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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: 4 days ago

Capitals Hire Derek King As AHL Head Coach

The Washington Capitals have appointed Derek King as the Hershey Bears head coach. He will become the 29th head coach in franchise history, taking over the role from Todd Nelson who was promoted to an assistant coach role with the Pittsburgh Penguins

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Published: 2 months ago

NHL Rumors: Carter Hart and Erik Karlsson

The lull in the offseason continues but the speculation grows surrounding if Carter Hart will return and if Erik Karlsson will get traded.

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Published: 2 months ago

Friedman Reports Lemieux Bid to Purchase Penguins ‘Isn’t Close’

Despite rampant trade talk of high-profile players and a draft class with three first-round picks, the story that generated the most hope among Pittsburgh Penguins fans has unquestionably been the possibility that Mario Lemieux and Ron Burkle re-acqu

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Published: 2 months ago

PensBurgh Top-25 Under 25: No. 18 Avery Hayes

Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images A well earned contract has Avery Hayes pushing for an NHL spot with the Penguins. His newly drafted brother already made an appearance earlier in the countdown, but now it’s time to take a look

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Published: 2 months ago

League Notes: Nicholas Robertson, Matthew Tkachuk, Draft

Despite signing a one-year deal with the Toronto Maple Leafs just yesterday, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman spoke on his 32 Thoughts podcast about the possibility of forward Nicholas Robertson being traded and noted a link between Robertson and Pitt

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Published: 2 months ago

Dan’s Daily: Robertson Signs; Sabres Trade Paralysis; Penguins’ Unheralded

The Toronto Maple Leafs and Nick Robertson came to a contract agreement Saturday, avoiding today’s arbitration hearing, and the money ever so slightly favorited the team, meaning Robertson is probably stuck in Toronto for another year. We had some

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Published: 2 months ago

Sidney Crosby kicking off long 2025-26 season later this month with Team Canada

Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images The Pens’ captain pulling international duty again ahead of training camp Sidney Crosby extended his 2024-25 season by playing in the World Championships, and he’s going to be getting a

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Published: 2 months ago

Penguins Goaltenders: Counterpoint

*This post is in response to my friend Rick Buker’s latest post on Penguins’ Goaltenders When was the last time a Pittsburgh Penguins’ prospect made any national, top ten prospect list for any position? I can’t even remember. Certain

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Published: 2 months ago

5 Most Under-Appreciated Penguins of the Crosby Era

There are superstars, stars, and role players. The Pittsburgh Penguins have been blessed with more superstars in a couple of generations than most teams have in their history, including some Original Sixers. As the best in the business have taken the

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Published: 2 months ago

Dan’s Daily: Crosby Leads 92 at Canada Camp; Unexpected Penguins Results

Pittsburgh Penguins captain and Team Canada captain Sidney Crosby will lead 92 players, including the Women’s team and the Para team, to the Team Canada orientation camp. We also compared the 2025 Top 5 Penguins prospects to the 2024 list, while al

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Published: 2 months ago

Hockey Canada announces 92 players invited to Olympic orientation camp

As NHL players prepare to return to the Olympics at Milan-Cortina in 2026, Connor McDavid and Sidney Crosby are getting set to lead the way for Canada. The two superstars were among the 92 players from the country’s men’s, women’s and para hoc

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Published: 2 months ago

Bedard, Celebrini among 42 NHLers invited to Canada's Olympic camp

Hockey Canada announced Friday the 42 men's players invited to an off-ice Olympic orientation camp set for Aug. 26-28 in Calgary.The organization also extended invitations to 30 players for the women's team and 20 players for the para team.Among the

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Published: 2 months ago