Moves rest of the year

Take out the 1st from the Pittsburgh deal and it makes sense.

Haha hell no. Two guys with term on cheap deals for two ahlers and a 2nd?

Barabanov isn't very good and Benning is a bottom pair defenceman.

The Penguins really don't need another RD

Nino Niederreiter got a '24 2nd, has just as much term, and is imo a better player than Barabanov. I think a second and a decent prospect or a middling pick is fair since Barabanov is at a really cheap contract.
Benning is at best a good 3rd pairing defenseman, and a right-handed one when the Pens' right side of the blue line is already set in stone.

The only reason Ty Smith spent any time in the AHL is because he is the only waivers-exempt D the Pens have. Nylander is the leading scorer in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and probably should've seen more NHL time as well.