Posts About "Carl Hagelin"
Hagelin Heating Up Matched with Malkin
January 27th, 2018 With his shaggy Swedish locks and jaw-dropping speed, Pittsburgh Penguins winger Carl Hagelin is hard to miss. He’s ferocious in short-handed situations, a nuisance on the forecheck and never seems to stop moving around the ice. Wherever the puck happens to be, Hagelin is going to be there. But, for all his tenacity and energy, the one...
3 Remaining Questions for Penguins this Summer
July 31st, 2017 The Pittsburgh Penguins locked up their last remaining restricted free agent, wing Conor Sheary, on Sunday. Pittsburgh and Sheary agreed to a three-year, $9-million deal, giving him an annual cap hit of $3 million. With this signing, the Penguins will bring back 12 guys that played in both of the last two Stanley Cup Finals, and of...
Penguins' Penalty Kill Elevates in Game 6
June 12th, 2017 In the last 10 years, only one team won the Stanley Cup with a penalty kill below average. In fact, from 2007-16, eight of the ten Stanley Cup winners possessed a shorthanded unit that finished inside the top 10 in penalty-kill percentage during the regular season. It might not be sexy or headline grabbing, but penalty killing is an...
Why Isn't Carl Hagelin Playing?
June 3rd, 2017 Carl Hagelin hasn’t yet stepped foot on the ice for the Pittsburgh Penguins this final series. After missing one round due to injury and producing only one point in the next two rounds played, he's now been sitting as a healthy scratch for the first two games of the Cup Final. We've seen coach Mike Sullivan use being scratched as...
Hagelin Should Play in Game 2
May 31st, 2017 The Pittsburgh Penguins played their worst game of the 2017 playoffs in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup. Although the Penguins won, they should feel as though they lost and then adjust accordingly. The good news is under coach Mike Sullivan, the Penguins have been the king of adjustments. Sullivan has pressed all the right buttons this...
Is Game 6 a Must-Win for Penguins?
May 8th, 2017 The term "must-win" has become one of the most popular cliches in sports over the years. The literal meaning of the term can't be applied to anything except an elimination game, but it's often used in other situations too. In the minds of many fans, Game 6 for the Pittsburgh Penguins might as well be one of them. While the game is...
3 Reasons the Penguins Won't Win Stanley Cup
April 11th, 2017 The Pittsburgh Penguins begin their title defense Wednesday against division rivals the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Penguins finished second in the league with 111 points, which is also the second-highest total in franchise history. And yet, there still aren't many analysts picking them to do much damage in the 2017 playoffs. Granted,...
No Goals? No Problem for Hagelin
March 7th, 2017 Left wing Carl Hagelin was a model of consistency in his four seasons with the New York Rangers. But over the past two seasons, it's been a roller coaster ride for the forward. At the beginning of 2015-16, he didn't fit well with the Anaheim Ducks, posting just four goals and 12 points in 43 games. However, Hagelin immediately fit...
What Happened to the HBK Line?
February 11th, 2017 The reigning Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins owe a lot of their success last June to their third line. This lovingly nicknamed HBK line was composed of Carl Hagelin, Nick Bonino and Phil Kessel. Hagelin (16 playoff points), Bonino (18 points) and Kessel (22 points) combined during the postseason to become the highest-producing...
The Penguins at the All-Star Break
January 30th, 2017 The All-Star break is a good time for players to get a respite from the intense schedule of the season, and it's a good time for fans to watch the NHL’s favorites make awkward small talk amongst themselves. It’s also a good time to look back and evaluate how a team has changed over the past year. As an event that takes place at...
Penguins' HBK Line Needs to Overcome Struggles
January 26th, 2017 Lightning in a bottle. One hit wonder. Flash in the pan. These are descriptions circulating the Pittsburgh Penguins fan base and media folks — whether they're fair or not — to describe the Penguins' once-deadly HBK line. Nick Bonino, Carl Hagelin and Phil Kessel can't seem to find the same spark they discovered during Pittsburgh's...
Consistent Sullivan Earns Extension
December 27th, 2016 Since arriving in Pittsburgh on Dec. 12, 2015 and replacing Mike Johnston as head coach of the Penguins, all Mike Sullivan has known is success. Sullivan has guided the Penguins to an overall 55-24-10 regular season record, 16-8 post-season mark, and the 2016 Stanley Cup championship. Along the way he changed the culture of the...
Pittsburgh's PK Can Do Better
December 11th, 2016 The Pittsburgh Penguins’ penalty kill is so bad it’s breaking records. The team's average penalty kill percentage is the worst it's been in the past seven years. Excluding the shortened 2012 season, the Penguins have been in the top 10 of penalty kill units in the league since their Stanley Cup win in 2009. In 2010, they finished...
