On Thursday, the Pittsburgh Penguins acquired defenseman Matt Dumba from the Dallas Stars - along with a second-round pick - in exchange for defenseman Vladislav Kolyachonok.
With the addition of Dumba, the Penguins now have four full-time NHLers on the right side of their blue line - including Erik Karlsson, who is rumored to be on the trade block for the Penguins.
Do you think the Dumba trade is a precursor to a Karlsson trade?
Will The Dumba Trade Have A Ripple Effect On Erik Karlsson?
With free agency beginning to die down, the hockey world was left anticipating what the <a href="https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/dallas-stars/">Dallas Stars</a> might do to address their cap situation, as they were more than $1.5 million over the cap limit going into Thursday.