There is no gentle way to put this, the Pittsburgh Penguins were a mess last season. Despite having Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby both healthy for the first time in years, the Penguins missed the playoffs for the first time since 2006 and the first
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Welcome To The Burgh: Lars Eller On July 1, the Pittsburgh Penguins signed veteran forward Lars Eller to a 2 year, $4,900,000. This possesses a cap hit of $2,450,000 per CapFriendly. Throughout his career, he has 163 career goals and 208 assists for
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Perhaps it was kismet. A day after I wrote an article bemoaning the Penguins’ lack of muscle, one of the very few players in the organization with an aggressive bent had a huge impact yesterday at the Prospects Challenge. Forward Jagger Joshua (No
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Football season is in full swing — yes, Steelers devotees, last Sunday actually happened, just the way you remember it — and that means the return of Pittsburgh Penguins hockey is imminent. Although training-camp workouts at UPMC Lemieux Sports C
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Photo by Rich Graessle/NHLI via Getty Images They’re old, but still good..Well, most of them. The Pittsburgh Penguins are an old team, and they aren’t any older than they are at center. The five top options they have down
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Chicago Blackhawks rookie forward Connor Bedard recorded a hat trick in his prospects game debut against the St. Louis Blues on Saturday. Here’s what you need to know: Bedard scored his first goal on a wrist shot in the second period. His third go
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BUFFALO — It was not second verse, same as the first for the Pittsburgh Penguins prospects team competing in the Prospects Challenge. With a different lineup from Day 1, a few new faces shined, and the team had a significantly different flavor than
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Just play. It’s been the Penguins’ unofficial mantra ever since Mike Sullivan assumed the coaching reins from Mike Johnston back in December 2015. Loosely translated, it means play through cheap shots, extracurriculars and other assorte
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BUFFALO — It was not the most fun I have ever had covering a hockey game or even a prospects game. The Pittsburgh Penguins prospects did not fare well against their Boston Bruins counterparts Friday afternoon. Last year, Nathan Legare goaded the en
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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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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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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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