Pittsburgh Penguins News and Rumors

2024-25 Schedule by Month: February

Photo by Jeanine Leech/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Sidney Crosby will have plenty of chances to do one of his favorite things, celebrate goals against the Flyers, in February Working our way up to the shortest month, in t

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Dan’s Daily: Penguins Hiring; CBJ Trades Laine; Goalie Wants Trade

The Pittsburgh Penguins made nine new hires Monday and promoted from within. We published our full review of the 2024 Penguin offseason transactions, but the big news of the day was the widespread disappointment at the Penguins’ big miss. The NHL t

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PensBurgh Top 25 Under 25: #12 - John Ludvig

Photo by Jason Mowry/Getty Images An early-season waiver claim last year may be relegated to the minors. The 2024 version of our PensBurgh Top 25 Under 25 countdown rolls on with a waiver-claimed defenseman who made his NHL de

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Laine Trade Goes Down; Blue Jackets & Canadiens Hook Up

The Pittsburgh Penguins were probably not a serious contender for Columbus Blue Jackets sniper Patrik Laine, but from the outside, it sure seemed to make good sense. The NHL trade rumors came to an end Monday afternoon, but instead of the Penguins ge

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Penguins hire Rays executive to run analytics department

The Pittsburgh Penguins promoted a former All-Star and hired an analyst expert from one of the most successful baseball teams of the past decade among a number of front-office moves announced Monday.

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Penguins Hire MLB Analytics Guru, New Trainer, Promote Spezza & Kessel

The Pittsburgh Penguins made significant additions to their hockey operations staff, making nine new hires, including an analytics guru who helped the Tampa Bay Rays, a new head trainer, and promoted assistant general manager Jason Spezza. The moves

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Penguins announce numerous hirings and promotions among hockey operations staff

Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports The Pittsburgh Penguins have announced a number of hirings and promotions within the organization’s hockey operations department.

The Penguins have announced several staff hiri

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Could be a mild PTO cycle for the Penguins this year

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Is there room at the inn for veteran tryouts? Maybe not in Pittsburgh The Pittsburgh Penguins were very active with professional tryouts (PTO) in 2023. They signed forwards Austin Wagner, C

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Full 2024 Penguins Offseason Recap; Hellos & Goodbyes

Hockey fans can rejoice as we’re in the home stretch of the offseason. Oddly, it seems like both yesterday and a lifetime ago, the Pittsburgh Penguins wrapped their season with an inconsequential game at UBS Arena against the New York Islanders. Th

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Predators top goaltender prospect Yarsoslav Askarov does not want to play in minors

After trading Cody Glass to the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Predators now have another young player’s future to determine in top goaltending prospect Yaroslav Askarov, according to Sportsnet’s Elliote Friedman.

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PensBurgh Top 25 Under 25: #13 - Emil Pieniniemi

Photo by Michael Miller/ISI Photos/Getty Images The third and highest ranked Finnish defenseman on this year’s countdown The 2024 version of our PensBurgh Top 25 Under 25 countdown rolls on with a third Finnish defenseman. G

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How I Wish the Penguins Could Break out of Mike Sullivan’s Mold

I’m going to start this post with a well-deserved shout-out to Dan Kingerski of Pittsburgh Hockey Now for his outstanding article, “How the Penguins Can Change the Story, Be Competitive.” To his credit, Dan scored a direct hit on some

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