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Penguins This ‘n’ ‘At

As our Penguins prepare to take on Rick Tocchet’s Canucks on Turkey Day Eve, I decided to fire a shot or two across the opinion bow. I’m not super disappointed that the Pens placed forward Valtteri Puustinen on waivers to make room for Blake Liz

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Published: 2 weeks ago

PHN Blog: What ‘Pissed Off’ Sidney Crosby Last Year; Comparing Kyle Dubas

Sometimes, you might like to hear or see Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby have an ego, but that’s just not Sid. Speaking to Sportsnet’s 32 Thoughts podcast with Jeff Marek and Elliotte Friedman, Crosby deferred to Connor McDavid in the c

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Published: 1 year ago

Free agent Phil Kessel unlikely to return to Penguins, per report

Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images The former Penguin and ongoing Ironman has yet to sign with a team for the 2023-24 season. Phil Kessel is still a free agent, but he has every intention of playing next season. Although

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Published: 1 year ago

‘Choppy’ Penguins Prospect Tournament Analysis; Game 1 Coverage from Buffalo (+)

BUFFALO — It was a choppy game, according to Pittsburgh Penguins farmhand Corey Andonovski. The Princeton alum has been exposed to bigger words and probably used a few more of them in his life, but in this case, choppy was probably as good as he co

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Published: 1 year ago

Crosby Would Make Notable Sacrifice to Play Alongside McDavid

The post Crosby Would Make Notable Sacrifice to Play Alongside McDavid appeared first on NHL Trade Talk. If Sidney Crosby and Connor McDavid have a chance to play together for Team Canada, Crosby says he's open to a big change to make it work. The p

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Published: 1 year ago

Crosby willing to play McDavid's wing for Canada: 'Whatever he wants'

Sidney Crosby is open to handing Connor McDavid the reins should the two ever suit up together for Team Canada. The NHL and NHLPA recently announced plans to kick-start a regular international tournament schedule in 2025, and Crosby said he'd be thri

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Published: 1 year ago

Penguins Q&A: Penguins TV, Tough Guys, & PTO Chances

After several months of no hockey but daily headlines, after months of wondering who would fill the Pittsburgh Penguins jerseys on opening night, we’re close to the beginning of the battle. Yet we still don’t know who will be calling the games on

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Published: 1 year ago

Crosby wants ‘incredible’ best-on-best to return, would play wing with McDavid

Sidney Crosby and Connor McDavid, two of the best players of their generation, have never played on the same team before in game that matter.

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Published: 1 year ago

Pittsburgh Penguins’ Alex Nedeljkovic Hounded by One Question

One of the chief reasons the Pittsburgh Penguins sat out the 2023 Playoffs, for the first time since 2006, was because of their goaltending situation. Both Tristan Jarry and Casey…

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Published: 1 year ago

Life As a Long-Shot Prospect With the Penguins (+)

The Pittsburgh Penguins drafted a high-scoring forward from Moose Jaw in the first round of the 2023 NHL Draft. It wasn’t Atley Calvert. Rather, the Penguins opted to invest that choice in Warriors center Brayden Yager, who finished the 2022-23 sea

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Published: 1 year ago

2023 Penguins Prospect Challenge: Schedule, details, roster

Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images It will be cool to see Brayden Yager, at least Contain your excitement, the Penguins’ season starts today! Ok, so it starts with barely making a ripple with the team’s prospects heading

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Published: 1 year ago

Jets' Morrissey: Having Scheifele, Hellebuyck back is 'massive'

Count Jets defenseman Josh Morrissey among those who are relieved that Winnipeg's anticipated offseason exodus was more or less kept to a minimum. "To have (Mark Scheifele) and (Connor Hellebuyck) back is massive," he said Thursday, according to the

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Published: 1 year ago

Dan’s Daily: Mark Recchi’s Amazing Week; Penguins in Mushy Middle

According to Sportsnet analysts who dissected the Metropolitan Division, the Pittsburgh Penguins find themselves in the mushy middle. It’s always good to get the outside perspectives, and they don’t disagree with some of your assessments of Trist

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Published: 1 year ago