PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins’ biggest trade-deadline move may end up being the one they didn’t make.

The defending Stanley Cup champions held on to goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury through Wednesday’s NHL trade deadline, opting to keep the franchise leader in victories while instead trading draft picks and role players in an effort to bolster an injury-ravaged defense.

“He’s an important part of our team. I know he hasn’t played as much this year as maybe certainly he would like and maybe he’s capable of,” Rutherford said. “But now that we get past the deadline and going down the stretch here, it’s going to be important to have two healthy and fresh goalies.”

A healthy and fresh defense too, which is why Pittsburgh sent a fourth-round pick in the 2018 draft to Tampa Bay in exchange for veteran defenseman Mark Streit, who was acquired by the Lightning earlier in the day. Pittsburgh also brought in Frankie Corrado from Toronto for forwards Eric Fehr and Steve Oleksy and a fourth-round pick .