The Los Angeles Kings traded winger Tanner Pearson to
the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday for forward Carl Hagelin.
Pearson has just one assist in 17 games this season
with a minus-9 rating. He carries a $3.75 million cap hit through the
2020-21 season. The 26-year-old, who scored a career-high 24 goals in
2016-17, had 15 goals and 40 points last season. He was drafted 30th overall by
the Kings in 2012.
Hagelin, 30, has one goal and three points in 16 games
this season with a plus-8 rating. He carries a $4 million cap hit this season
in the final year of his current deal, though TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun
adds the Penguins retained $250,000 to make the deal an even swap in salary
this year.
The Kings sit last in the NHL this season with 11 points
through 17 games, while the Penguins are seventh in the Metropolitan Division
with 17 points in 16 games.
Hagelin was traded to the Penguins by the Anaheim Ducks in
2016 and won back-to-back Stanley Cups with the team in 2016 and 2017. He had
10 goals and 31 points in 81 games last season.
Rutherford added some excitement to his media conference for
his three-year contract extension with the Penguins earlier on Wednesday, when
he announced the trade was coming. The general manager said he couldn't
elaborate on who'd been traded, but told members of the media, "See
you guys in about a half hour."
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