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Analysts Project Penguins’ FA Contracts; What’s Nedeljkovic Worth?
There remains just a pair of Round One Stanley Cup playoff series, and soon there will be eight teams still fighting and scrapping for Lord Stanley’s chalice. That means there will be 24 teams, including the Pittsburgh Penguins, who are diligently devising offseason plans and perhaps trying to re-sign their free agents.
Dan’s Daily: Dan Bylsma Rumored NHL Return, Penguins Problem
The coaching carousel is turning, but the NHL rumor mill is churning faster, including chatter surrounding the return of former Pittsburgh Penguins coach Dan Bylsma to the NHL. Bylsma isn’t the only coaching rumor floating around. There is some ironic symmetry in that the Toronto Maple Leafs are the team rallying from a 3-1 Round One deficit after inventing ways to lose in the first round in all but one of the last 20 years. Toronto forced a Game 7 with a nail-biting win over the Boston Bruins in Game 6. And we dished some harsh Penguins grades that drew some criticism.
Grading the Penguins: Lars Eller and the Crater
Lars Eller was a bedrock piece of the 2023-24 Pittsburgh Penguins. Eller was the voice in the room voicing displeasure and anger when things were chaotic, and the team was lost. Eller was the person willing to call out his team for performances that were stunningly insufficient, if not unprofessional. He played all 82 games with responsibility and purpose.
A Penguins Power Struggle? Uh, Not Really (+)
There has been a groundswell of speculation — not a syllable of which has been confirmed at this point — about an ongoing dispute between Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan and Kyle Dubas, the team’s president of hockey operations and general manager, over possible changes to the coaching staff.
Anderson: Let Hockey Help Set Good Path After TB’s Cooper Fumbles
Words are kind of my thing, so my initial reaction to a certain comment made by Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jon Cooper earlier this week was to wonder if others would also find it cringeworthy. They did. Good. There is no reason hockey can’t be the context for a reminder...
Report: Penguins Cutting Several Among Business Ops Staff
From Pittsburgh Hockey Now’s partner WPXI Channel 11 and their reporter, Jenna Harner, the Pittsburgh Penguins are going to cut personnel on the business operations side of the business. The report does not reference any hockey operations staff changes. Here is Harner’s report:. WPXI has learned the Pittsburgh...
Dubas’ Free-Agent Signings: Wise Investments, Wasted Money
Just how much of a makeover Kyle Dubas will give the Pittsburgh Penguins’ roster before next season isn’t clear. It also isn’t certain how much Dubas will emphasize any of the three sources of fresh talent — trades, free agents and promotions — available to him.
Kingerski: Time for Changes Behind Penguins Bench
The noise and chatter surrounding the Pittsburgh Penguins this week have not yet yielded a conclusion, but if there are changes coming, they should start behind the Penguins’ bench. Associate coach Todd Reirden, who runs the power play and defensemen, oversaw two areas of significant concern this season, with...
Dan’s Daily: Penguins Intrigue; Ovechkin Out of Gas
It was not a blockbuster news day in the NHL, but black smoke was coming from the old basilicas of the Metro Division. The Pittsburgh Penguins retool is not underway, but something is afoot. Alex Ovechkin tacitly admitted he’s running out of steam to catch Wayne Gretzky’s goal record while the Washington Capitals GM said he would be hit the NHL trade block and free agency to find scoring help. The New Jersey Devils are looking for a bit more grit in their lineup, and the Stanley Cup Playoffs said goodbye to the New York Islanders and Winnipeg Jets.
Penguins Nemesis Considering Retirement
T.J. Oshie has been the competitor who burned the Pittsburgh Penguins time and again as a member of the Washington Capitals. The chippy forward was nearly a member of the Penguins as former general manager Jim Rutherford tried to acquire him in 2015 before Washington successfully pried him from the St. Louis Blues.
Kingerski: Why Do the Penguins Even Bother?
Round One of the Stanley Cup Playoffs is showing a clear and large difference between the top teams in the Eastern and Western Conferences and everyone else. Not since 1987 has there been an opening round without a 2-2 series, and had the Dallas Stars not beaten the Vegas Golden Knights Monday night, 2024 would have been the next.
Penguins Blog: No Effect on Nedeljkovic, Fans React to Streaming
The Pittsburgh Penguins kept 2019 first-round pick Sam Poulin in the fold for the next two seasons but also brought in a Swedish goalie who was a former Detroit Red Wings draft pick. Immediately, more questions about Alex Nedeljkovic’s future arose. Filip Larsson, 25, is the Swedish goalie about...
Penguins Re-Sign Sam Poulin, Add Swedish Goalie
The Pittsburgh Penguins have re-signed forward Sam Poulin, who was scheduled to be a restricted free agent this summer. It is a two-year deal that carries a salary-cap hit of $775,000. They also agreed to a two-year contract with free-agent goaltender Filip Larsson, who was Detroit’s sixth-round selection in the...
Molinari: Could Penguins Have Been Competitive?; Putting ‘0’ in Ovechkin
There is, of course, no way of knowing how the Pittsburgh Penguins would have fared if they’d qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs. Perhaps they would have sustained the momentum of their late-season surge, and made a legitimate run at upsetting a team that finished far ahead of them in the Metropolitan Division standings.
Penguins Games Will Stream via SNP 360
SportsNet Pittsburgh, which just completed its first season as the relaunched viewing home for the Pittsburgh Penguins and now is showing Pittsburgh Pirates games, on Monday announced a new direct-to-consumer streaming option, SNP 360, which is an expansion of its existing app. Fans can purchase a direct subscription to the...
Path for Penguins to Trade Ryan Graves; Won’t be Easy
Ryan Graves was supposed to be the Pittsburgh Penguins’ plug-and-play replacement for Brian Dumoulin, the steady and reliable left defenseman who counterbalanced Kris Letang for a half dozen seasons. Dumoulin departed via free agency as the blue line shuffle was necessitated by Dumoulin’s decline and the Penguins’ need to get younger.
Dan’s Daily: Ba-Bye Capitals, Miracle Canucks, Penguins’ Pick Shines
An absolutely gorgeous Sunday with sunshine and comfortable temperatures was perfect for watching hockey. A Pittsburgh Penguins draft pick is shining brightly in the WHL playoffs while the Penguins cleaned house at their AHL affiliate. The Washington Capitals proved no match for the New York Rangers and are out. The Calgary Flames could fill up the NHL trade rumors, Rick Tocchet’s Vancouver Canucks pulled off a somewhat miraculous comeback win over the Nashville Predators, and a day after the Toronto Maple Leafs were caught bickering, there is some question if there’s a disconnect in Winnipeg as Colorado is quickly running them out of the series.
Penguins Will Replace Wilkes-Barre Coaches
The Pittsburgh Penguins are making a couple of coaching changes. The changes, though, will be with their American Hockey League affiliate in Wilkes-Barre, where head coach J.D. Forrest and assistant Kevin Porter will not have their contracts renewed. No replacement for either has been named. The moves come two days...
Penguins Notebook: No. 1 Pick Sparkles; Growing Goalies
The Pittsburgh Penguins missed the Stanley Cup playoffs for the second year in a row. Their American Hockey League affiliate in Wilkes-Barre lasted all of two games in the Calder Cup playoffs. Still, not all of the postseason news for the Penguins this spring is glum. Their ECHL affiliate in...
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