Pittsburgh Penguins News and Rumors

Prospects Challenge: Thoughts on Pens’ win over Ottawa

Game No. 2 of the Prospects Challenge is another win for Pittsburgh It was pre-preseason but the Penguins and Ottawa Senators prospects engaged in a heated battle on Saturday afternoon. Pittsburgh previously beat the Boston team 6-3 o

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Published: 2 months ago

Prospects Challenge: Penguins vs Ottawa, 9/14 (noon)

The Pens are back in action Saturday afternoon The Penguins prospects are back in action today for their second of three games up in Buffalo for the Prospects Challenge. After taking down Boston 6-3 yesterday, Pittsburgh’s next oppo

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Published: 2 months ago

Analysis: Friedman Presses Crosby on Penguins Direction; Sid’s Response

The national media will get a few more opportunities than local media for the type of intimate sitdowns that Sportsnet’s 32 Thoughts Podcast had with Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby this week at the NHL media tour in Las Vegas. While ever

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Published: 2 months ago

Rutger McGroarty makes big first impression with Pittsburgh Penguins

McGroarty started the Buffalo Prospect Challenge with a big first game. Next up, making the Penguins for real.

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Published: 2 months ago

Playing DGB’s $200 game!

Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images Making the best roster of short-time Penguins Sean Mcindoe had a fun exercise at The Athletic yesterday:

We’re building six-man rosters – three forwards, two defenseman and

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Published: 2 months ago

Penguins Wrap: Crosby Speaks; Prospects Get Chippy

A sigh of relief over the Sidney Crosby situation was a highlight over the past week for Pittsburgh Penguins faithful. That likely allowed fans to turn their attention to the 2024-25 season with a clear head. Hockey returned on one level with the Pen

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Penguins get first look at Rutger McGroarty in prospect tournament

Photo by Joe Sargent/NHLI via Getty Images After leaving Michigan and the Jets organization in the hopes of cracking the Penguins’ roster, McGroarty began his fight for a spot in the NHL in Friday’s Prospects Challenge. Pe

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Snapshots: Crosby, Ullmark, Perfetti

Elliotte Friedman spoke on his 32 Thoughts podcast about Sidney Crosby’s contract negotiations with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Friedman believes that Crosby will sign a short-term deal because he doesn’t want to leave the Penguins in a difficult sa

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Feisty Penguins Prospects Challenge Day 1 Thoughts; Who Looked Good (+)

BUFFALO — Beef on Weck with a side of wings is a Buffalo staple. It combines a little saltiness and spice, and so did the Pittsburgh Penguins prospects team as they beat the Boston Bruins 6-3 at Harbor Center Friday. The Penguins fell behind 3-1 in

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Prospects Challenge: Penguins vs. Boston at noon

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Getting ready for the return of hockey Hockey is back! In a limited way, the prospects from Pittsburgh will play some from Boston in Buffalo today. It’s not much but it’s a break from t

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32 Thoughts Podcast: Sidney Crosby is coming back

In this edition of 32 Thoughts, Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman unwrap the biggest news and notes from their time at the U.S. NHL Players Media Tour in Las Vegas.

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Published: 2 months ago

The Final Friday Poll: Penguin playoff hopes

Photo by Jeanine Leech/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images We wave goodbye to the offseason with the final poll Our Friday Poll series petered out a bit around the time of the lineup exercise that took over a lot of the polling,

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