Pittsburgh Penguins News and Rumors

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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Published: 3 months ago

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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Published: 3 months ago

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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Published: 3 months ago

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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Published: 3 months ago

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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Published: 3 months ago

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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Published: 3 months ago

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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Published: 3 months ago

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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Published: 3 months ago

How the Penguins Can Profit from Blues-Oilers RFA Saga, Again

The St. Louis Blues needed their second-round pick to offer sheet Edmonton Oilers restricted free agent defenseman Philip Broberg, but they had already given it up so the Pittsburgh Penguins would accept Kevin Hayes in trade. Penguins president of ho

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Published: 3 months ago

It Is Surprising a Sidney Crosby Extension is Not Signed Yet?

The Pittsburgh Penguins and Sidney Crosby are still working on an extension, but it is a little surprising it has not been done or is it?

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Published: 3 months ago

Penguins’ Kyle Dubas Continues to Focus on the Future with Cody Glass Trade

For the first time in what feels like forever, it seems like the Pittsburgh Penguins may actually have a plan. Throughout the Jim Rutherford and Ron Hextall eras, it felt…

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Published: 3 months ago

The Dubas Plan: Stockpile Draft Picks for Our Penguins

I can not tell a lie. Well, actually, that’s not true. I can tell a lie. It just never works out very well when I do. All silliness aside, I more or less pirated the idea for this article from Hooks Orpik over on Pensburgh, who d

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Published: 3 months ago