Penguins acquire defenseman Jeff Petry, forward Ryan Poehling from Canadiens
The Penguins made their second trade Saturday aimed at rearranging their blue line, acquiring defenseman Jeff Petry and forward Ryan Poehling from the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for defenseman Mike Matheson and a fourth-round pick in 2023.
A right-handed shot, Petry, 34, played in 68 games last season and scored 27 points (six goals, 21 assists) while averaging 22 minutes, 7 seconds of ice time.
Petry (6-foot-3, 209 pounds) is entering the second year of a four-year contract that carries a salary cap hit of $6.25 million, now the second-largest figure on the roster (forward Sidney Crosby is at $8.7 million). According to Cap Friendly, Petry’s contract contains a modified no-trade clause that allows him to submit a list of 15 teams to which he would not accept a trade.
A veteran of 12 NHL seasons, Petry has played for the Edmonton Oilers as well as the Canadiens.
Poehling, 23, appeared in 57 games last season and scored 17 points (nine goals, eight assists) while averaging 12:12 of ice time per contest.
A left-handed shot, Poehling (6-foot-2, 196 pounds) is entering the second year of a two-year contract with a salary cap hit of $750,000. He was a first-round pick (No. 25 overall) of the Canadiens in the 2017 draft.
Matheson just completed his second season with the Penguins after being acquired in September of 2020 via a trade that sent popular forward Patric Hornqvist to the Florida Panthers.
During the 2021-22 season, the left-handed Matheson, 28, enjoyed a career year, appearing in 74 games and scoring a career-best 11 goals, 20 assists and 31 points while logging 18:48 of ice time per contest.
Matheson (6-foot-2, 188 pounds), is entering the fifth year of an eight-year contract that carries a salary cap hit of $4.875 million. According to Cap Friendly, his contract contains a modified no-trade clause that allows Matheson, a native of Montreal, to submit a list of eight teams he would not accept a trade to.
Earlier on Saturday, the Penguins dealt right-handed defenseman John Marino to the New Jersey Devils in exchange for left-handed defenseman Ty Smith and a third-round pick in the 2023 draft.
Per CapFriendly, the Penguins now have $1,969,825 of salary cap space remaining.
Seth Rorabaugh is a TribLive reporter covering the Pittsburgh Penguins. A North Huntingdon native, he joined the Trib in 2019 and has covered the Penguins since 2007. He can be reached at srorabaugh@triblive.com.
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