#TradeCentre SZN is officially here, and on Friday afternoon, the Pittsburgh Penguins sent Derick Brassard and Riley Sheahan along with a package of draft picks to the Florida Panthers for Jared McCann and Nick Bjugstad.
Both teams were in action later Friday, and for the Penguins, they were able to quickly get the two centres on a flight up to Pittsburgh for their game against the Senators.
The Penguins tweeted out a timeline with a GIF of the two entering PPG Arena, and they just barely made it in time for puck drop, arriving at 6:55pm , just 13 minutes before puck drop.
Dressed in ten minutes, Bjugstad and McCann made it out on time for the National anthems, and didn't even get anytime to warm up, because who needs warm-ups? Straight into the game, boys. Imagine the dressing room talk when the two were scrambling to get dressed.
Without the services of Evgeni Malkin and any practice time, Bjugstad centred the Penguins in between Bryan Rust and Phil Kessel, while McCann dropped to the third line with Tanner Pearson and Patric Hornqvist.
Despite having mere minutes to talk strategy with his new linemates, Bjugstad notched a helper with two shots on goal in 16:13 of ice-time, and even got to play on the powerplay without having the special team reps during practice. McCann notched one shot in 10:08 spent on the ice.
Life moves fast if you're a professional athlete, and you can bet the newest two Pens will be enjoying their downtime tonight after defeating the Senators 5-3.
