Posts About "Brian Dumoulin"
Penguins Midseason Grades: Defensemen & Goalies
January 7th, 2019 The Pittsburgh Penguins are 42 games into the season, which means it's just past midseason. As we did with the forwards, it's time to grade the performance of the Penguins' defensemen and goalies. The blue line has never been their strongest area, but the bounceback of Kris Letang and some other surprises have helped mask...
3 Penguins Poised for a Big November
November 3rd, 2018 With a shootout loss to the New York Islanders on Nov. 1, the month of November may not have started the exact way the Pittsburgh Penguins would have liked, but they still find themselves with only two regulation losses through their first 11 games. After dominating a four-game Canadian road trip, where they outscored their...
Penguins Pulpit: Letang, Dumoulin, Malkin & Murray
October 20th, 2018 It can't be easy for the Pittsburgh Penguins to get into a rhythm right now. Since opening their season on Oct. 4, they've played just six games in 15 days, or once every three days. Week three of the season was no exception, as the Penguins had another two-game slate. On Tuesday night, the Penguins forgot to show up and were lucky to...
Surging Hurricanes, Struggling Penguins
December 30th, 2017 As the calendar runs out on 2017, the Carolina Hurricanes season really got going in earnest Friday night as they began a deep dive into competition in the Metropolitan Division. The Pittsburgh Penguins came calling for the season's first matchup with the Hurricanes. Raleigh's PNC Arena was packed and loud with 17,975 fans, a fair...
Health Is Key to Penguins Defense
July 30th, 2017 The Pittsburgh Penguins locked up the final piece of their blue line last week, signing 25-year-old Brian Dumoulin to a six-year, $24.1 million deal. The contract will keep Dumoulin in Pittsburgh through the 2022-23 season. It also means that five-sixths of the Penguins' defense is signed for the next three years. Only a couple of...
Dumoulin's Contract Makes Sense
July 28th, 2017 Defenseman Brian Dumoulin finally signed with the Pittsburgh Penguins on July 24, narrowly avoiding arbitration with a doozy of a contract. The six-year deal not only pays him over $4 million a year but also locks him on with the team for longer than any player other than Sidney Crosby himself. In the 2022-23 season, the Penguins will...
