Jerome Iginla Traded To Pittsburgh Penguins: Joins 'Face' Of NHL Sidney Crosby: Is It Guaranteed That The Pens Make The Stanley Cup Now?

The best in the east got one of the best from the west, when six-time NHL all-star Jerome Iginla was traded Thursday to the powerhouse Pittsburgh Penguins.

Two captains join forces as he joins Sidney Crosby. the current Penguins captain leads the league in points with 54, which is 13 points ahead of anybody else and Evgeni Malkin, who currently is nursing a head injury.

"We talked to Jay (Flames general manger) and said if you're going to move Iginla, we would be interested," Shero said. "Over the last day or so, it became apparent they were going to move him. We started getting into more names and scenarios."

It was believed Thursday morning that Iginla was traded to the Boston Bruins, but then it was revealed that the Pen's traded their round pick for 2013 and the rights to two unsigned draft choices.

In 31 games, Iginla had nine goals and 13 assists this season. He is the franchise leader in goals, points and games in the franchise's history. The 35-year-old veteran is now in his 18th season.

The Flames currently are second from the bottom in the Western Conference, but are only six points out of the final playoff spot.

The Penguins are the current number one seed in the Eastern Conference and have won 13 games in a row.

Now, Pittsburgh received an Olympic gold medalist, who won with Crosby, when the Pen's captain scored in overtime to win the gold medal against the United States.

"It's hard," Calgary forward Alex Tanguay told NHL.com in regards of seeing Iginla go. "Over time, you build relationships and I've been playing with Jarome for the better part of five years. Sometimes a situation occurs where those types of things are forced to happen. It's sad to see."Mike Cammalleri who scored twice against the Avalanche with Iginla watching from home, who missed scratched from his first game since April 7, 2007, which was 441  games ago.

"For me personally, he's a tremendous friend, a very close friend, and I've learned a ton from him on and off the ice, hockey and non-hockey related," Cammalleri told NHL.com.  "He'll be missed, certainly"It's different. I think he's been such presence on this team, this city, this organization for so long. He's such a dominant player, a guy who is in the lineup all the time not missing any games."