{"id":91471,"date":"2026-01-20T09:04:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T09:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/91471\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T09:04:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T09:04:18","slug":"vegas-trade-heist-nyr-decisions-penguins-make-moves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/91471\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegas Trade Heist; NYR Decisions; Penguins Make Moves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SEATTLE \u2014 The Vegas Golden Knights\u2019 ability to have an endless supply of first-round picks more resembles a basket of fishes and loaves. The VGK swiped Rasmus Andersson off the NHL trade board and away from the Boston Bruins Sunday. The Pittsburgh Penguins made some moves on and off the ice Sunday. ESPN did a mock Team Russia for the Olympics, the New Jersey Devils are crumbling, and other teams are following their lead.<\/p>\n<p>Today begins a long day that starts in Seattle and will end in Calgary well after midnight. Take your protein pills and put your helmet on.<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Penguins<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Hockey Now: The Penguins made some moves Sunday. Ryan Graves looks like he\u2019ll get some ice time. Oh, and an Erik Karlsson update, too. Shelly Anderson has the somewhat surprising <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/pittsburgh-penguins-erik-karlsson-returns-to-practice\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Penguins practice<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After practice, the Penguins made more moves, too. There\u2019s a Caleb Jones update, Rutger McGroarty made the drive back East, and Ben Kindel talked about his dry spell in our <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/penguins-notebook-rutger-mcgroarty-joona-koppanen-caleb-jones-ben-kindel\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Penguins locker room<\/a> feature.<\/p>\n<p>Ground Control to Major Tom.<\/p>\n<p>Steelers Now: Mike McCarthy?! Only if he buys Battleships every Sunday. There are updates and new names in the <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/pittsburgh-steelers-head-coaching-search-big-board\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener external nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Steelers coaching search<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>NHL Trade Talk, News, &amp; National Hockey Now<\/p>\n<p>Ten, nine, eight, seven, six\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Vegas Hockey Now: First-round draft picks? We don\u2019t need no stinking first-round picks. Ace Vegas reporter Hannah Kirkell has the full trade and analysis as general manager Kelly McCrimmon swiped Rasmus Andersson out from under the Boston Bruins, and Andersson is headed to the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/nhl\/vegas-golden-knights\/golden-knights-acquire-andersson-trade-grades-reactions\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Vegas Golden Knights<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>ESPN: So, what would a Team Russia look like for the 2026 Winter Olympics? Ryan Clark teed up what would have been the Russian team. Yes, Evgeni Malkin is on the team, and it\u2019s a pretty <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/story\/_\/id\/47590128\/olympic-games-hockey-2026-russia-team-roster-projections-ovechkin-malkin-kucherov\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">interesting look<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>Commencing countdown, engines on.<\/p>\n<p>TSN: Ottawa\u2019s goaltending has gone from unacceptable to horrendous. You need more than 10 saves to win. Yep, it\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/article\/senators-inability-to-stop-enough-pucks-continues-to-haunt-struggling-squad\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener external nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">getting that bad<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>New Jersey Hockey Now: Wow. The Swamp Monsters are also crumbling, and it seems there is no end in sight. The Carolina Hurricanes took them to the woodshed, and the players in the locker room are ripping themselves. James Nichols has the increasingly ugly story of the New Jersey Devils.<\/p>\n<p>Five, four, three, two\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Sportsnet: It\u2019s a running theme today. The Penguins play the Vancouver Canucks next weekend. Right now, the Canucks are buckling and in disarray. Vancouver was humiliated in another loss to the Edmonton Oilers. It\u2019s only getting worse <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/nhl\/article\/from-bad-to-worse-canucks-unravel-in-humiliating-loss-to-oilers\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener external nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">on the Pacific<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Florida Hockey Now: A good coach is never done coaching, no matter how veteran or successful the team. After getting crushed by Carolina 9-1, the Florida Panthers rallied to win their next game, and coach Paul Maurice made sure to thank the boys at the final horn. George Richards has the <a href=\"https:\/\/floridahockeynow.com\/paul-maurice-makes-sure-florida-panthers-know-effort-was-appreciated\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener external nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Panthers\u2019 reaction<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Check ignition and may God\u2019s love be with you (one, lift off).<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTags: <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/tag\/nhl-trade\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">nhl trade<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/tag\/pittsburgh-penguins\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/tag\/rasmus-andersson\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">rasmus andersson<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/tag\/vegas-golden-knights\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Vegas Golden Knights<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"categories\">Categorized: <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/category\/links\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Links<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/category\/nhl-trade-rumors\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">NHL Trade Rumors<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/category\/pittsburgh-penguins\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SEATTLE \u2014 The Vegas Golden Knights\u2019 ability to have an endless supply of first-round picks more resembles a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91472,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[10172,73,75,74,1067,38117,31748],"class_list":{"0":"post-91471","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh","8":"tag-nhl-trade","9":"tag-pittsburgh","10":"tag-pittsburgh-headlines","11":"tag-pittsburgh-news","12":"tag-pittsburgh-penguins","13":"tag-rasmus-andersson","14":"tag-vegas-golden-knights"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}