Penguins
Potential Penguins Trade Targets; Pens Linked to Sabres Prospects (+)

It’s not a secret what the Pittsburgh Penguins want on the NHL trade market. General manager Kyle Dubas and staff are scouring the NHL for young players, NHL-ready prospects, and draft picks, in that order.
They also seem to like former first-round picks, and the Buffalo Sabres have a few who haven’t worked out.
Earlier this season, Dubas acquired Philip Tomasino from the Nashville Predators for mere future considerations a 2027 fourth-round pick. The plan was to give Tomasino a lengthy NHL matriculation, during which he would have the opportunity and instruction to grow into the player forecasted when Nashville selected him with the 24th overall pick in 2019.
The deal serves as a blueprint for additional deals to make the Penguins younger and to bridge the gap between the arrival of the team’s next era and the end of the current one.
In his latest 32 Thoughts column, Sportsnet reporter Elliotte Friedman succinctly tied the Penguins and Buffalo Sabres together on the NHL trade front.
“With all of the noise around the Penguins, I believe they have interest in some of Buffalo’s younger, NHL-ready prospects. It fits what they want,” Friedman wrote.
With plenty of future considerations left to give, the Penguins can be on the lookout for players they believe have the talent but are blocked from getting enough NHL ice time or are misjudged by their current team. Buffalo may have a few of those prospects.