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Penguins Blog: Possible Quinn Effect; Where Do Pens Go From Here?
Perhaps we were spoiled by former Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford, who was a horsetrader with a black belt degree. Deals could come together in a week. Maybe older fans (and analysts, ahem) were spoiled by the swashbuckling Craig Patrick style; trades or moves would be swift, and sometimes many, trying to change his team.
Penguins Wrap: Quinn Comes Aboard; Dubas Outlines Strategy
With just one significant move by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the past week — the hiring of an assistant coach — the team’s offseason maneuverings still lie mostly ahead of them, and the intrigue builds. The draft is still nearly two weeks away. We’ll see what happens...
How Penguins Can Follow Panthers’ Rebuild; Different than Dubas’s Path
Pittsburgh Penguins president of hockey operations/GM Kyle Dubas said the club is trying as urgently as it can to acquire as many draft picks and prospects as it can reasonably get its hands on in order to integrate the newbies with the grizzled and successful Penguins core including Sidney Crosby.
Dan’s Daily: NHL Trade Rumor Updates; Panthers Primed; Penguins Opportunity
It’s a slightly later edition of Dan’s Daily Friday. The NHL trade rumors got a few updates, including on Mitch Marner and Martin Necas. We dove into the fray with our now-viral piece explaining why and how the Pittsburgh Penguins should trade for Columbus Blue Jackets winger Patrik Laine. The Florida Panthers overcame the travel nightmares and hung on to beat the Edmonton Oilers in Game 3, setting up a possible sweep in Game 4. The New York Rangers perhaps surprisingly took RFA Kaapo Kakko off the market, and the San Jose Sharks finally replaced David Quinn.
Penguins Trade Opportunity: Pounce on Patrik Laine
Pittsburgh Penguins president of hockey operations/GM Kyle Dubas is no dummy. He likes to play the odds and find values that others missed. Last summer, he flexed some creative deal-making when he swiped the reigning Norris Trophy winner for a package of players and picks far below market value. C’mon,...
Dan’s Daily: CBJ Star Requests Trade; Penguins Big Hire
The Pittsburgh Penguins made their big hire official Wednesday, announcing David Quinn as their new assistant coach. And we talked to people familiar with Quinn and his work in San Jose about what he’ll bring to the Penguins’ table. The NHL trade rumor has a new big name as Patrik Laine wants out of Columbus, and they’re trying to accommodate him. The Toronto Maple Leafs and Utah Yeti club could be good trade partners, but Max Domi is lobbying to re-sign. And the Florida Panthers had trouble getting out of Florida to Edmonton for Game 3 of the Stanely Cup Final.
Penguins Live Chat: More on Quinn; Bigger Penguins Changes?
A day after the news leaked, the Pittsburgh Penguins made their hiring of assistant coach David Quinn official on Wednesday morning. Quinn’s unique relationship with head coach Mike Sullivan is only one aspect of the hiring, but there are a few more with could lead to a new Penguins offensive attack.
Penguins Make David Quinn Hire Official; Inside Scoop on Pens’ New Assistant
The Pittsburgh Penguins officially hired David Quinn to replace associate coach Todd Reirden Wednesday. As part of the announcement from Penguins president of hockey operations/GM Kyle Dubas, Quinn will oversee the defensemen. After two seasons with the San Jose Sharks but finishing with the worst record in the NHL this...
Dan’s Daily: Canucks Eyeing Jake Guentzel; Penguins Hiring Coaches
We’ve got sunshine in Western Pennsylvania for three straight days. I hope you all can handle it. The Pittsburgh Penguins will likely do one big press release, but it seems they’ve filled both coaching vacancies in the organization, including a big-name Mike Sullivan friend as assistant coach. An old friend may move decisively on the NHL trade market to acquire the rights to Jake Guentzel and then put his name on a big contract. And Darren Dreger rolled through the Canadian teams’ off-season trade hopes, including a scoring winger that has been tied to the Penguins.
John Hynes Joins Sullivan’s Staff for 4 Nations Face-Off
There will be another Pittsburgh Penguins connection for the United States team staff at the 4 Nations Face-Off next year, as John Hynes on Tuesday was named an assistant coach. Hynes is the first assistant added to the staff headed by Penguins coach Mike Sullivan. Hynes, currently the coach of...
Report: Penguins Hiring David Quinn; Joining Coaching Staff, Mike Sullivan
Perhaps it’s a nod to David Quinn’s experience as the former head coach of the New York Rangers and San Jose Sharks. Perhaps it’s a nod to Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Erik Karlsson, who won the 2023 Norris Trophy while playing for Quinn in San Jose. And perhaps it is a nod to Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan, who is notably close with his fellow Boston University alumni.
Dan’s Daily: Leafs in ‘Trade Mode’; Former Penguin Shines in Cup Final
After a Florida Panthers goalie steal in Game 1, Florida dominated the Edmonton Oilers in Game 2, and leads the Stanley Cup Final 2-0. Former Pittsburgh Penguins utility forward Evan Rodrigues has shined in the Cup Final, scoring a pair of goals in Game 2. Elsewhere in the Daily, the Ottawa Senators are aggressively working the NHL trade market, the Toronto Maple Leafs are reportedly in “trade mode,” and we put the Penguins’ drafts under the spotlight for recent painful misses and a few they got right.
Penguins’ Amanda Kessel Drafted or Becoming PWHL GM?
The call to play professional hockey captured Amanda Kessel. Or did her front-office training as special assistant to the president of the Pittsburgh Penguins land her a front-office role in the increasingly popular Professional Women’s Hockey League?. Kessel, 32, was selected as a player in the seventh and final...
Revisiting Recent Penguins Drafts; Painful Misses & Ones They Got Right
The NHL Draft is not only an inexact science; sometimes, it’s more of a guessing game. Selecting 18-year-olds who sometimes are still growing is much a different task than the NFL Draft and choosing from young men who have cleared the last stages of puberty and are old enough to order alcohol in the United States.
Dan on TV: What Should Penguins Do with Extra Cap Space?
(WPXI) — Less yelling, more arguing. The WXPI Final Word show featured one current Pittsburgh Penguins beat writer, one former beat writer, and a football expert. Pittsburgh Hockey Now’s Dan Kingerski again joined the Final Word Panel with The Athletic’s Mike DeFabo and the Post-Gazette’s Chris Carter. There was a little less rambunctious yelling but a few arguments to be had as Kingerski squared off with Carter over the Penguins’ future and the core three’s role within it.
Dan’s Daily: More Teams Hunt for Goalies; Penguins Trade Values
Thus begins another week of the NHL offseason, NHL trade rumors, and questions about the Pittsburgh Penguins’ direction. More teams have joined the hunt for goalies, and the Calgary Flames’ Jacob Markstrom is tied to a pair of new suitors. The NHL brass is indeed watching the possible exploitation of the long-term injured reserve rules and is open to tweaking the rule. Finally, after the Penguins president of hockey operations/GM Kyle Dubas said the club is looking to add draft picks and prospects, we did a deep dive into the value of the Penguins veterans on the trade block, including Tristan Jarry.
Potential Penguins Trade Returns; What Are the Veterans Worth?
Kyle Dubas admitted he wants draft picks. The Pittsburgh Penguins president of hockey operations/GM wants to acquire them urgently, or at least as urgently as he can do it. It is a stark departure from more than a decade of tossing away draft picks chasing fixes and improvements by using the selections as capital on the NHL trade market. They’ve tossed a first-rounder and second-rounder for Erik Karlsson, a second-rounder for Mikael Granlund the year before.
Dan’s Daily: Carolina Trying to Trade Guentzel; Kyle Dubas Reveals Plan
The Carolina Hurricanes have waved the white flag regarding signing former Pittsburgh Penguins winger Jake Guentzel and have put his rights on the NHL trade block, hoping to recoup something. As the free agent frenzy begins to take shape, Florida Panthers’ goalie Sergei Bobrovsky flexed in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final, and it became an Andre the Giant squash match as the Edmonton Oilers tried and tried to score only to hang their heads in disappointment. Florida won and sent a clear message. The NHL raised the salary cap by more than expected, the New York Rangers might shake up their roster, and Penguins boss Kyle Dubas laid out the Penguins’ trade hopes and rebuilding strategy.
NHL Announces Higher Salary Cap for 2024-25; Exceeds Expectations
The NHL announced the official salary cap for the 2024-25 season and it’s a bit higher than expected. The salary cap limit for next season is $88 million, rising from $83.5 million. The cap floor will be $65 million; however, given the sale of the Arizona Coyotes and relocation to Utah, no team is expected to struggle to meet the cap floor.
Penguins’ Dubas ‘Urgently’ Trying to Acquire Draft Picks; Reveals Rebuild Strategy
The Pittsburgh Penguins are trying to acquire more draft picks. Penguins president of hockey operations/GM Kyle Dubas didn’t mince words regarding the Penguins’ targets on the NHL trade market: Draft picks and lots of them. Dubas spoke at the NHL combine to NHL.com Saturday. “The major focus for...
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