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Penguins Report Card: Crosby Fight, Heavy Pressure, Is Team Prepared to Play?

In the middle of the second period, Pittsburgh Penguins winger Rickard Rakell had an uncontested scoring chance on Winnipeg Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck from about 20 feet away. Hellebuyck easily made a glove save on a play Rakell has converted doze

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Published: 1 month ago

Penguins get towards opening day roster by waiving Zohorna, Friedman, among others

Timothy T. Ludwig-USA TODAY Sports The Pens are about ready for the season to start Rosters for the start of the NHL’s regular season are due tomorrow. In order to be prepared for that deadline, teams have to waive any and a

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Published: 1 year ago

‘Lot of Things on Table’: Penguins Make Final Cuts, Including Zohorna, Friedman

The Pittsburgh Penguins put five players on waivers Sunday afternoon and might have a few more things up their sleeves in terms of their opening-night roster — and that includes Jake Guentzel. “There’s a lot of things on the table at this point

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Published: 1 year ago

Maple Leafs trade Lafferty to Canucks for 5th-round pick

The Toronto Maple Leafs traded forward Sam Lafferty to the Vancouver Canucks for a fifth-round pick in the 2024 draft, the team announced Sunday.Lafferty will make $1.15 million this season and was a bubble candidate to make Toronto's roster with fin

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Published: 1 year ago

5 big questions entering the 2023-24 NHL season

There are countless ways to analyze what may lie ahead for the upcoming NHL season but, in this exercise, we're taking the philosophical route and asking a collection of questions with answers that, while unforeseen right now, will have a significant

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Published: 1 year ago

Penguins Practice: Letang Dropped to PP2; Friedman, Other Hopefuls Absent

The Pittsburgh Penguins invited season ticket holders to view what could be considered either the last practice of training camp or the first practice of the regular season. With final cutdowns looming, a few Penguins roster hopefuls were not in atte

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Published: 1 year ago

Penguins Ink Colin White to One-Year Deal

Call it the calm before the storm. Or at the very least, the lull before the roster kerfuffle. The Penguins signed forward Colin White yesterday to a one-year, two-way contract worth $775K at the NHL level. A bargain rate for a former first-round pi

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Published: 1 year ago

McDavid expects Bedard to handle sky-high expectations: 'He's that good'

Connor McDavid is confident Chicago Blackhawks phenom Connor Bedard can handle the pressure of adapting to NHL life as a potentially generational No. 1 pick."It's a really, really hard league," the Oilers captain told NHL.com's Tracey Myers. "It's a

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Published: 1 year ago

Penguins Roster Rebuild: Predicting Sidney Crosby’s Next Contract

Did you see that Pittsburgh Penguins vs Buffalo Sabres game? Specifically, did you see Sidney Crosby, future Canadian National Team wrestler and consummate leader, send a message to young Peyton…

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Published: 1 year ago

Hart Trophy Rankings: Star-studded field pursuing McDavid this season

There's little doubt about the front-runner for the Hart Trophy as the NHL season approaches. Connor McDavid rightfully took home the hardware for the second time in three years and third time overall after piling up 153 points in 2022-23.Where the d

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Published: 1 year ago

Penguins Wrap: Sidney Crosby’s Homecoming; Setting the Roster

Exhibition games tend to be forgettable, but Sidney Crosby is likely to remember the Pittsburgh Penguins’ fifth preseason game in 2023 for a long time. That’s because they played it in his home province, Nova Scotia, before an adoring crowd after

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Published: 1 year ago

How will Connor Bedard adjust to NHL? Sidney Crosby, Auston Matthews, Nathan MacKinnon share tips

From his shot to how he recovers, Connor Bedard has some examples around the NHL on how to adjust to the league's demands.

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Published: 1 year ago

Ranking the top-15 Defensemen in the Metropolitan Division For The 2023-24 NHL Season

Photo by Jared Silber/NHLI via Getty Images The best on the blueline in the division Ranking defensemen can be tough, as we see in the Norris trophy voting every year. Some appreciate the skill, flair and high-octane style of

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Published: 1 year ago