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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

Penguins take new, odd routes to find first time NHL players

Photo by Chris Tanouye/Freestyle Photography/Getty Images The Penguins had some unexpected beginnings in 2023-24 from unexpected places Last summer, here on Pensburgh we didn’t think there would be too many first time NHL pl

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Published: 8 months ago

Barkov's playmaking success to continue vs. Bruins

Find year-round coverage of betting news and insights for all sports by visiting our Betting section and subscribing to push notifications.Monday night wasn't kind to us on the ice. After previously hitting in all 13 games in which he attemp

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Published: 8 months ago

Dan’s Daily: Dirty Bird Canes Stay Alive; Questioning Penguins Core

The Carolina Hurricanes took one away from the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden Monday night, and Evgeni Kuznetsov dusted off the dirty bird celebration to rub it in. Carolina forced Game 6 at home. I presented a pointed question from a diff

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Published: 8 months ago

2023-24 Season in Review: Lars Eller

Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images Perhaps Kyle Dubas’ best free agent acquisition thus far? Vitals Player: Lars Eller
Born: May 8, 1989
Height: 6-foot-2
Weight: 205 pounds
Hometown: Rodovre, Denmark
Shoots:

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Published: 8 months ago

MacKinnon to shoot the lights out on home ice

Find year-round coverage of betting news and insights for all sports by visiting our Betting section and subscribing to push notifications.We have two high-stakes playoff games on the docket Monday night. The Rangers can close out their seri

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Published: 8 months ago

Penguins Notebook: Yager-Meister Rolls; Guentzel’s a Gamer vs. NYR

The Pittsburgh Penguins are getting a look at how Brayden Yager, their first-round draft choice in 2023, performs in high-stakes games, and they have to like what they’re seeing. A lot. Yager, a center with Moose Jaw in the Western Hockey League, h

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Published: 8 months ago

Kingerski: Why Does Penguins Core Want to Stay Together?

The Pittsburgh Penguins’ core three have won Stanley Cups and overcome career-threatening and even life-threatening injuries. They’ve seen the championship peak three times and recently felt the desolation of missing the playoffs. Sidney Crosby,

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Published: 8 months ago

Dan’s Daily: Raging Controversy in Boston; Penguins Anti-Trade Rumors

We will get to the Pittsburgh Penguins and the anti-trade rumors, but the Boston Bruins and Florida Panthers war in Round Two is escalating to a feud worthy of Wrestlemania. The villain this time is Panthers’ forward Sam Bennett, who scored a hotly

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Published: 8 months ago

On this date in Penguins history: Pens crush Caps in Game 7

Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images The Penguins won big in the series-deciding game that was super tight for the first six games. Fifteen years ago today, the Penguins went into the Verizon Center for a series-deciding game w

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Published: 8 months ago

Penguins Defense Not Built for Playoffs

I was reading some recent comments from long-time PenguinPoop reader Mike about the state of our defense. He questions whether they’d be able to withstand the rigors of playoff hockey. To digress, Mike’s been involved in professional ba

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Published: 8 months ago

The 7 Penguins Who Won’t Be Traded

It’s the offseason. The Pittsburgh Penguins were not invited to the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and there will be changes. Exactly how president of hockey operations/GM Kyle Dubas manages to escape his straitjacket and locked trunk in the form of players

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Published: 8 months ago

Dan’s Daily: Penguins RFA Choices; Maple Leafs Brace for Changes

The Pittsburgh Penguins face a few coming decisions on their restricted free agents with arbitration rights, and not every decision will be easy. The Carolina Hurricanes finally cracked the New York Rangers and figured out how to lead at the end of t

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Published: 8 months ago