Penguins get Dumba, 2nd round pick from Stars in trade
Associated Press
Associated Press
The Pittsburgh Penguins acquired veteran defenseman Matt Dumba and a 2028 second round draft pick from Dallas Stars in exchange for defenseman Vladislav Kolyachonok Thursday.
Dumba failed to make an impact after signing a $7.5 million, two-year contract with Dallas in free agency last year.
He was a healthy scratch for all 18 playoff games as the Stars lost in the Western Conference final for the third consecutive year.
The 30-year-old Dumba had one goal and nine assists in 63 games during the regular season. It was the fewest goals for Dumba since scoring one in 13 games as a rookie with Minnesota in 2013-14.
Dumba has 258 points (84 goals, 174 assists) in 737 games over 12 seasons. Pittsburgh will be his fourth team in three seasons after he spent the first 10 years of his career with the Wild.
Dumba was drafted by Minnesota in the first round (7th overall) in the 2012 NHL Draft.
Kolyachonok was acquired off waivers by the Penguins from Utah last year. He recorded seven points (two goals) in 35 games between Pittsburgh and Utah. The 24-year-old’s career began in 2021-22 when the Utah franchise was in Arizona. He has 14 points (four goals) in 74 career games.
The acquisition of the second-round draft pick gives the Penguins 10 selections in the 2028 NHL Draft – Pittsburgh’s original seven picks (one in each round), Dallas’ second-round pick plus San Jose’s third- and fifth-round selections.
Pittsburgh now has 29 draft picks over the next three NHL drafts, which includes 17 selections in the first three rounds.