Pittsburgh Penguins News and Rumors
Should the Penguins Rotate Their Defensemen?
By now, we’re all pretty familiar with the patchwork nature of the Penguins’ defense. Especially since POHO/GM Kyle Dubas went shopping for blue-line help at Filene’s Basement over the summer. The port side is as threadbare as threadbare gets,
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Published: 1 week ago
Running analysis of Round 1 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs
During the opening round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, theScore's hockey writers are sharing observations on the frenzied action around the NHL. Check back daily for new analysis on key players and battles, statistical quirks and trends, and story
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Published: 6 months ago
Dan’s Daily: Coaches Fired; Tocchet Brutal Honesty; The Penguins Future
The Pittsburgh Penguins locker room is clean. The players grabbed their stuff, got their exit physicals, and bolted Friday, but the reverberations of their final public conversations will carry for the next couple of months. While some players are fi
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Published: 6 months ago
These Senators have 'been through some shit,' but hope's finally here
Thomas Chabot scanned Madison Square Garden, absorbing the action with a quiet focus. It was May 5, 2024, the Rangers and Hurricanes were engaged in Game 1 of a second-round playoff series, and Chabot was in street clothes, watching from an MSG seat
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Published: 6 months ago
NHL Eastern Conference Playoffs first round predictions
Photo by Mark LoMoglio/NHLI via Getty Images Taking a crack at what could happen in the first round Now that we’ve gotten the West out of the way, let’s turn back to the Eastern Conference and preview and try to predict t
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Published: 6 months ago
Are Better Days Ahead for Our Penguins?
Not too terribly long ago, all I saw concerning the future of the Penguins when I peered into my crystal ball was gloom and doom. A rusting, corroding former champion with a bankrupt prospect pipeline on the verge of collapse. But now? Maybe I’m l
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Published: 6 months ago
New York media likely to get hopes up in vain for Rangers to hire Mike Sullivan
Photo by Joe Sargent/NHLI via Getty Images People in New York want Mike Sullivan to coach the Rangers next season, they’re not going to get him The Rangers fired Peter Laviolette today. It was an expected move for the Bluesh
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Published: 6 months ago
Frustrated Karlsson Speaks of Uncertain Penguins Future; ‘Whatever Happens…”
CRANBERRY — Erik Karlsson was the prize of the 2023 offseason. Like a day-early birthday gift for Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby, new general manager Kyle Dubas acquired Karlsson in a sweeping blockbuster trade on Aug. 6, 2023. That was
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Published: 6 months ago
Penguins Should Try Keeping Evgeni Malkin Beyond Next Season
The Penguins are approaching a new era as players such as Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby prepare for the final seasons of their NHL careers. Crosby has already re-upped with the Penguins for another two seasons, but Malkin has one more year on his c
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Published: 6 months ago
Molinari: Here’s What Penguins Should Do with Bryan Rust
The no-movement clause in Bryan Rust’s contract with the Penguins expires this summer. When it does, Kyle Dubas, the team’s president of hockey operations and general manager, will be free to trade him anytime he wants. To anywhere that he wants.
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Published: 6 months ago
NHL Playoffs: Western Conference first round predictions
Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images Who will win in the first round of the playoffs? First, if you haven’t joined our NHL Bracket Challenge, don’t rip these predictions off. Or go ahead and take ‘em, what can I
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Published: 6 months ago
Penguins Notes: Grzelcyk, Acciari, Koivunen
Veteran defender Matt Grzelcyk is now a free agent, but he isn’t ruling out a return to the Pittsburgh Penguins, per team play-by-play commentator Josh Getzoff. Grzelcyk told reporters today that the team welcomed him with open arms and that he app
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Published: 6 months ago
Regrets, Crosby Has a Few; ‘It’s Up to Us to Get Back There’
In the moments we don’t see, after the arena lights and the reporters’ camera lights go out, Sidney Crosby has time to reflect after games. Too many times this season, there were regrets. “I feel like, if I had to summarize it, there were a lot
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Published: 6 months ago