Dispatches From Planet Hockey: The “Do I feel a Draft?” Edition Jas Faulkner | June 24, 2012 by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor It’s Sunday. For some, this means a day of rest. For those who have been busy scribbling down notes, tweeting their whereabouts to readers and…
2012 NHL Draft: Grading Round One (Part 1) Bob Mand | June 23, 2012 With round-one of the 2012 NHL Draft complete, it’s time to give each pick an early grade on value and fit with the team that made the selection. For the…
Hurricanes land Jordan Staal in Draft Day deal Daniel Dobish | June 23, 2012 The Carolina Hurricanes held the No. 8 overall pick in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft Friday night. The Pittsburgh Penguins offered C Jordan Staal a 10-year contract, and he turned…
Staal trade benefits both Hurricanes, Penguins Andrew Hirsh | June 23, 2012 Jordan Staal woke up on Friday as both a bachelor and a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins. By night’s end, he would be neither. Staal took the ultimate plunge that…
Staal Trade Rumors Persist Despite Shero’s Assurances James Conley | June 21, 2012 Pittsburgh’s Evgeni Malkin won his first Hart Trophy as NHL MVP Wednesday night. He joined Mario Lemieux, Jaromir Jagr and Sidney Crosby as the four Penguins to have won the…
Jordan Staal trade makes sense for Hurricanes Andrew Hirsh | May 19, 2012 The Stanley Cup Playoffs have yet to conclude, but offseason speculation has already begun in several NHL markets. Even though trade talks have yet to pick up considerable steam, rumors…
Kings Emulate ‘08 Penguins With Another 3-0 Series Lead Meesh Shanmugam | May 19, 2012 2008 Pittsburgh Penguins: Eastern Conference Quarterfinals: Win, Win, Win, Win Eastern Conference Semifinals: Win, Win, Win, Loss, Win Eastern Conference Finals: Win, Win, Win, Loss, Win Stanley Cup Finals: Loss,…
Next NHL CBA, not Playoff Exit, Will Set Course for Penguins’ Offseason James Conley | May 8, 2012 As far as the Pittsburgh Penguins are concerned, any meaningful trade talk in the wake of another postseason letdown will have to be suspended until at least September 15. That’s…
Rumors Swirling around the Oilers Draft Pick Marcy Di Michele | May 7, 2012 Trade rumors always make for interesting water cooler conversation, and give the media something to talk about as the NHL approaches the dog days of summer. The Edmonton Oilers won…
Are You Trading….Crosby, Malkin or Staal? Justin Glock | May 4, 2012 The city of Pittsburgh is still trying to recover from the complete melt down the Pittsburgh Penguins had in the Eastern Conference Quarter-finalsagainst the Philadelphia Flyers. The fans have not…
5 Reasons Why the Penguins Faltered Against the Flyers Justin Glock | April 23, 2012 The Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers series will go down as one of the wildest series of all-time in NHL playoff hockey history. There were many incidents throughout this series…
(Very) Early Conn Smythe Hopefuls Meesh Shanmugam | April 22, 2012 Anyone who reads this likely realizes that it is asinine to try and handicap the Conn Smythe race this early in the playoffs. The Conn Smythe Trophy is awarded to…
