Posts About "Nick Bonino"
4 Historic Ducks Deadline Deals
January 15th, 2019 Every season, hockey fans tune into NHL trade deadline coverage eager with anticipation. If their team is a contender, they hope to hear news that they’ve acquired a difference maker. If their team has surrendered hope of making the playoffs, the trade deadline brings hope to fans that the general manager of their favorite team can...
Penguins Recent Performance Clouding Deadline Plans
February 12th, 2018 Murky. Muddy. The first words that come to mind when attempting to forecast the Pittsburgh Penguins' approach to the looming trade deadline. We're two weeks away from Jim Rutherford's last-ditch effort to tweak this roster in preparation for a run at a third consecutive Stanley Cup, and, instead of their needs becoming clearer, they're...
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...
