Pittsburgh Penguins News and Rumors
Penguins Activate Kevin Hayes, Assign Vasily Ponomarev To AHL
The Pittsburgh Penguins have activated center Kevin Hayes off injured reserve and returned forward Vasily Ponomarev to the AHL.
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Published: 1 month ago
2024-25 Schedule by Month: October
Photo by Brett Holmes/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Looking at what the Penguins will face in a few months when their season begins It doesn’t seem like it now, but before you know it in a few weeks things will get busy o
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Published: 5 months ago
Did Kyle Dubas Purposefully Leave a Hole in the Penguins’ Lineup (for a Kid to Step Through)?
PenguinPoop colleague Caleb Di’Natale and I were having a text discussion last night concerning the merits of freshly signed prospect Brayden Yager. Caleb suggested we take advantage of what is in essence a nine-game tryout window to see
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Published: 5 months ago
NHL Rumors: Penguins, Blackhawks, Blue Jackets
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, what might the Pittsburgh Penguins be thinking about doing with their leftover salary cap space? Meanwhile, how aggressive with the Chicago Blackhawks be when it…
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Published: 5 months ago
Penguins One-Timers: Dubas Path Not Taken; Which Prospect Arrives First?
Like Taylor Swift concert tickets, the bumper crop of centers and top-six wingers that hit the NHL free agent market on July 1 were gone shortly after they went up for sale and quickly became the Pittsburgh Penguins path not taken. The Penguins’ mo
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Published: 5 months ago
Penguins Wrap: Metro Prediction; Prospect Ratings; Hayes Has Purpose
The Pittsburgh Penguins took care of an important signing in the week that just ended. No, still not that big contract for their captain, but an anticipated move nonetheless. There also was some change on the management side, and Pittsburgh got to he
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Published: 5 months ago
2024-25 Penguins’ Lineup Project: Second pairing, left defenseman
Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images Time to vote for who Kris Letang who should be skating alongside this fall. The 2024-25 Pensburgh lineup project continues with a search for the next defensive partner for Kris Letang. You
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Published: 5 months ago
Penguins Sign Yager
The Penguins inked young gun Brayden Yager to a three-year, entry-level contract yesterday. The deal carries a cap hit of $950K at the NHL level. Selected with the 14th overall pick in the 2023 Entry Draft, Yager piled up an impressive 35 goals and
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Published: 5 months ago
Metro Notes: Penguins, Nurmi, Pikkarainen
In a think piece regarding the Pittsburgh Penguins earlier today, Matt Vensel of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette suggests the Penguins could still do more to improve their team this summer. Pittsburgh has nearly $3.5MM available in cap space and could we
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Published: 5 months ago
Patrik Laine now available for a trade
Photo by Kirk Irwin/Getty Images ...But is he a fit for Pittsburgh? The Penguins pulled the biggest trade of the summer last season fairly late in the cycle with the early August acquisition of Erik Karlsson. 2024’s big late
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Published: 5 months ago
PHN 2024 Penguins Prospects Rankings 6-10: Real Talent, Exciting Long Shot
The Pittsburgh Penguins prospect rankings from six through 10 have almost always been an exorcise in list-stretching, imagination, and unlikely projections. Historically, there has not been a plethora of NHL talent outside the top five, but instead,
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Published: 5 months ago
2024-25 Penguins’ Lineup Project: First Pairing, Left defenseman
Photo by Joe Sargent/NHLI via Getty Images Choosing who gets a spot on the top pairing with Erik Karlsson. With Jesse Puljujarvi beating out Sam Poulin for the depth spot, our 2024-25 Penguins lineup is now set at forward. Not
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Published: 5 months ago
Rocky Mountain High: Penguins Nick Pryor Departs
Nick Pryor, who served as the Penguins’ director of amateur scouting since joining the black-and-gold in July 2021 as part of Ron Hextall’s staff, has accepted the same position with the Avalanche. Replaced in essence by long-time Kyle Dubas ass
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Published: 5 months ago