LOS ANGELES -- Conor Sheary will get another chance to win the Stanley Cup with the Penguins.
They acquired him, along with fellow forward Evan Rodrigues, from Buffalo for forward Dominik Kahun shortly before the NHL trade deadline Monday.
Trading Kahun, who seemed to have a long-term future in the Penguins' top-six, was a surprise.
Sheary, 27, and a member of the Penguins' Cup-winning teams in 2016 and 2017, had nine goals and 10 assists in 55 games with the Sabres this season, experiencing goal-scoring droughts of 19 and 13 games. He had his most productive season as a pro with the Penguins in 2016-17, when he had 23 goals and 30 assists in 61 game.
Rodrigues, 26, had five goals and four assists in 38 games this season. His top season in the NHL was 2018-19, when he put up nine goals and 20 assists in 74 games.
Rodrigues reportedly requested a trade earlier this season and was a healthy scratch for both of Buffalo's games over the weekend.
Suffice to say, neither team made the deal to get bigger. Kahun is 5 foot 11, 175 pounds, while Sheary is 5 foot 8, 176 pounds and Rodrigues is 5 foot 10, 176 pounds.
Bringing in Sheary and Rodrigues puts the Penguins above the NHL's salary-cap ceiling, but they can address that by putting winger Jake Guentzel on Long-Term Injured Reserve.
Sheary has a $3 million cap hit and will be an unrestricted free agent this summer, while Rodrigues has a $2 million cap hit and will be a restricted free agent July 1 if he hasn't been re-signed.
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