Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins complete intriguing trade involving a goaltender today in history
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The Detroit Red Wings and the Pittsburgh Penguins completed a trade involving two goaltenders today in NHL history.
The 2025-26 NHL season, marking the Detroit Red Wings' centennial season, is right around the corner, with the first preseason game set to go down in less than two weeks.
As we get closer to the Wings training camp, let's revisit a deal that happened with the Pittsburgh Penguins on this day, 58 years ago.
Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins Swap Goalies On This Day In NHL History
On September 7, 1967, a goalie swap between the Pens and the Wings went down.
Detroit sent Hank Bassen to Pittsburgh in return for Roy Edwards.
Bassen played 155 NHL games with the Chicago Blackhawks, Red Wings, and Penguins, averaging a .902 SV% and a 2.95 GAA over his career.
He notably won a WHL championship with the Vancouver Canucks in 1960 and a Calder Cup with the Pittsburgh Hornets in the AHL during the 1966-67 season.
He retired from the NHL one season after the trade that sent him to Pittsburgh.
As for Edwards, he took part in 236 NHL games with the Wings and the Pens. He retired in 1974, with a 96-90-35 NHL record, a 2.92 GAA, and a .902 SV%.
Many trade rumors between the Detroit Red Wings and the Pittsburgh Penguins are currently circulating.
The Wings would like to add a top-six forward, and the Penguins reportedly have a few candidates available, such as Bryan Rust or Rickard Rakell.
It'll be interesting to see if history will repeat itself and the two teams will combine for a trade in the coming weeks.
Stay tuned for all the trade developments involving the Red Wings as we get closer to the start of the next NHL season.
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