The Bs traded Jean Pronovost to the Pittsburgh Penguins on May 21st, 1968. He was traded to the Penguins along with John Arbour from the Bruins for the Penguins' 1969 first-round draft pick, who would end up being Frank Spring with the fourth overall pick and cash.
Pronovost was a consistent scorer who scored 40 goals four times. He was also the first member of the Penguins to score 100 points and 50 goals in a season. He would collect 316 goals and 287 assists in 753 games with Pittsburgh. John Arbour would only collect two assists in 17 games with the Penguins.