From TSN:
Toronto has unloaded Phil Kessel. He's Pittsburgh's problem now but the move will probably suit him as Crosby will always command the most media focus. Leafs will continue paying about 15% of PK's salary on the balance of his current contract as part of the multi-player deal, according to a tweet from Bob McKenzie.VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have traded Zack Kassian and a 2016 fifth-round pick to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for Brandon Prust.
Kassian, 24, has a year left on his contract at a cap hit of US$1.75 million.
Prust, 31, has a year left at a cap hit of $2.5 million.
The six-foot-three Kassian has 35 goals and 31 assists in 198 games with the Canucks and Buffalo Sabres.
It's the second NHL trade for Kassian, who went from Buffalo to Vancouver for Cody Hodgson in 2012.
The Sabres bought out Hodgson after a disappointing season, and the forward signed with the Nashville Predators on Wednesday.
Prust had 15 goals and 30 assists in 172 games since signing with Montreal three summers ago.
The Toronto Maple Leafs have traded Phil Kessel to the Pittsburgh Penguins.
The Leafs will receive forwards Nick Spaling and Kasperi Kapanen, defenceman Scott Harrington and a first and third-round draft picks (2016) in exchange for Kessel, forward Tyler Biggs, defenceman Tim Erixon and a second-round pick (2016).
The 27-year-old scored 25 goals and 61 points in 82 games last season.
Selected fifth overall in by the Boston Bruins in 2006, Kessel has split his nine-year career with the Bruins and Leafs.
Kessel is entering the second year of an eight-year, $64 million deal signed in 2013. He has scored 247 goals and 273 assists for 520 points in 668 regular-season contests.
He has appeared in all 82 games in five of his nine seasons and at least 70 in another three.
Selected 22nd overall in 2014 by the Penguins, the 18-year-old Kapanen spent most of the last three season with Kalpa in his native Finland before being sent to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the AHL. He scored one goal and added four assists in four regular-season games with the AHL's Penguins as well as three goals and two assists in seven post-season contests.
Spaling scored nine goals and 18 assists in 82 regular-season games with the Penguins last season, adding a goal and an assist in five playoff games. The 26-year-old Canadian was selected 58th overall by the Nashville Predators in 2007 and spent his first five NHL seasons there, scoring 40 goals and 44 assists for 84 points in 297 games.
Former junior standout Harrington played 10 games with Pittsburgh and 48 games with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton in 2014-2015. In 124 career AHL games, the 22-year-old has registered seven goals and 29 assists for 36 points. He was selected 54th overall by the Penguins in 2011.