Last week the NHL and Russia’s KHL signed a “Memorandum of Understanding” to help regulate player transitions between the two leagues. Though the memorandum can be seen as progress, no official transfer agreement has been finalized or agreed upon. The agreement is in effect until June 30,2012. The overall focus of the agreement centers on each league respecting ...
The Russian website sports.ru recently featured a pair of great interviews with Evgeni Malkin of the Pittsburgh Penguins as he recovers from knee surgery. Both interviews were conducted in Russian and translated to English, but the insight into ‘Evgeni Malkin the Person’ is something many in Pittsburgh have never seen. A week ago he talked ...
PITTSBURGH – General Manager Ray Shero said he was turning his focus to his own team after removing a one-year, $2m offer to Jaromir Jagr from the table this morning. Soon-to-be unrestricted free agent Tyler Kennedy quickly signed a two-year deal to stay with the Pittsburgh Penguins at $2m per season. Max Talbot (Flyers) and ...
[Editor's Note: This report came from CKAC in Montreal, THW has since determined that the report is false. It would seem that The Penguins and Jagr have not yet spoken but are expected to do so in the very near future.] To answer Ricky Bobby’s question: “What did French land give us?” Premature ...
Pittsburgh Penguins General Manager Ray Shero makes it a point to touch base with the other 29 GM’s around the league at least once a month. Not all executives are as social as Shero, but it shouldn’t be a surprise that Toronto GM Brian Burke is another one always willing to chat. Shero and Burke ...
Mark Recchi isn’t the oldest guy to win the Stanley Cup, but he’s up there. He said going into the final that he would call it a career should the Boston Bruins bring the big prize back to Beantown. Most people smiled and nodded. “Yeah, right, Mark.” Not that they doubted his retirement - a lot of hockey fans ...
Mark Recchi is one of the few players to win Stanley Cup championships with three different teams – as discussed in Seven Things about Mark Recchi. So who else is in this exclusive club? A lot of people cite Recchi as the tenth member, but it seems unfair not to include Jack Marshall just because won all ...
May 22 marked the ten-year anniversary of Jaromir Jagr’s last game in a Pittsburgh Penguins jersey. Depending on your ability to manipulate a Google search, you might be able to find an article in each of those ten years linking Jagr to a Penguins return. Why would this year be any different? Pittsburgh’s early exit ...
The Pittsburgh Penguins made their first substantial move of the offseason on Thursday by signing Craig Adams to a two-year contract extension. Including a $300k signing bonus, the new deal will pay Adams an average of $675k per season. Adams scored just four goals last season, but his importance to the team goes well beyond ...
After tidying up the front office, the Penguins have addressed a major free agency uncertainty and resigned forward Craig Adams to a two-year contract extension worth 675,000 dollars per year. The deal will likely take the 34 year-old forward to the end of his playing career, and at a raise of 125,000 per year over ...
