Penguins Weekly: Carter’s Strong Start & McCann’s Power Play Success
- To be fair, the Sabres dropped some dead weight at the trade deadline, including older players who had not bought into their system, and they trotted out a young and fast team to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins, 4-2, on Sunday.
- While many people thought general manager Ron Hextall and company would make a few moves at last Monday’s trade deadline, the Penguins settled for just the one trade, acquiring Jeff Carter from the Los Angeles Kings for a conditional third-round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft as well as a conditional fourth-round pick in 2023.
- Until March 24, McCann had just one power-play goal on the season.
- He also is just two goals away from matching his career-high in goals (14) while playing just a little under half of the games this season.
- What took McCann 66 games last season he is doing in a little over 30 this year.
- Of course, it would be nice to keep McCann on the top unit, but when Malkin and/or Kapanen return, it wouldn’t hurt to have him on the second unit to provide two lethal groups.
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