Posts About "Nick Bonino"
Penguins Still Trying to Replace Departed Stars
January 17th, 2018 While a handful of consecutive wins can hardly be considered a resurgence and season-defining stretch, the Pittsburgh Penguins appear to be rounding into shape at the right time. Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Phil Kessel have become a dominant three-headed offensive monster, with the trio accounting for 32 points in January as the...
Penguins Scoring Slump Starts with Bottom Six
November 15th, 2017 Sidney Crosby is in a scoring slump. Going into the November 14th game versus the Buffalo Sabres, he has failed to score in eleven consecutive games. He has 13 points in 19 games, a horrific plus/minus rating of minus-14, and has scored on just 8.3% of his shots. And he is the least of the suddenly punch-less Pittsburgh Penguins'...
Predators Need to Dominate the Division
September 5th, 2017 After its initial formation in 1993, the Central Division was dominated by the Detroit Red Wings for almost two decades. Many teams have come and gone since then. Currently, the Blackhawks, Stars, Blues, Wild, Predators, Jets and Avalanche call the Central Division home. In the last seven years, teams taking home the Stanley Cup...
Notable Penguins Injuries Over the Years
August 3rd, 2017 Whether it has been due to the sheer number of games the Pittsburgh Penguins have contested in the previous seasons, or by some other force of nature, the team has made as many headlines for the injuries they have sustained as the success they have achieved. At the conclusion of the 2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs it was announced that...
6 Worst NHL Contracts of 2017
July 3rd, 2017 The NHL silly season is almost complete and as always, a number of the contracts handed out in the last couple of days will backfire on the teams that offered them. Past examples range from the "probably a bad idea" Andrew Ladd contract the Islanders signed last year to the "definitely regret that one" Ryan Callahan contract handed out...Predators Sign Bonino, Hartnell, O'Connor and Lindback
July 1st, 2017 Nashville Predators general manager David Poile wasted no time in adding pieces to his team's roster at the start of the NHL's free agency period on Saturday. The Predators inked center Nick Bonino to a four-year contract and added winger Scott Hartnell and goaltenders Matt O'Connor and Anders Lindback on one-year deals. Nick Bonino...