The Pittsburgh Penguins traded forward Reilly Smith to the New York Rangers for a 2027 second-round pick and a conditional 2025 fifth-round pick.
The Penguins are retaining 25% of Smith’s salary. The Penguins are paying $1.5 million and the Rangers $3.75 million for the final year of his contract.
Dan Rosen: The conditions on the pick are that it will be the worse of the Rangers or Minnesota Wild’s pick.
Thoughts from the media
Andy Graziano: “Rangers essentially swapped Goodrow for Smith, which IMO, is pretty decent business.”
Peter Baugh: “Smith, who won a Stanley Cup with Vegas, has one year left at $5 million. He can be streaky offensively but had 40 points in 76 games last year and is solid defensively.”
Peter Baugh: “Smith, who won a Stanley Cup with Vegas, has one year left at $5 million. He can be streaky offensively but had 40 points in 76 games last year and is solid defensively.”
Zach Laing: “I like Jensen for what he is, but going from trading a first and two seconds for Chychrun 15 months ago, to now trading him for Jensen and a third is not good.”
Jason Gregor: “Jensen a right shot Dman who is solid defender. Sens were heavy on LD.”
Reilly Smith, acquired by NYR, is a middle six winger who’s pretty good at pretty much everything but could not give the Penguins the scoring they desperately needed from him. Not the fastest skater but still a factor on the rush. #NYR pic.twitter.com/G8k3KcMRtH
— JFresh (@JFreshHockey) July 1, 2024
