The Penguins are off to a bad start and have already traded Lars Eller. Reports say that Drew O'Connor and Marcus Pettersson could be next.

Washington sent a 2025 fifth-round pick and a 2027 third-round pick to Pittsburgh on Tuesday for Eller, who spent seven seasons with the Capitals and helped the club win the franchise’s first Stanley Cup in 2018.

Eller handled the situation professionally up to and through the Penguins’ low point in his tenure, an embarrassing blowout home loss to the Dallas Stars earlier this week. GMs

Penguins: Lost in overtime, but rebounded from a disastrous home defeat against the Stars, in which they allowed six first-period goals. Pittsburgh fell behind 2-0 and rallied to force overtime. The Penguins have lost four of five and 10 of their last 13 games overall.

Observations on Jonatan Berggren's breakthrough, Dylan Larkin's defense of Sidney Crosby, and more from last night's 3-2 Red Wings' OT win in Pittsburgh

Simon Edvinsson scored a goal 1 minute, 30 seconds into overtime, giving the Wings a 3-2 victory in Pittsburgh.

Pittsburgh Penguins center Evgeni Malkin kisses the cheek of his mother Natalia Malkin and embraces his father Vladimir Malkin during the ceremony honoring Pittsburgh Penguins cen

In terms of team accomplishments, the Pittsburgh Penguins have not produced much worth celebrating so far this season. However, their franchise icons achieving individual accolades has been a totally different story.