Smith traded to Rangers by Penguins for 2 draft picks

Reilly Smith was traded to the New York Rangers by the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday.

Pittsburgh received a conditional fifth-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft and a second-round pick in the 2027 NHL Draft.

Smith had 40 points (13 goals, 27 assists) in 76 games with the Penguins last season. He had been acquired in a trade with the Vegas Golden Knights on June 28, 2023.

The 33-year-old has one season remaining on the three-year, $15 million contract ($5 million average annual value) he signed with the Golden Knights on July 13, 2022.

Smith was selected by the Dallas Stars in the third round (No. 69) of the 2009 NHL Draft and has 513 points (213 goals, 300 assists) in 840 regular-season games with the Penguins, Golden Knights, Stars, Boston Bruins and Florida Panthers, and 79 points (26 goals, 53 assists) in 106 Stanley Cup Playoff games. He had 14 points (four goals, 10 assists) in 22 games during the 2023 postseason to help Vegas win the Stanley Cup, including the Cup-clinching goal in Game 5 of the Final against the Panthers.