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Yes, yes, yes I'm back and better than ever. I apologize for my two week disappearance, so lets get caught up.

The Penguins are winning again and made a fairly significant trade that sent Ryan Whitney to the Ducks for Chris Kunitz and Eric Tangradi, the second best prospect in the Ducks system.

This trade works for the Penguins. They are in desperate need of a good scoring winger and with their abundance of offensive defensemen(Sergei Gonchar, Kris Letang, Alex Goligoski, and Ben Lovejoy(in Wilks-Barre), Whitney became expendable. It didn't take long for Kunitz to get used to the Penguins as he recorded a goal and an assist in a win on Friday.

As for Tangradi, it gives the Pens a couple of options of what to do with him. They could keep him in the minors to help rebuild their farm system or they could use him as trade bait. Many teams want a top prospect, something the Penguins have lacked recently due to trades in past years. If they keep Tangradi, he has been compared to Keith Primeau. So this kid seems legit.

With the trade deadline on Wednesday, I expect GM Ray Shero to make some more trades, although this may be the most signifcant one he makes. With the Pens inching closer to the playoffs, Wednesday becomes that much more interesting.