 After playing only 8 games with the Robins, Pesut was traded by the Flyers on December 8, 1974 to the California Golden Seals in exchange for the professional rights to centreman Ron Chipperfield, who was playing for the Vancouver Blazers in the WHA at the time.The 1974-75 NHL season saw Pesut report to the California Golden Seals training camp and make the opening night roster.In his first full NHL season, Pesut put up a respectable 13 points in 47 games with the Golden Seals, a team which had been struggling as a bonafide NHL team since its inaugural season in 1967.