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Pens land Stempniak for third-round pick

Calgary Flames v San Jose Sharks

<> at SAP Center on January 20, 2014 in San Jose, California.

Thearon W. Henderson

In 2013, the Pittsburgh Penguins landed trade equivalents to summer blockbusters. They went the indie film route in 2014, grabbing Lee Stempniak and Marcel Goc in deals involving draft picks.

In the case of Stempniak, the Penguins sent a third-round pick to the Calgary Flames, according to TSN’s Darren Dreger. Pittsburgh sent a third and fifth-rounder to the Florida Panthers for Goc earlier today.

Stempniak, 31, has eight goals and 23 points in 52 games with the Flames this season. His best scoring season (by far) came with the St. Louis Blues in 2006-07, when he scored 27 goals and 52 points in a sophomore season. He’s clocked in around 14 goals most years, more or less, since then.

The Flames seemed pretty quiet for much of the deadline, but a few late entries makes their haul look more impressive. They surprisingly grabbed a second-round pick from the Colorado Avalanche for goalie Reto Berra, so all of a sudden they added second and third-rounders for two players who didn’t figure to be re-signed this offseason.

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