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Trading Ryan Whitney comes as no surprise.? While he has put up some nice numbers in the past and he?s still a young guy, the Penguins have 2 younger defensemen (Letang and Goligoski) who have just as much skill and just as much upside?if not more?than Whitney does.? This made him expendable.? ...
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