Ray Shero strikes big one week before the trade deadline. He gets James Neal AND Matt Niskanen in exchange for Alex Goligoski.
Neal has scored 48 goals since the beginning of the 2009-10 season. Compare that to Chris Kunitz (31), Pascal Dupuis (28) and you can tell already the Pens have made a tremendous step forward in skill. He's got a $2.875 million cap hit this season and next, afterwards scheduled to be a RFA.