At the NHL trade deadline in 2024, the Pittsburgh Penguins took their first major step in shifting toward a rebuild when they dealt their best winger, Jake Guentzel, to the Carolina Hurricanes.

N.J., and Penguins scout Scott Bell was in no position to brag about the third-round pick he’d just lobbied for. Not yet, anyway. That is because fellow Minnesotan Jake Guentzel, taken 77th ...

Jake Guentzel is in his first ... April 14, 2025 Guentzel is already a Stanley Cup champion thanks to the 2017 Pittsburgh Penguins, and he played a massive role in that run. A rookie at the ...

At some point, though, Jake Guentzel will be recognized as one of ... The longtime Pittsburgh Penguins forward is shining bright in Tampa after a pit stop with the Carolina Hurricanes last season.

Yes, Guentzel is one of the game's elite wingers, and there are many who posit that he should have returned a sure first-rounder when the Penguins dealt him. Maybe that's true to an extent.