PITTSBURGH — Jarome Iginla spent 16 years chasing a Stanley Cup in Calgary.

The Penguins think he’ll only need three months playing alongside the likes of Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin to grab one in Pittsburgh.

The league’s hottest team continued its aggressive dealing late Wednesday night, acquiring the six-time All Star forward from the Flames in exchange for prospects and a first-round draft pick.

Pittsburgh sent the Flames the rights to college players Kenneth Agostino and Ben Hanowski as well as the Penguins’ first pick in the 2013 draft for the league’s fifth-leading active scorer.

The 35-year-old Iginla waived his no-trade clause for the opportunity to join the Penguins. It wasn’t exactly a tough sell for Pittsburgh general manager Ray Shero.

“He wants to win,” Shero said. “My expectation is that he’ll be a really good fit in terms of the team and the guys that we have.”

The trade marks the third big move by the Eastern Conference-leading Penguins ahead of next week’s deadline. Pittsburgh acquired veteran Dallas Stars forward Brenden Morrow on Sunday and picked up burly San Jose defenseman Doug Murray on Monday.

Landing Iginla provides Pittsburgh with firepower and the potential top-six winger the team has been looking for to pair with reigning NHL MVP Malkin and James Neal.

Shero declined to speculate where Iginla would play and indicated his team’s newest winger is hardly concerned about how he will be used.

“He said he would help anyway he could, didn’t care about role or who he was playing with,” Shero said. “He’ll accept any role that’s asked of him by coaches or teammates.”

Iginla is in the final year of his contract and will be an unrestricted free agent July 1. He was scratched from Calgary’s lineup against Colorado, ending his consecutive games streak at 441. He has nine goals and 13 assists this season for the Flames, who are well out of the playoff picture. Iginla could be in Pittsburgh as early as Thursday, but almost certainly won’t be available until Saturday.

Iginla led Calgary to the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals, but the Flames haven’t been to the playoffs since 2009 and are currently in 14th in the Western Conference. Flames general manager Jay Feaster thanked the franchise’s all-time leading scorer for agreeing to the trade to allow the team to stockpile young talent.