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Penguins Trade with Buffalo; Get Clifton & 2nd Rounder
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Penguins Trade with Buffalo; Get Clifton & 2nd Rounder
The Pittsburgh Penguins were not done working the phones. General Manager made two trades in the first round of the NHL Draft and then began Day 2 by making a trade with the Buffalo Sabres to get back into the second round.
The Penguins traded restricted free agent defenseman Conor Timmins to Buffalo in exchange for defenseman Connor Clifton and Buffalo's second-round pick. With that pick, the Penguins selected raw defenseman Peyton Kettles from the Swift Current Broncos.
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At the very least, this is a win for Dubas's asset management. He acquired Timmins and Connor Dewar at the NHL trade deadline from the Toronto Maple Leafs for only a fifth-round choice. In other words, Dubas turned a fifth-round pick into Dewar, Clifton, and a second-round pick (Kettles).
Generally, the scouting services ranked Kettles in the 60s, and the Penguins took him with the 39th pick, but that's been par for the weekend as all of the Penguins' first four picks , including Kettles, ranked might lower than their selection.
Kettles is a big, right-handed defenseman at 6-foot-5, 190 pounds. However, he does not play with much sandpaper. Instead, the defenseman chooses a steady, quiet game, which can sometimes appear invisible. With Swift Current, he's playing 22 minutes per game and on both special teams.
Clifton is a young defenseman who hasn't reached the offensive defenseman potential that was forecast while he played for Quinnipiac in the ECAC. Clifton is a third-pairing righty defenseman whose career high is five goals.
In 73 games with Buffalo last season, Clifton had one goal and 15 assists.
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