Posts About "Brian Dumoulin"
Penguins' 2010s All-Decade Team: Defense
December 13th, 2019 Defense wins championships is a common phrase in sports. You can have a great offense, but if you do not have a defense on the back end that can stop the opposition when needed, your chances of success are much lower. The Pittsburgh Penguins have had anchors on the blue line for years. They put it together to win back-to-back Stanley...
Penguins in Trouble on the Blue Line
December 3rd, 2019 Another Pittsburgh Penguins injury. With the way their season has gone so far, is it really any surprise that another key player is sidelined? Most recently, Brian Dumoulin was injured in the game against the St. Louis Blues. The good news is that Kris Letang has returned to the lineup, giving the team half of their top pairing, and it...
Pulse of the Penguins: Injuries Pile Up as Losing Streak Begins
December 2nd, 2019 Still marred by injuries throughout the lineup, the Pittsburgh Penguins may have just turned in two of the team's worst performances so far this season. The team is narrowly clinging to the Eastern Conference's second wild card spot, but that seems to be slipping away by the day. Yes, Even More Injuries Last week, I mentioned...
Penguins' Dumoulin Out at Least 8 Weeks After Ankle Surgery
December 1st, 2019 PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins will be without defenceman Brian Dumoulin for at least eight weeks after he underwent left ankle surgery on Sunday. Dumoulin left Saturday night’s 5-2 loss to St. Louis in the first period with what the team termed a lower-body injury. General manager Jim Rutherford said on Sunday that...
Is the Penguins Defense Good Enough?
August 21st, 2019 The Pittsburgh Penguins are at an interesting crossroad when it comes to their team, specifically on defense. The team has invested a lot of money into a defense core that needs to improve if this team wants to make the playoffs. Can the Penguins ride their stars on offense and be just good enough on defense in order to make the...
Cap Strapped Trade Targets For the New Jersey Devils
May 21st, 2019 There are quite a few NHL clubs heading for a salary cap crunch this summer, and New Jersey Devils general manager Ray Shero has used situations like this to his strength in the past. He has been known to flip draft picks and prospects to teams in cap trouble in exchange for NHL-ready talent such a Kyle Palmieri and Marcus Johansson....
Penguins Nearly at Full Strength as Islanders Loom
April 9th, 2019 Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan spent a significant portion of his team's choppy season in search of healthy bodies. Ten players — including stars Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang and goaltender Matt Murray — missed at least 10 games, a spate of i...
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...
