov.

1995-96 (G.M. Craig Patrick)
March 20, 1996 - Obtained Alek Stojanov from Vancouver for Markus Naslund.

- Obtained J.J. Daigneault from St. Louis for sixth round choice in the 1996 Entry Draft.

March 1, 1996 - Obtained Dave McLlwain from Ottawa for eighth round choice in the 1996 Entry Draft.

August 2, 1995 - Obtained Bryan Smolinski, Glen Murray and third round choice in the 1996 Entry Draft from Boston for Kevin Stevens and Shawn McEachern.

1994-95 (G.M. Craig Patrick)
April 7, 1995 - Obtained Drake Berehowsky from Toronto for Grant Jennings.

Obtained Norm Maciver and Troy Murray from Ottawa for Martin Straka.

February 16, 1995 - Obtained Wendell Young from Tampa Bay for future considerations.

1993-94 (G.M. Craig Patrick)
March 21, 1994 - Obtained Jim McKenzie from Dallas for Mike Needham.

March 19, 1994 - Obtained Greg Hawgood from Florida for Jeff Daniels.

February 15, 1994 - Obtained Shawn McEachern and Tomas Sandstrom from Los Angeles for Marty McSorley and Jim Paek.

August 27, 1993 - Obtained Marty McSorley from Los Angeles for Shawn McEachern.

1992-93 (G.M. Craig Patrick)
March 22, 1993 - Obtained Mike Ramsey from Buffalo for Bob Errey.

Obtained Peter Taglianetti from Tampa Bay for a third round choice in the 1993 Entry Draft.

1991-92 (G.M. Craig Patrick)
March 10, 1992 - Obtained Brian Fogarty from Quebec for the NHL rights to Scott Young.

February 19, 1992 - Obtained Rick Tocchet, Kjell Samuelsson, Ken Wregget and a conditional draft pick from Philadelphia for Mark Recchi, Brian Benning and Los Angeles' first round choice in 1992 Entry Draft.

- Obtained Jeff Chychrun, Brian Benning and first round choice in 1992 Entry Draft from Los Angeles for Paul Coffey.

1990-91 (G.M. Craig Patrick)
March 4, 1991 - Obtained Ron Francis, Ulf Samuelsson and Grant Jennings from Hartford for John Cullen, Zarley Zalapski and Jeff Parker.

December 21, 1990 - Obtained Scott Young from Hartford for Rob Brown.

December 13, 1990 - Obtained Jiri Hrdina from Calgary for Jim Kyte.

December 11, 1990 - Obtained Larry Murphy and Peter Taglianetti from Minnesota for Jim Johnson and Chris Dahlquist.

October 27, 1990 - Obtained Gord Roberts from St. Louis for future considerations.

June 16, 1990 - Obtained Joe Mullen from Calgary for a second round choice in the 1990 Entry Draft.

1989-90 (G.M. Tony Esposito & Craig Patrick)
Craig Patrick named G.M. in December 5, 1989

January 8, 1990 - Obtained Rod Buskas, Tony Tanti and Barry Pederson from Vancouver for Dan Quinn, Andrew McBain and Dave Capuano.

June 17, 1989 - Obtained Randy Gilhen, Andrew McBain and Jim Kyte from Winnipeg for Randy Cunneyworth, Rick Tabaracci and Dave McLlwain.

1988-89 (G.M. Tony Esposito)
Tony Esposito named G.M. in April 14, 1988

December 17, 1988 - Obtained Gord Dineen and Scott Bjugstad from Minnesota for Ville Siren and Steve Gotaas.

November 12, 1988 - Obtained Tom Barrasso and a third round choice in the 1990 Entry Draft from Buffalo for Doug Bodger and Darrin Shannon.

September 1, 1988 - Obtained Wendell Young and a seventh round choice in the 1990 Entry Draft from Philadelphia for a third round choice in the 1990 Entry Draft.

1987-88 (G.M. Ed Johnston)
February 4, 1988 - Obtained Bryan Erickson from Los Angeles for Chris Kontos.

November 24, 1987 - Obtained Paul Coffey, Dave Hunter and Wayne Van Dorp from Edmonton for Craig Simpson, Moe Mantha, Dave Hannan and Chris Joseph.

1986-87 (G.M. Ed Johnston)
February 6, 1987 - Obtained Pat Riggin from Boston for Roberto Romano.

January 21, 1987 - Obtained Chris Kontos from the New York Rangers for Ron Duguay

November 12, 1986 - Obtained Dan Quinn from Calgary for Mike Bullard.

1985-86 (G.M. Ed Johnston)
March 11, 1986 - Obtained Ron Duguay from Detroit for Doug Shedden.

October 20, 1985 - Obtained future considerations from Quebec for Wayne Babych.

October 4, 1985 - Obtained Randy Cunneyworth and Mike Moller from Buffalo for Pat Hughes.

September 10, 1985 - Obtained Gilles Meloche from Edmonton for Tim Hrynewich and Marty McSorley.

1984-85 (G.M. Ed Johnston)
March 12, 1985 - Obtained Jim McGeough from Washington for Mark Taylor.

November 16, 1984 - Obtained Ville Siren from Hartford for Pat Boutette.

November 9, 1984 - Obtained John Chabot from Montreal for Ron Flockhart.

October 11, 1984 - Obtained Randy Hillier from Boston for a fourth round choice in the 1985 Entry Draft.

1983-84 (G.M. Ed Johnston)
Ed Johnston named G.M. in May 27, 1983

March 5, 1984 - Obtained Moe Mantha and a first round choice in the 1984 Entry Draft from Winnipeg for Randy Carlyle.

January 26, 1984 - Obtained Kevin McCarthy from Vancouver for a third round choice in the 1984 Entry Draft.

December 5, 1983 - Obtained Tom Roulston from Edmonton for Kevin McClelland and a sixth round choice in the 1984 Entry Draft.

October 23, 1983 - Obtained Andy Brickley, Ron Flockhart, Mark Taylor and a first round choice in the 1984 Entry Draft from Philadelphia for Rich Sutter and second and third round choices in the 1984 Entry Draft.

1982-83 (G.M. Baz Bastien)
November 8, 1982 - Obtained Stan Jonathan from Boston for future considerations.

October 28, 1982 - Obtained Ron Meighan and Anders Hakansson from Minnesota for George Ferguson and a first round choice in the 1983 Entry Draft.

September 15, 1982 - Obtained Denis Herron from Montreal for a third round choice in the 1985 Entry Draft.

1981-82 (G.M. Baz Bastien)
February 14, 1982 - Obtained Gary Edwards from St. Louis for an eighth round choice in the 1984 Entry Draft.

December 29, 1981 - Obtained Rick MacLeish from Hartford for Russ Anderson.

September 11, 1981 - Obtained Paul Harrison from Toronto for future considerations.

June 30, 1981 - Signed Michel Dion as a free agent.

June 29, 1981 - Obtained Pat Boutette and Kevin McClelland from Hartford as compensation for Hartford's signing of free agent Greg Millen.

1980-81 (G.M. Baz Bastien)
March 10, 1981 - Obtained Pat Price from Edmonton for Pat Hughes.

January 2, 1981 - Obtained Gary Rissling from Washington for a fifth round choice in the 1981 Entry Draft.

November 18, 1980 - Obtained Paul Gardner and Dave Burrows from Toronto for Paul Marshall and Kim Davis.

1979-80 (G.M. Baz Bastien)
November 13, 1979 - Obtained Bob Stewart from St. Louis for Blair Chapman.

August 30, 1979 - Obtained Rob Holland and Pat Hughes from Montreal for Denis Herron and a second round choice in the 1982 Entry Draft.

August 3, 1979 - Obtained Nick Libett from Detroit for Pete Mahovlich.

1978-79 (G.M. Baz Bastien)
February 6, 1979 - Obtained Gary McAdam from Buffalo for Dave Schultz.

September 6, 1978 - Obtained Rod Schutt from Montreal for a first round choice in the 1981 Amateur Draft.

June 14, 1978 - Obtained Tom Bladon, Orest Kindrachuk and Ross Lonsberry from Philadelphia for a first round choice in the 1978 Amateur Draft.

June 13, 1978 - Obtained Randy Carlyle and George Ferguson from Toronto for Dave Burrows.

1977-78 (G.M. Baz Bastien)
March 14, 1978 - Signed Derek Sanderson as a free agent.

November 29, 1977 - Obtained Peter Lee and Pete Mahovlich from Montreal for Pierre Larouche and the rights to Peter Marsh.

November 2, 1977 - Obtained Gene Carr, Dave Schultz and a fourth round choice in the 1978 Amateur Draft from Los Angeles for Syl Apps and Hartland Mohahan.

October 1, 1977 - Obtained Bob Paradise from Washington for rights to Don Awrey.

September 20, 1977 - Obtained Brian Spencer from Buffalo for Ron Schock.

1976-77 (G.M. Wren Blair & Baz Bastien)
Baz Bastien named G.M. in December 3, 1976

October 18, 1976 - Obtained Mike Corrigan from Los Angeles for a fifth round choice in the 1977 Amateur Draft.

October 8, 1976 - Obtained Dunc Wilson from the New York Rangers for cash and other considerations.

August 11, 1976 - Obtained Don Awrey from Montreal for a third round choice in the 1978 Amateur Draft and future considerations.

1975-76 (G.M. Wren Blair)
Wren Blair named G.M. in July 1975

March 8, 1976 - Obtained Ed Van Impe and Bob Taylor from Philadelphia for Gary Inness and future considerations.

January 9, 1976 - Obtained Ed Gilbert, Simon Nolet and a first round choice in the 1976 Amateur Draft from Kansas City for Steve Durbano, Chuck Arnason and a first round choice in the 1976 Amateur Draft.

December 16, 1975 - Obtained Stan Gilbertson from Washington for Harvey Bennett.

1974-75 (G.M. Jack Button)
January 10. 1975 - Obtained Michel Plasse from Kansas City for Jean Guy Lagace and Denis Herron.

December 14, 1974 - Obtained Lew Morrison from Washington for Ron Lalonde.

November 4, 1974 - Obtained Barry Wilkins from Vancouver for Ab DeMarco.

September 13, 1974 - Obtained Rick Kehoe from Toronto for Blaine Stoughton and a first round choice in the 1977 Amateur Draft.

1973-74 (G.M. Jack Riley & Jack Button)
Jack Button named G.M. in January 13, 1974

January 17, 1974 - Obtained Bob Kelly, Ab DeMarco and Steve Durbano from the New York Rangers for Greg Polis, Bryan Watson and a second round choice in the 1974 Amateur Draft.

January 17, 1974 - Obtained Ron Stackhouse from Detroit for Jim Rutherford and Jack Lynch.

January 4, 1974 - Obtained Chuck Arnason and Bob Paradise from Atlanta for Al McDonough.

October 25, 1973 - Obtained Nick Beverley from Boston for Darryl Edestrand.

1972-73 (G.M. Jack Riley)
February 25, 1973 - Obtained Andy Brown from Detroit for a third round choice in the 1973 Amateur Draft and cash.

1971-72 (G.M. Red Kelley & Jack Riley)
Red Kelley named GM in May 1, 1970

March 4, 1972
- Obtained Eddie Shack from Buffalo for Rene Robert.

January 11, 1972 - Obtained Al McDonough from Los Angeles for Bob Woytowich.

June 8, 1971 - Claimed Rene Robert from Toronto in NHL Inter-League Draft.

1970-71 (G.M. Red Kelley)
January 31, 1971 - Obtained Jean Guy Legace from Buffalo for Terry Bell.

January 26, 1971 - Obtained Syl Apps and Sheldon Kannegieser from the New York Rangers for Glen Sather.

1969-70 (G.M. Jack Riley)
October 28, 1969 - Obtained Mike MacMahon from Detroit for Billy Dea.

June 6, 1969 - Obtained Ron Schock and Craig Cameron from St. Louis for Lou Angotti and a first round choice in the 1971 Amateur Draft.

1968-69 (G.M. Jack Riley)
January 30, 1969 - Obtained George Swarbick, Bryan Watson and Tracy Pratt from Oakland for Earl Ingarfield, Dick Matiussi and Gene Ubriaco.

January 24, 1969 - Obtained Duane Rupp from Minnesota for Leo Boivin.

November 29, 1968 - Obtained Billy Harris from Oakland for Bob Dillabough.

June 11, 1968 - Obtained Lou Angotti from St. Louis for Ab McDonald.

1967-68 (G.M. Jack Riley)
February 27, 1968 - Obtained Wayne Hicks from Philadelphia for Art Stratton.

June 6, 1967 - Obtained Paul Andrea, Dunc McCallum and George Konik from the New York Rangers for Larry Jeffrey.

1967 NHL EXPANSION DRAFT (G.M. Jack Riley)
Selected from Chicago - Roy Edwards, Art Stratton, Billy Dea & Mel Pearson.
Selected from Boston - Bob Dillabough & Jeannot Gilbert.
Selected from Detroit - Joe Daley, Ab McDonald, LEo Boivin, Val Fonteyne & Andy Bathgate.
Selected from Montreal - Noel Price, Keith McCreary, Tom McGarthy & Bob Rivard.
Selected from New York - Earl Ingarfield, Al MacNeil,Ken Schinkel & Les Hunt.
Selected from Toronto - Larry Jeffery.

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