"Circumstances dictated that it was time to make a move.

The general manager had watched his team, studied his depth chart, and concluded he had no choice but to bring in a center. Especially because he had no way of knowing when the gifted young player considered a major piece of the franchise's foundation would make it into the lineup.

So, he went out and got Cal O'Reilly -- about three months before the Penguins did the same thing."