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Penguins Thoughts: Prepare for Karlsson; Pens’ Trade Chips
ln an increasingly rare dateline, this comes from the home rink, and the Pittsburgh Penguins battle not only against the quality teams they are battling for a playoff spot but, like an old Polaroid of happier times, to finally recapture the best version of themselves. With each passing day and each gut-punch loss, the Penguins […]
Could Guentzel’s No-Trade Clause Be Holding Up a Deal?
The NHL trade deadline, set for 3 p.m. Friday, is coming up on the horizon, and Jake Guentzel still is on the Pittsburgh Penguins’ payroll. Now, it’s possible — though rather unlikely — that the Penguins have reversed field and decided to try to re-sign Guentzel, who will be eligible for unrestricted free agency this […]
How Can Penguins Get Into Playoffs? Here’s One Surefire Way
The challenge for the Pittsburgh Penguins is pretty simple: Win their final 27 games, and they’ll be in the Stanley Cup playoffs this spring. Of course, the NHL record for consecutive victories is 17, set by the 1992-93 Penguins, so it’s unlikely that they’ll finish the season with a 29-game winning streak. (They already have […]
Penguins Want Prospects Not Picks for Guentzel; Rust Won’t Be Traded
Multiple teams have told Sportsnet reporter Elliotte Friedman that Pittsburgh Penguins president of hockey operations/GM Kyle Dubas wants prospects, not picks if the Penguins trade Jake Guentzel. Friedman made the report during the Headlines Segment of Hockey Night in Canada. Earlier last week, ESPN’s Kaplan reported at least one rival GM scoffed at the Penguins’ […]
Penguins Postgame: This Can’t Continue
In one of the great cheesy late 1990s movies, Bruce Willis and his band of misfits who rocketed to space on a top-secret space shuttle to save the planet from an asteroid must radio to NASA that their mission has failed. Armageddon has a happy ending as the crew saves the day but the Pittsburgh […]
Penguins Metro Foe Fires GM Before Trade Deadline
The Columbus Blue Jackets, the only team below the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Metropolitan Division standings, on Thursday fired long-time general manager Jarmo Kekalainen. The firing comes nearly 11 years to the day after Kekalainen was hired in by Blue Jackets president of hockey operations John Davidson, who will step in now as GM during […]
Capitals Punishment: Washington Embarrasses Penguins, 6-0
The Pittsburgh Penguins didn’t hold any players out of their game against Washington Thursday night at PPG Paints Arena for “trade-related reasons,” as a number of clubs have done lately. That doesn’t mean that everyone in their lineup actually was involved in the game, though. Truth be told, there have been cruise ships with fewer […]
Dan’s Daily: Kessel Gets NHL Workout; Malkin Makes Big Admission
Evgeni Malkin admitted he’s not the player he once was for the Pittsburgh Penguins. It was a startling day at Penguins practice, and Pittsburgh Hockey Now has full coverage. Phil Kessel is getting an NHL workout with old friends. The NHL trade rumors surrounding Chris Tanev and Vladimir Tarasenko are going in different directions, and […]
Penguins Grades: Crosby Carries Team; Pens Have Rough 24 Hours
CHICAGO — There are low event games, and then there are D’oh event games. The Pittsburgh Penguins have endured a bruising 24 hours, from losing at home to the Florida Panthers in a game that felt like a curtain closer, and in the process, lost primary scoring winger Jake Guentzel for at least the next […]
Kingerski: Guess What, There is Hope for These Penguins
SEATTLE — Months, if not a few years, of nattering negativity and obstinate “I told you so’s” with each shortcoming that befalls the aging Pittsburgh Penguins have grown to a cacophony of cheers with each loss and begrudging credit for wins. In a sense, it’s entirely understandable. The Penguins’ core and fans have endured the […]
Jagr Gets Real; Retirement, Regrets, & ‘If You’re Satisfied, You’re Done’
PITTSBURGH — Sunday afternoon, Jaromir Jagr will watch his No. 68 raised to the rafters at PPG Paints Arena, just the third number retired in the 56-year history of the Pittsburgh Penguins. His jersey will hang beside idol and teammate Mario Lemieux as the Penguins and Jagr bring a long relationship that has been all […]
Penguins Trade Grade: 2nd-Tier Hurricanes, Pens’ Loss Deeper than Guentzel
The Pittsburgh Penguins did not get the top prospects, nor a top-six NHL player from the Carolina Hurricanes as Penguins president of hockey operations/GM Kyle Dubas zipped Sidney Crosby’s longtime sidecar Jake Guentzel to Carolina for three prospects, a conditional second-rounder that could become a first, and Dubas-acquainted winger Michael Bunting. Bunting will plug a […]
Penguins Grades: Bad Luck, Bad Power Play, Sullivan Makes More Changes
SEATTLE — In a city known for grunge, the Pittsburgh Penguins were a little too glam and stayed around the outside. Despite vastly outshooting the Seattle Kraken through 40 minutes 29-16. It was a culmination of bad luck, a continually bad power play, and an inability to crack the Kraken’s interior defense in a 2-0 […]
Penguins Need Malkin to Change; Is He Thinking About the End?
“Please, no,” was Evgeni Malkin’s playful response when someone asked if he could play until he’s 50 years old. The Pittsburgh Penguins honored Jaromir Jagr for several days last week leading to Sunday’s jersey retirement, and if there was a player who most resembled Jagr’s ferocity and strength with the puck, it was Malkin. Malkin’s […]
Penguins Claim Matthew Phillips off Waivers from Capitals
The Pittsburgh Penguins have claimed forward Phillips off waivers from Washington. He is undersized — 5-foot-8, 160 pounds — but fast and fearless, and can play center or wing. Phillips, 25, has one goal and four assists in 27 games with the Capitals this season. His contract, which expires after this season, carries a salary-cap […]
Karlsson’s OT Goal Gives Penguins 4-3 Win Over Canucks
The Pittsburgh Penguins did not play a perfect game in Vancouver Tuesday night. They made some mental mistakes. Some physical ones, too. Heck, they gave up a shorthanded goal for the third time in the past five games. But they also played with resolve and commitment and focus, and an obvious appreciation of what was […]