Is Sidney Crosby the Peyton Manning of Hockey? Justin Glock | April 21, 2014 Sidney Crosby and Peyton Manning are respected as their league’s best player. They’ve both excelled in the regular season by winning MVP awards. But once the spotlight hits in the playoffs, these two global…
Penguins’ Arrogance Strikes Again Tannor Torrao | April 20, 2014 I did this once before, after the weekend home-and-home with the Philadelphia Flyers back in March. This isn’t so much an article, as it is my take on what ails…
Fleury Passes Game 1 Test; How Long Will Questions Persist? Meesh Shanmugam | April 18, 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…
5 Reasons Why the Penguins Have a Possession Problem (Part II) Mike Colligan | April 16, 2014 The Penguins aren’t deep enough this year. They’ll have to rely on a top-heavy forward group and hope that a deeper team like Boston doesn’t make them pay.
Penguins-THW Mailbag: Postseason/Post-Regular Season Edition Tannor Torrao | April 16, 2014 A long, hard winter. The Olympics. More than 500 man-games lost to injury. Has it been six months already? The end of the NHL’s 2013-2014 regular season has come. For…
When the Pens are Confident, Can they be Beat? Brady Smith | April 15, 2014 In 2013, the Pittsburgh Penguins struggled in the first round against a young and confident 8 seed. After four games, they were tied at two games a piece. Those first…
Is this Marc-Andre Fleury’s Final Season With the Penguins? Justin Glock | April 15, 2014 Marc-Andre Fleury hasn’t played in more than one playoff series per year since 2009-10. He’s either lost in the 1st-round or been replaced before a 1st-round series was over. If this pattern continues, this might be…
Book Review: Breakaway Alison Myers | April 15, 2014 Breakaway: The Inside Story of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ Rebirth by Andrew Conte (2011, Indianapolis: Blue River Press. Hardcover. ISBN 9781935628101) Once upon a time, the Pittsburgh Penguins’ former home, the…
Do the Penguins Have a Puck Possession Problem? (Part I) Mike Colligan | April 15, 2014 The 2014 Pittsburgh Penguins are in trouble from a puck possession perspective. The question is: why?
The One BIG Reason Pens Can Win the East Tannor Torrao | April 13, 2014 With the NHL having realigned its teams and divisions for the 2013-2014 season, lets recap the new playoff format before diving into the meat of the article, shall we? In…
Penguins Regular Season Arrogance Weakens their Playoff Odds Justin Glock | April 12, 2014 The Pittsburgh Penguins regular season arrogance is setting this team up for another playoff failure. Regular season hockey doesn’t work in the playoffs. This maneuver has yet to prove successful for…
5 Years Later: Penguins Core Still Seeks Another Stanley Cup Meesh Shanmugam | April 8, 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…