Jets acquire defenceman Luke Schenn from Penguins

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Mar 07, 2025 2:02 PM EST | Last Updated: 38 minutes ago

The Winnipeg Jets person acquired seasoned defenceman Luke Schenn from the Pittsburgh Penguins for 2 draught picks up of Friday's NHL commercialized deadline.

Winnipeg is sending a second-round prime successful 2026 and a fourth-round prime successful 2027 to Pittsburgh.

The Jets person besides landed guardant Brandon Tanev from the Seattle Kraken for a second-rounder, according to aggregate reports.

The Penguins flipped Schenn aft acquiring him and guardant Tommy Novak from the Nashville Predators for Michael Bunting and a fourth-rounder connected Wednesday. Schenn did not play a crippled with Pittsburgh.

The 35-year-old from Saskatoon has 1 extremity and 4 assists successful 61 games this season. The journeyman has been progressive successful respective trades during his career, playing for 8 antithetic NHL franchises.

Schenn has 1 twelvemonth remaining connected his declaration beyond this play astatine a US$2.75-million wage headdress hit.

Tanev, 33, is simply a pending unrestricted escaped agent.

The Toronto autochthonal has 9 goals and 8 assists successful 60 games this season.