Posts About "Jake Guentzel"
Penguins Midseason Grades: Forwards
January 7th, 2019 After games against the Winnipeg Jets and Chicago Blackhawks this weekend, the Pittsburgh Penguins have surpassed the halfway mark with 42 games played in the 2018-19 season, and it's been a tale of two quarters for them. The Penguins started strong with a 6-2-2 record in October but followed it up with an abysmal 4-7-3...
Penguins Pulpit: Guentzel, Murray & Brassard
December 31st, 2018 A rough month of November gave the Pittsburgh Penguins a scare, but it seems they're going to be okay. As they head into their final game of the 2018 calendar year against the Minnesota Wild, they are on a five-game winning streak. For the month of December, the Penguins sit at 10-3-2. Their recent run didn't begin...
Guentzel Contract Extension a Home Run for Penguins
December 29th, 2018 After a rough start to the season for the Pittsburgh Penguins, the tides have finally started to turn. Not only have they won six of their last seven games and sit comfortably in third place in the Metropolitan Division, but on Dec. 27, the Penguins announced that they had signed forward Jake Guentzel to a five-year, $30...
Penguins Pulpit: Crosby Dominant, Guentzel Heats Up & Sprong's Future
November 27th, 2018 After last week's abysmal showing which saw them drop to last place in the Eastern Conference, the Penguins began this week looking to dig themselves out of an early hole for the second consecutive season. With a record of 1-6-1 (three points) in their first eight games of the month heading into this week, the Penguins...
The Blue Jackets Real Problem With the Penguins
November 25th, 2018 Saturday night at PPG Paints Arena started well for the Columbus Blue Jackets. But as has been the norm in recent times, it didn't end well. Pittsburgh Penguins' newcomer Tanner Pearson scored and noted Blue Jackets' killer Jake Guentzel added a hat trick to lift the Penguins to a 4-2 win. The win was the Penguins' sixth consecutive...
Have the Penguins Mishandled Prospects?
October 12th, 2018 Due to a number of factors, the Penguins have been eager to accelerate the development of players from the minors to the pros. Injuries have been a huge factor, and underperforming depth is another. That said, there are multiple prospects who have done relatively well, but left the viewer wanting more. There has been major success...
