Center of Attention: Five Changes I’d Make to Sam McCaig’s Top-25 Centers James Neveau | July 26, 2011 Jim Neveau, Senior NHL Correspondent With the dearth of NHL activities during the dog days of summer, some writers are turning to the tried and true method of generating lists…
Evgeni Malkin Talks KHL, Kittens and the Russian Mafia Mike Colligan | July 2, 2011 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…
Is Pavel Bure a Hall of Famer? The Hockey Writers | June 29, 2011 For as long as there are Halls of Fame, fans, critics and players will debate on who should and should not be inducted and given legendary status. There are those…
Steven Stamkos Free to Negotiate Offer Sheets, Salary Cap System to be Tested? Mike Colligan | June 28, 2011 It’s not often that a Rocket Richard Trophy winner hits the open market. Last summer, Ilya Kovalchuk earned $100m after testing the waters of free agency (as well as the…
Reflections on Draft Weekend for the Pittsburgh Penguins Mike Colligan | June 26, 2011 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…
Jaromir Jagr Interested in Using Pens as Pawn Mike Colligan | June 20, 2011 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…
Craig Adams Signed, Salary Cap to Drive Rest of Penguins Offseason Gameplan Mike Colligan | June 11, 2011 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…
Ray Shero Celebrates Five Years on the Job Mike Colligan | May 25, 2011 May 25th. It’s a big day for the Pittsburgh Penguins franchise. Twenty years ago today Jaromir Jagr was mumbling about Elvis while the city of Pittsburgh was in a frenzy…
Sidney Crosby’s concussion rehab status not a concern…yet Mike Colligan | May 13, 2011 PITTSBURGH – The Tampa Bay Lightning kick off their Eastern Conference Finals series with the Boston Bruins tomorrow night after a nine-day layoff. For the Pittsburgh Penguins, the ease at…
Time for Penguins to Risk Change and Invest in Talent James Conley | May 2, 2011 Listening to local sports radio the day after the Penguins lost another game seven at home, it was clear that Pittsburgh’s fans were in self-righteous midseason form. A few calls…
Is James Neal the Real Deal? Mike Colligan | April 20, 2011 If Pittsburgh blows a 2-1 series lead and Neal can’t find the back of the net, he won’t be able to sidestep comparisons to last year’s deadline-dud Alexei Ponikarovsky.
Penguins Blueprint: Wilkes-Barre Building a Winning Tradition Mike Colligan | April 15, 2011 As the top seed in the Calder Cup playoffs, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins have found a way to defy the traditional minor-league paradox.