Trade: Penguins and Sabres complete multi-player deal

The Pittsburgh Penguins and Buffalo Sabres pulled off a minor trade on Friday, seeing the Penguins land defenseman Colton Poolman from the Sabres, in exchange for Bennett MacArthur and Jagger Joshua. The Penguins also acquired future considerations as part of the deal.

The 29-year-old Poolman has appeared in five games with the Rochester Americans this season, recording one assist and a minus-two rating. Poolman spent the past four seasons in the Calgary Flames‘ minor-league system, seeing 213 contests in which he tallied 39 points counting six goals and 33 assists. Poolman is signed through the 2024-25 campaign and his contract carries an average annual value of $775,000 at the NHL level. He will report to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League.

MacArthur heads to the Sabres’ organization after 28 games this season with the ECHL’s Wheeling Nailers, tallying three goals and four assists for seven points. MacArthur has previously played six games at the AHL level split over two seasons with the Syracuse Crunch, plus an additional 108 ECHL games with the Orlando Solar Bears, and Allen Americans.

Joshua is in his third professional season, splitting time between the AHL and ECHL. Joshua also combined for 70 games with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton over the past two seasons, highlighted by his 25-point finish in 2023-24. A 25-year-old native of Dearborn, Mich., Joshua is a graduate of the NCAA’s Michigan State Spartans.

The Penguins have acquired defenseman Colton Poolman from the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for forward Bennett MacArthur.

Poolman is signed through the 2024.25 campaign and will report to @WBSPenguins of the AHL.

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