Interesting swap for Pittsburgh - they get a young forward with upside in Okuliar but give up a solid defensive prospect in Pieniniemi. Kind of a gamble on their timeline, depends if they think Okuliar projects as a top-six guy or just depth.

People are going to overreact to this but it's too early to judge either player, Pieniniemi hasn't even gotten consistent minutes yet so let's see what happens.

Pittsburgh's blue line is already thin, why would they ship out a defenseman unless they're totally desperate for scoring depth? This feels like a panic move from Hextall.

You think that's a panic move? Don't know their whole situation down there but you can bet they're not just shipping out prospects for the sake of it. Got to have your eyes on the future, especially with the salary cap where it's at nowadays.

tbh i think randle will always defend the steelers now he wears their hat and jersey on his profile lol but seriously, gotta imagine there's more to the story than "they're thinking about the future