Toronto Maple Leafs forward Nicholas Robertson is available, and Kyle Dubas drafted him. Could a reunion take place in Pittsburgh?

Nicholas Robertson has played 87 games for the Toronto Maple Leafs over the past four seasons. He's tallied 17 goals and 34 points, less productive than his older brother, Jason of the Dallas Stars, who has 314 points in 292 games.

After the 2023-24 season, Robertson informed the Maple Leafs that he wanted to be traded to seek an opportunity to find a role with a different club.

Interestingly enough, current Pittsburgh Penguins boss Kyle Dubas is the general manager who drafted him in the second round (53rd overall) at the 2019 Entry Draft.

Could Dubas reunite with a former player in Steel Town?

Without sounding like a broken record, the Penguins are one of the oldest teams in the league. Their youngest forwards at the NHL level are 25 and 26, meaning if Dubas swung a deal for the disgruntled Robertson, he'd become the team's youngest player by at least two years.

He'll be 23 by opening night, and his 14 goals in 56 games would have ranked eighth overall on last season's squad. Moreover, he would have achieved those totals in fewer games than anyone else ranked above him, except Jake Guentzel, who left after 50 games.

Robertson can score since he once led the OHL in goals (55) back in 2019-20 when he was the CHL Sportsman of the Year and was voted the winner of the William Hanley Trophy as the OHL's Most Sportsmanlike Player.

Nicholas may never turn into a 100-point player like his brother, but given a chance to play more than 11:02 a night, he could blossom into a 20-goal scorer, a key statistic that the Penguins will be looking for in the upcoming season.

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As a second-round draft pick with the 25th most points from his class, the asking price for Robertson won't be astronomical anyway, so Dubas should be on the phone with his former team.

Since Dubas liked him enough to draft him, there's a chance he finds room in the lineup for him and his $796,667 AAV. 

Right now, the Pittsburgh GM is banking on bounce-back years from established NHL players like Anthony Beauvillier and Blake Lizotte when he could also seek and provide a second chance to Robertson, who has yet to show what he's capable of in the league. 

Although the rumors all indicate that Robertson is going to a rebuilding team that will offer up assets to the Maple Leafs in a trade, don't count Dubas and the Penguins, who need top-six forwards like so many other teams.