Penguins going big for 4 superstar names and fans are buzzing
Dan Kingerski put a list together this weekend, and Pittsburgh Penguins fans are still digesting it Sunday morning.
The PHN insider named Jason Robertson, Andrei Svechnikov, Jordan Kyrou and Brock Boeser as potential trade targets for Kyle Dubas. Four big names, four different problems to solve.
Sidney Crosby finished his regular season at 74 points across 68 games at exactly zero.
The 38-year-old captain still produced at a point-per-game pace. His supporting cast didn't.
Dubas needs scoring on the wing. That's what every name on this list represents. Different fit, different price, different fit with the room.
Robertson is the headliner. The Dallas Stars winger posted 45 goals and 96 points in 82 games on a 7.75 million cap hit.
The Edmonton Oilers offer sheet rumor for Mavrik Bourque is connected to whether Dallas re-signs Robertson at his next number.
Svechnikov is the dynamic option. The Carolina Hurricanes' Russian winger went 31 goals and 70 points at the same 7.75 million cap hit. He's on a contender that just made the second round, which makes him the hardest of the four to actually pry loose.
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Dubas faces the most important offseason of his Pittsburgh tenure
Kyrou is the buy-low play. The St. Louis Blues forward had a down year at 18 goals and 46 points across 72 games at minus-5. The 28-year-old carries an 8.125 million cap hit through multiple seasons.
That's the kind of contract a team in transition shops when they need to clear money.
The Blues haven't said publicly they're moving Kyrou, but the buy-low math fits the Penguins' window.
Boeser is the discount option. The Vancouver Canucks winger finished 22 goals and 48 points at a brutal minus-48 in 75 games. The plus-minus reflects a 32nd-overall Canucks team, not the player.
Ryan Johnson and the Sedin twins just took over the Vancouver front office.
The new regime might move Boeser to clear cap space for whatever they do with Elias Pettersson. Pittsburgh would be a buyer in that scenario.
The Penguins lost to the Philadelphia Flyers in Round 1 in 6 games.
Dan Muse's first year ended with a Game 6 overtime loss at the Wells Fargo Center, and the Flyers fans painted Crosby's embellishment outline onto the ice this week.
That's the season Dubas is trying to put behind him. Adding one of these four wingers wouldn't fix everything, but it would tell Crosby the franchise isn't waiting.
The captain has 3 years left on his current contract. The window for one more real Cup push is closing fast.
Which name lands on his line by October says everything about Pittsburgh's plan.
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YESTERDAY
MAY 16, 2026
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| G | A | PTS | ||
| Rasmus Dahlin | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Tage Thompson | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Jack Quinn | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Zach Benson | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jake Evans | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jason Zucker | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Ivan Demidov | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Konsta Helenius | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Zach Metsa | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Arber Xhekaj | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Bowen Byram | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Cole Caufield | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Lane Hutson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Michael Matheson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Ryan McLeod | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Josh Norris | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Mattias Samuelsson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Josh Anderson | - | - | - | |
| Zachary Bolduc | - | - | - | |
| Alexandre Carrier | - | - | - | |
| COMPLETE STATS | ||||