5 Reasons James Neal Will Win Rocket Richard Honors
With James Neal and the Penguins off to another fast start, there’s plenty of reason to believe he can finish the ’13 season with the Richard Trophy in tow.
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Author archives: James Conley
Pittsburgh Penguins Positioned to Thrive in Post-Lockout NHL
After last summer’s trades and draft picks, the Penguins seem set to navigate the post-lockout NHL with cap space and Cup talent in equal measure.
Penguins’ Burkle to Join Tuesday Negotiations
Penguins co-owner Ron Burkle will reportedly join the owners delegation in a Tuesday meeting between players and owners. This is the first significant Pittsburgh involvement in the stalled labor dispute (of which we’re aware), and one of the first significant meetings to not include one of either Gary Bettman or Donald Fehr. The talks aren’t ...
NHLPA Offers Don’t Create Deal, but Bettman’s PR Ploy is Revealed
Shame on me for ever thinking Donald Fehr and the NHLPA were trying to win hearts and minds while Gary Bettman and NHL owners patiently awaited their payroll kickbacks at the cost of losing the public relations battle. Bettman has been playing the PR game all along. ”I am concerned based on the proposal that ...
Penguins Roster Would Be Transformed by Season-Ending NHL Lockout
It’s not crazy to think the NHL would preside over another season-ending lockout. Given the league’s history, one would be crazy to expect them not to. While the 2012-13 lockout is still just a few days old, it’s pretty clear to see where things are headed. Players have wasted no time signing contracts to play ...
Penguins Could See Few Changes with Proposed CBA
The NHL Players’ Association, led by Executive Director Donald Fehr and supported by a cast of its biggest stars, issued its first proposed version of a new Collective Bargaining Agreement to the NHL Tuesday. Their plan promised reasonable concessions and seemed to aim not for systemic upheaval as proposed by owners in July, but to ...
NHL Lockout: Pittsburgh Penguins to Benefit from Status Quo
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ home sellout streak spans five seasons and two arenas. They’ve got the highest local television ratings of any team in the NHL or NBA. They’ve spent to the salary cap ceiling in each of the last five years and the franchise’s value has more than doubled since ownership last changed hands in ...
Pittsburgh Penguins Must Bolster Defensive Corps
When the Pittsburgh Penguins wrapped up their 2011-12 regular season with a 4-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers, they capped off their finest offensive campaign since the goal-happy seasons of the 1990s. An NHL-best 273 goals and a top-five power play led Pittsburgh to its third consecutive 100-point season. Their roster included the Art Ross ...
Expiring CBA Shero’s Last Chance to Dance with Long-Term Deals
That Sidney Crosby received a monster contract extension, in both term and value, surprised no one. That Penguins GM Ray Shero might continue to break a seven-year ethos of avoiding lengthy contract offers should come as no surprise, either. “It was a deal that we talked about, and the longer term we thought was better ...
Sidney Crosby, Marian Hossa Headline Pittsburgh’s 2012 Free Agent Class
Sidney Crosby won’t be a free agent this Sunday. If Ray Shero and the Pittsburgh Penguins have their way, Crosby may never be a free agent again. Marian Hossa won’t be a free agent this Sunday. He’s set to spend the rest of his hockey career in Chicago. Those two will have more to say ...
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