Breaking: Canucks and Penguins enter into an appointment for Pettersson

Vancouver Canucks traded JT Miller to New York Rangers ahead of their game against Dallas Stars, but that wasn’t the only step they made today. Shortly after the game, Vancouver announced that they entered into an agreement with Pittsburgh Penguins for defender Marcus Pettersson and Forward Drew O’Connor. On the other hand, Canucks sent the first round election they did not acquire more than five hours ago to Pittsburgh with defender Vincent Desharnais, forward Danton Heinen and the rights to forward Melvin Fernström.

Desharnais was signed as a free agent during the high season, brought in to help repair a bluelin missing Nikita Zadorov and Ian Cole. However, this experiment did not end with training when the 6’7 defender only played 34 games for Vancouver and spoke three assists. He average 15:58 minutes per Battle in his time with Canucks.

Heinen was also a free-agent signature by Vancouver. Langley, BC nests played in 51 games with Canucks, scoring six goals and Netting 12 assists during that time. Heinen is predominantly known for his penalty kick, Heinen an average of 13:58 minutes on ICE for his hometown team and leaves Vancouver after putting an assist in the team’s defeat Friday night. This will be his second stint with Penguins, which he previously played for Pittsburgh from 2021 to 2023.

Fernström was selected 93. Total in 2024 NHL Draft after a 45-game, 63-point campaign with Örebro HK from J20 National. This season, with the same club, he has gathered an impressive 11 goal and seven assists in the 12 games played. The 18-year-old right-shot-shooter rights now belong to Pittsburgh as a result of the trade.

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Pettersson travels to Vancouver after ample speculation that Canucks would act for him sometime this season. The defender has three goals and 15 assists in 47 games played with Penguins and is known for his ability to move the puck. It is important to note that Petterson’s five-year-old, $ 4,025 M contract ends after this season.

O’Connor is the last piece of the team’s second trade at night. He has spent his entire five-season NHL career with Penguins and set 30 goals and 36 assists in 210 games played as part of Pittsburgh. This season he has 16 points in 53 games. Like Pettersson, Forward’s two-year contract expires at the end of this season.

With both trades that occur tonight, it is likely that new additions Filip Chytil, Victor Mancini, Pettersson and O’Connor will debut on Sunday against Detroit Red Wings. Puck Drop for this game is scheduled for 17:00 pt.

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