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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: 3 weeks ago

Dan’s Daily: NHL Trade Rumors, Dirty Trouba, Penguins Dialing In?

The Pittsburgh Penguins are never dull. The Penguins imploded against the Buffalo Sabres, then beat the high-flying Toronto Maple Leafs 24 hours later by correcting many of their mistakes. Are the Penguins dialing it in, or will wild swings be the no

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Published: 1 year ago

Pens Points: Practicing Patience for Predators

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images Catch up on some of the latest hockey headlines in today’s Pens Points. Here are your Pens Points for this Monday morning... Injuries to Bryan Rust and Rickard Rakell have forced Mike Sulliv

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Published: 1 year ago

First Quarter Penguins Grades

Our Pittsburgh Penguins are now at the end of their first quarter, so it is time to offer up my grades for players and coaching staff. Forwards and Defensemen Since this is only a quarter point and there isn’t a whole lot of time for me to look in

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Published: 1 year ago

Sunday Standings: Teams start to reach the quarter pole

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images It’s getting late early for teams like the Penguins that are hanging around .500 Thanksgiving has come and gone and before you know it, December is around the corner on Friday. And with that

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Published: 1 year ago

Penguins Blog: What to Like, Not Like, & Sullivan Getting Closer?

Another third period meltdown, a resounding win, and lineup decisions that paid dividends even as potential alternatives appeared better. The Pittsburgh Penguins game moved forward this week with plenty to like but plenty of lingering questions. With

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Published: 1 year ago

Penguins Show Heart, Fight Off Leafs, 3-2

In my game summary following the Penguins’ crippling 3-2 loss to the Sabres on Friday night, I wrote that they needed to come off the ropes and land a haymaker against the Maple Leafs. Against steep odds, our guys did just that. Less than 24 hours

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Published: 1 year ago

Penguins’ Inconsistencies Are Starting to Haunt Them

The Pittsburgh Penguins ended a five-game winning streak in their 5-2 loss against the New Jersey Devils on Thursday, Nov. 16. A few nights later, on Nov. 19, the Penguins…

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Published: 1 year ago

NHL Rumors: Edmonton Oilers, and the Pittsburgh Penguins

Will the Edmonton Oilers get desperate and overpay for a goalie? Will the Pittsburgh Penguins use some of their depth to help another area?

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Published: 1 year ago

Penguins’ Nedeljkovic Rebounding After Early Struggles

Let’s face it, before this season began, one of the biggest questions surrounding the the Pittsburgh Penguins was how they would improve their goaltending. Both Tristan Jarry and Casey DeSmith…

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Published: 1 year ago

Penguins Wrap: Defeat & Despair, Sandwiched By Delight

The past week was a microcosm of the first quarter of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ season. It started with an inspiring victory, and ended with an encouraging one. In between those, however, there was a disappointing defeat and a thoroughly deflating o

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Published: 1 year ago

Penguins Room: ‘Not Afraid to Play to Win’; More PP Changes Coming?

The Pittsburgh Penguins had a lead in the third period Saturday, just as they had 24 hours earlier. That’s where the similarities ended. Friday night in Buffalo, they allowed a Sabres team that had been booed off the ice in the second intermission

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Published: 1 year ago

Penguins Postgame: What Went Right & More PP1 Changes

It was the kind of game the Pittsburgh Penguins have played several times this season but failed to follow up. After winning five straight, the Penguins had lost four of five, and the storm clouds were again gathering as they faced one of the elite t

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Published: 1 year ago