Penguins acquire Ben Lovejoy from Ducks for Simon Despres

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The brought back a familiar face by trading for defenseman . In the proce s, Pittsburgh traded promising young defenseman Simon Despres back to the Ducks. The deal was reported by Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet.Lovejoy has mi sed significant time with an injury this year, but he has been a solid performer for the Ducks when healthy. He has 11 points in Rollie Fingers Jersey  40 games this year while averaging 18:33 of ice time. He returns to the Penguins after three years in Anaheim. Johnny Manziel Jersey Lovejoy joined the Penguins as an unrestricted free agent and saw stints in the NHL lineup between 2008-09 and 2012-13 before being dealt to the Ducks. By the way, the Penguins sent Lovejoy to Anaheim for a fifth-round draft pick back then.In 248 career NHL games, Lovejoy has 64 points.  This is an interesting deal considering how high the Penguins had been on Despres over the years as a former first-round pick. Hes also just 23 years old and still growing into his game.Despres has finally been a full-time NHLer this season and has played well enough in a somewhat limited role. In 59 games he has 17 points, while averaging Austin Hedges Jersey  16:23 per game. With several defensemen in the prospect pipeline, perhaps they viewed Despres as expendable, but hes far from a finished product in his career.The Ducks get even younber on defense, but also get a tad bigger with Despres. He's also just a bit cheaper than Lovejoy as both are still under contract next season.The Penguins are obviously going for the Stanley Cup this year and having a veteran with a little extra experience Matt Szczur Jersey  like Lovejoy might help. But this is a pretty steep price for the organization to pay to e sentially acquire a defenseman whose biggest difference  and this is important to many teams  was his handedne s. Despres is a left-hand shot, while Lovejoy is a righty.  After all the time the Penguins invested in Despres to extract value from him as a former first-round pick, it seems like a strage time to pull the  Aaron Loup Jersey chute on him, even if they're gaining a more experienced player in Lovejoy.
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