Another NHL trade deadline has come and gone, and for the fourth year in a row—at first glance, anyway—it looks like the Pittsburgh Penguins' savvy GM Ray Shero has acquired some nice additions to an already-solid and playoff-tested lineup.
Shero’s trades for defenseman Jordan Leopold and left winger Alexei Ponikarovsky signify that the Pens and their sharp-minded GM have no plans to surrender Lord Stanley’s Cup at the end of the 2010 playoffs—at least not without a serious fight.
Once again, Shero has seemed to find a way to attain quality players—and quality people—for his team's playoff push. It is something that he has done remarkably well during his short stint as the Penguins key dealmaker.
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