As a Pittsburgh Penguins fan, I have been pretty lucky with avoiding bad trades - at least since i've been watching them in the past 20 or so years. And that says a lot, especially with jackass Ron Hextall at the helm in the 2 previous seasons. Although it could be argued his worst move was not initiating trades and allowing the Penguins to bob there in the water, helpless to miss their first post season in over a decade. The trade I'd like to bring to the table is in 2017, Pittsburgh trading prospect Oskar Sundqvist and a 2017 first round pick to St. Louis for Ryan Reaves and a 2017 second round pick. I understand, the Penguins wanted to add size and get bigger and badder after coming off 2 straight Stanley Cups however..Ryan Reaves for a great prospect AND a first rounder? No. Sundqvist also developed into a depth forward role scoring 14 goals and 31 points with the Blues in the 2018-2019 season. That would be his best season to date as he has bounced around between STL, DET and now with MIN. And what has Ryan Reaves done? During his time on the Penguins, head coach Mike Sullivan simply wouldn't play him and would healthy scratch him for a good portion of the season they acquired him. Sullivan likes a speed game and Reaves was the complete opposite of that. That's a lot of value to spend on a guy that spent most of his time with the Penguins in the press box.

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