Pittsburgh Penguins: The Vegas Golden Knights have traded forward Reilly Smith to the Penguins for a 2024 third-round pick.
Smith has two seasons left on his contract at $5 million per.
Dan Rosen: “Reilly Smith wins the Stanley Cup with Vegas and gets traded to Pittsburgh. The Penguins acquired the forward for a third-round pick in the 2024 NHL Draft. VGK is getting its pick back. Its the same pick they sent to PIT for Teddy Blueger.”
Pens Inside Scoop: “Reilly Smith is coming off a Stanley Cup championship season, recording 26 goals and 56 points in 78 regular-season games. He then picked up 14 points (4G-10A) during the playoffs, including three points (2G-1A) in the Stanley Cup Final versus Florida.”
Lowetide: “Geez you guys, I really like Ivan Barbashev but Reilly Smith is aging like fine wine. I’m reading this is a brilliant move, but it kind of feels like Kyle Dubas won the day here. At least to me.”
First big splash for Kyle Dubas in Pittsburgh is bringing in ✨Stanley Cup Champion✨ Reilly Smith pic.twitter.com/FjvBP8PrDx
— Shayna (@hayyyshayyy) June 28, 2023
Reilly Smith traded to #LetsGoPens
He’s been a reliable secondary scorer, posting an 82GP pace between 56 and 62 pts in 4 of the past 5 seasons. He should get plenty of opportunity to continue alongside Sidney Crosby of Evgeni Malkin in the top-six.https://t.co/fcvgaxtqTQ pic.twitter.com/LadLWd8zQb
— Frozen Tools (@FrozenTools) June 28, 2023
