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Penguins Wrap: More Blown Leads; Youth Movement; How’s Sid?

Continued concerns were more plentiful than answers over the past week for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Missed chances, blown leads, costly mistakes. You know the drill. The Penguins do, too, but they can’t seem to do anything about it. Analysis has tu

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Published: 1 month ago

Snapshots: Firkus, McCoshen, Tung

Seattle Kraken forward prospect Jagger Firkus has won the CHL’s David Branch Player of the Year Award, after posting a Canada-leading 126 points in 63 games with the WHL’s Moose Jaw Warriors. He was the star of a Moose Jaw team rife with NHL tale

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Published: 7 months ago

Penguins Relinquish Rights to Two Prospects

The Pittsburgh Penguins prospect pool officially shrank by two Saturday when the team did not tender offers, thus losing exclusive negotiating rights to a pair of prospects. Thimo Nickl and Nolan Collins were due contracts by 5 p.m. June 1, but it ap

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Published: 7 months ago

Forgotten Pittsburgh Penguins: Luc Robitaille and Zigmund Palffy

Recently I wrote about Sergei Zubov and Bryan Smolinski, two players who appeared in only one season, albeit laudable, with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1995-96. It got me thinking about…

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Published: 7 months ago

What Teammates Say About Penguins Prospect Brayden Yager; Moose Jaw Eliminated

SAGINAW, Mich. — The top forward prospect in the Pittsburgh Penguins system, Brayden Yager, saw his Moose Jaw Warriors’ season come to an ugly end Friday night in the semi-final of the Memorial Cup. After struggling through the round-robin portio

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Published: 7 months ago

Penguins Wrap: Another Honor for Jagr; Ex-Coach Back in NHL

The NHL Draft is less than four weeks away and free agency starts a month from today. Sure, the Stanley Cup playoffs are still in progress, but most of the league is getting ready to prepare for 2024-25 and the seasons beyond. That certainly is true

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Published: 7 months ago

Dan’s Daily: Finalists for Utah Nickname; Penguins Patience or Urgency?

The Pittsburgh Penguins should get a move on to fix roster problems, or president of hockey operations/GM Kyle Dubas should remain patient and methodically look for a top-six winger. The Pittsburgh Hockey Now staff is divided between patience and urg

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Published: 7 months ago

Friday Poll: One year with Dubas

Photo by Andy Devlin/NHLI via Getty Images It’s been a year since Kyle Dubas joined the Penguins On June 1st 2023, the Penguins announced the hiring of Kyle Dubas as the President of Hockey Operations. Dubas then named himse

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Published: 7 months ago

2023-24 Season in Review: Sidney Crosby

Photo by Joe Sargent/NHLI via Getty Images Nineteen seasons in and Sidney Crosby is still doing Sidney Crosby things. Vitals Player: Sidney Crosby
Born: August 7, 1987 (Age 36 season)
Height: 5’ 11”
Weight: 200 po

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Published: 7 months ago

Penguins’ Rust takes shots at Rangers, Panthers on Ninja’s Twitch stream

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Bryan Rust joined Ninja’s Twitch stream on Wednesday to talk some trash on the two teams facing off in the Eastern Conference Final.

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Published: 7 months ago

Molinari: Adding Top-Six Winger Critical for Penguins, But So is Patience

The Pittsburgh Penguins are running out of time. Assuming that hasn’t already happened, of course. While the wisdom of trying to transform an aging group that has sat out the Stanley Cup playoffs for two years in a row into a championship contender

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Published: 7 months ago

So, Where are the Penguins Changes?

The Pittsburgh Penguins season ended 43 days ago, and we are now less than one month away from the 2024 NHL Draft and closer to the start of NHL free agency on July 1 than we are to the end of the regular season. So, where are the Penguins’ changes

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Published: 7 months ago

Dan’s Daily: Tension in Vegas, McDavid Pressure, What’s in Penguins Pipeline

SAGINAW, Mich. — It’s my final days here in Saginaw for the Memorial Cup, as I have a few more interviews to conduct, and we’ll have the final chapters of our scouting reports on the Pittsburgh Penguins’ top prospect, Brayden Yager. The press

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Published: 7 months ago