James Neal was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins close to the 2011 trade deadline, and it was the year after that when he would put forth his best year in professional hockey.

A veteran of seven seasons at the time of his mid-season trade in 2007-08, Pascal Dupuis would play the second half of his career with the Pittsburgh Penguins.  It would also be the better half.

After playing 10 seasons with the St. Louis Blues and Calgary Flames combined, Joe Mullen would bring to Pittsburgh a resume that included a Stanley Cup ring (Calgary in 1989) and two Lady Byng Trophy wins.  You could argue that Mullen was stolen, as Calgary gave up a 1990 second round pick for him, as they thought he no longer would be productive as he dropped from 110 to 69 Points.  They would be wrong.