Tag: Pittsburgh Penguins

Bye week biz: Beating Boston and Winter Classic musings
Updated:The Penguins earned a much-needed win Sunday night, 6-5 in overtime at home against Boston, resulting in their first two-game…
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Bye week biz: Beating Boston and Winter Classic musings
Updated:The Penguins earned a much-needed win Sunday night, 6-5 in overtime at home against Boston, resulting in their first two-game…
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Isles Insights: Things go from bad to worse as Islanders fall to Pittsburgh, 4-0
Updated:NEW YORK — If things were bad for the Islanders entering Friday night’s matchup with the Pittsburgh Penguins, then they got…
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Sweet, Sweet Fantasy, Baby: (NHL) U.S. Olympic Team
Updated:Last spring, shortly after the NHL announced that players would not participate in the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games, Pensblog Leah…
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Sweet, Sweet Fantasy, Baby: (NHL) U.S. Olympic Team
Updated:Last spring, shortly after the NHL announced that players would not participate in the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games, Pensblog Leah…
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Fixing The Pittsburgh Penguins
It seems at this point that something must be wrong with the Penguins. They’re on the outside looking in at…
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Sidney Crosby is a danged stallion, according to the New York Post
Just before Christmas, the New York Post put together an article that was essentially about what a relentless work horse one…
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Farewell Arch, we hardly knew thee: Pens trade for Oleksiak, Leighton
Updated:Unless you were captured for the last 24 hours by the UFOs that don’t officially exist, you noticed that your…
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Farewell Arch, we hardly knew thee: Pens trade for Oleksiak, Leighton
Updated:Unless you were captured for the last 24 hours by the UFOs that don’t officially exist, you noticed that your…
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What a “Major Trade” Could Look Like
Unless you live under a rock you know the Penguins front office is considering a “major trade” but what exactly…
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Mike Sullivan: 2 Years with the Pens, Part 2
Updated:Monday evening, on the 2nd anniversary of Mike Johnston’s firing and the hiring of 47-year old Michael Barry Sullivan, we looked at the…
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Trade Rumors; Cullen, Pageau, & More
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Mike Sullivan: 2 Years with the Pens, Part 2
Updated:Monday evening, on the 2nd anniversary of Mike Johnston’s firing and the hiring of 47-year old Michael Barry Sullivan, we…
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Operation Bring Dad Home
By now you’ve all certainly seen the rumors. The talk that Matt Cullen isn’t happy in Minnesota. That the Wild…
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Mike Sullivan: 2 Years with the Pens, Part 1
Updated:“Ghost of the Future, I fear you more than any spectre I have seen.” – Ebenezer Scrooge What Scrooge said…
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Isles Insights: Islanders Rally Late but Fall Short in 4-3 OT Loss to Pens
Updated:The Islanders rallied late in the third period to force overtime, but Matt Hunwick squashed New York’s hopes of leaving…
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Islanders Pregame: Isles Look for Win in Steel City
Updated:The Islanders will look to bounce back from a 6-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday when they…
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Tristan Jarry, Ian Cole, Greg McKegg, & Justin Schultz
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Ian Cole Trade Rumors, Matt Murray’s Injury, & Streaky Hockey
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/362813972″ params=”color=#ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”300″ iframe=”true” /] It’s been two weeks since we last got together to talk Pens, and…
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Latest On The Trade Front For Oilers
As the calendar gets set to turn to December, the Edmonton Oilers find themselves on the outside looking in when…
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Could Peter Chiarelli Target Ian Cole?
Earlier this morning, Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli spoke to the media for the first time this season. In his press…
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Can anyone duplicate Mario’s 5 goals in 5 ways?
Updated:Yesterday evening marked the 20th anniversary of the night Mario Lemieux’s #66 was raised to the roof of Mellon Arena,…
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How the Penguins “Fixed” Olli Maatta
Last March, I wrote this story on Olli Maatta. In it, I pointed out a major flaw that could have…
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Chris & Dan: West Canada Road Trip; Joe Sakic Can Still Screw This Up
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The Penguins “Family” and Hockey Fights Cancer
Last month, the Penguins accepted an invitation from the President to visit the White House to celebrate their championship, causing…
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Black and Blue
Tonight’s game was like your favorite TV series (or at least most of mine). It started off really promising then…
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Saddle Up!
Tristan Jarry wasn’t making his NHL debut contrary to what some people seemed to think… No, that honor went to…
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RECAP 14: The Matt Murray Show
“Game in, game out, this guy is money. Two-time Stanley Cup champion.” — Bob Errey. MURRAY! MURRAY! pic.twitter.com/nG7nPDB4so — Pittsburgh Penguins…
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Chris & Dan: Everyone Calm Down
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