Pittsburgh Penguins News and Rumors
Leafs hire Stars scout Leach as director of amateur scouting
The Toronto Maple Leafs hired Mark Leach as director of amateur scouting, the team announced Thursday.Leach spent the past 11 seasons with the Dallas Stars as an amateur scout. He worked directly with Joe McDonnell, the Stars' director of amateur sco
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New Penguins D-Man Grzelcyk Admits Lost Confidence; Prepares for Big Challenge
Nearly a few weeks after signing with the Pittsburgh Penguins on July 1, defenseman Matt Grzelcyk expressed his hopes with a new team and admitted he didn’t have the best year with the Boston Bruins. Actually, it was a pretty rough year with Boston
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Penguins’ Rival Crushed by Free Agency; Pens vs. Hurricanes Offseason
So long, Jake Guentzel. Goodbye, Brady Skjei. Arrivederci Brett Pesce. As the Pittsburgh Penguins have held firm, though not improving this offseason, things could have been worse. Just ask the Carolina Hurricanes. The hockey Tar Heels triggering too
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Guentzel cites Lightning's 'winning pedigree' as reason for signing
Jake Guentzel pointed to the Tampa Bay Lightning's status as perennial contenders as the primary factor in his decision to sign with his new club."They all know how to win," Guentzel told NHL.com's Jessi Pierce on Wednesday. "There's just a winning p
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Dan’s Daily: Kuznetsov Bails; Penguins Competition; 2 Prospects Snubbed
Pittsburgh Penguins management pays special attention to how the Penguins stack against the division and so PHN is beginning to stack the new Penguins roster against the Metro Division rivals. Penguins prospect Tristan Broz showed some silky mitts la
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Ranking the jersey numbers picks of the new Penguins
And now for one of the most important topics of the offseason: critiquing the numbers the new players have chosen to wear for the Pens next season Yep, it’s the time to rank the jersey numbers of the new players on the Penguins. Man
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2024-25 Penguins’ Lineup Project: Third line, Center
Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images There are three potential options here for this season. The people spoke yesterday, and you want to see free agent addition Anthony Beauvillier as the Penguins’ third-line left winger. Now
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Is Mike Sullivan Too Much of a Hockey Purist for the Penguins Good?
As I was pondering our Penguins in the wake of my latest rant over loading up on undersized defensemen, a thought popped into my head regarding long-time coach Mike Sullivan. Is he too much of a hockey purist for the good of the team? It’
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Watch: Penguins’ Broz Scores Filthy Goal in Da Beauty League
Pittsburgh Penguins prospect and national championship winner Tristan Broz showed off some silky mitts Wednesday evening in the Minnesota-based Da Beauty League. The league is an annual high-level summer-time gathering of NHL and professional players
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Looking at the Penguins (and other non-playoff team’s) chances of returning to the playoffs this season
Photo by Joe Sargent/NHLI via Getty Images There are going to be at least six or seven teams going for what is realistically two spots. Every year there is at least one team — and usually more — that makes the playoffs on
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Penguins vs. the Metro; How the Capitals Took Big Swings To Rebuild
The Pittsburgh Penguins are in a state of transition but have only laid the groundwork to get from here to there, that mysterious era beyond the core led by Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, and Kris Letang. In fact, last summer, the Penguins added to th
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Penguins’ Tanner Howe Gains Recognition, Invited Team Canada Camp
The Pittsburgh Penguins have two players in Team Canada’s summer showcase camp. 2023 first-rounder Brayden Yager played on the 2023 team, scoring five points in what became an early exit in the quarterfinal. Still, in a sign of a deepening prospect
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