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Meesh Shanmugam

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Meesh is an attorney and one of the Pittsburgh Penguins Contributing Writers for The Hockey Writers. He also writes for ThePensNation.com. You can contact him on twitter @HockeyMeesh or e-mail HockeyMeesh@gmail.com

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Fleury Passes Game 1 Test; How Long Will Questions Persist?

Fleury Passes Game 1 Test; How Long Will Questions Persist?

April 18th, 2014 “It doesn’t matter until April.” “Wait until the playoffs.” “He’ll fold in the postseason.” No matter how well Marc-Andre Fleury played at any point in the regular season, his successes were always met with some form of the quotes above. After all, Fleury was entering the 2013-14 regular season after several years...
5 Years Later: Penguins Core Still Seeks Another Stanley Cup

5 Years Later: Penguins Core Still Seeks Another Stanley Cup

April 8th, 2014 Once upon a time, the Pittsburgh Penguins were an up-and-coming team on the verge of a potential dynasty. They had a core of two superstar centers, taken #2 overall in 2004 and #1 overall in 2005, and a franchise goalie who was taken #1 overall in 2003. The team skyrocketed towards the top of the league quicker than anyone anticipated...
Pittsburgh Penguins: Five Concerns Heading into the Playoffs

Pittsburgh Penguins: Five Concerns Heading into the Playoffs

March 25th, 2014 The Pittsburgh Penguins have been in the driver’s seat of the Metropolitan Division for the better part of five months already. With an opportunity to clinch a playoff spot this week and the division shortly thereafter, all eyes have turned to how this team will perform in the playoffs. Despite their regular season dominance, the...
Grading the Penguins Olympians

Grading the Penguins Olympians

February 24th, 2014 Seven Penguins and a coaching staff went to Sochi. Four Penguins will return with medals. It certainly isn’t a bad haul for the group as a whole, but the Penguins Olympians (or “OlymPens” as they have been called) dealt with a wide range of successes and disappointments. Here is a look at how their two weeks away from the NHL...
Five Early Olympic Stories for the Penguins

Five Early Olympic Stories for the Penguins

February 14th, 2014 As the Pittsburgh Penguins take a hiatus from their quest for NHL domination, seven players and a coaching staff hope to dominate the world in Sochi. The men’s hockey portion of the 2014 Olympics is just underway, but it didn’t take long for several storylines to develop for Pittsburgh’s representatives. If you’re a Penguins fan...
Team Canada: Who's Hot and Who's Not?

Team Canada: Who's Hot and Who's Not?

January 30th, 2014 It has been a little over three weeks since Team Canada was announced for the 2014 Winter Olympics. Within seconds of the announcement, hockey fans all over North America raced to voice their outrage over inclusions, snubs, and Canadian goaltending as a whole. With just over a week to go before the Olympics begin, let’s take a look...
Game-Winning Goals: Do They Matter as a Statistic?

Game-Winning Goals: Do They Matter as a Statistic?

January 15th, 2014 You know what really grinds my gears? (Thanks Family Guy and fellow THW writer, Sean Griffin) Game-winning goals. Game-winning goals (hereinafter “GWGs”) have been a noteworthy topic around the NHL this season. There was the moment back in October when Jaromir Jagr moved into first place of the all-time GWGs list. There was the...
Crosby, Kunitz Selected for Team Canada; Neal, Fleury Left Out

Crosby, Kunitz Selected for Team Canada; Neal, Fleury Left Out

January 7th, 2014 The rumblings began back in the summer when Hockey Canada named their invitees for orientation camp. Chris Kunitz selected for orientation camp? Was it because of Sidney Crosby? Why should Crosby bring somebody along? Those rumblings turned into a dull roar when the NHL season began and Kunitz got off to a quick start with Crosby. The...
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