Posts About "Olli Maatta"
Rumor Rundown: Maple Leafs, Golden Knights, Wild Might Be Busy
July 11th, 2017 A few teams may be involved in some action this week and for similar reasons. The Toronto Maple Leafs and Vegas Golden Knights have a salary they're looking to move while the Minnesota Wild have salary they're looking to manage. One team has its eye on only one player while the others need to deal with multiple contracts. Maple Leafs...
Off the Crossbar: Senators Accuse Pens of Using Deflated Pucks
May 22nd, 2017 After getting trounced in Game 5 of their Conference Final series, 7-0, Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan and captain Sidney Crosby have been accused of using deflated pucks. The assertion is that the Penguins deliberately overfroze pucks and gained an unfair advantage in the game, which was played on home ice at PPG Paints...
Can Penguins Survive Without Schultz?
May 16th, 2017 Despite that their bid to repeat is still alive, this postseason run has a different feel to it for the Pittsburgh Penguins. In many ways, the Penguins are in survivor mode rather than dominating as they did most of the last postseason. During the first two rounds, the Columbus Blue Jackets and Washington Capitals outshot the Penguins...
Relax, Penguins Will Adjust
May 15th, 2017 Stop freaking out about the Pittsburgh Penguins dropping Game 1 of their series against the Ottawa Senators. Seriously. Yes, the Penguins were at home. Yes, the overtime goal was scored on a bad breakaway that got past a slow Olli Maatta. But that doesn’t call for panic—and it certainly doesn’t call for cutting criticisms...
Penguins/Blue Jackets: Thoughts, Key Factors
April 12th, 2017 The Pittsburgh Penguins are about to receive their reward for a fantastic regular season — one that saw them overcome a multitude of injury issues and adversity — on their way to a 50-21-11 record and 111 points (2nd in the NHL). That reward, well, is a matchup against the Columbus Blue Jackets, who finished just three points...
How Important is Penguins' Home Ice?
April 10th, 2017 As the NHL has worked to make the league more competitive, debate has begun over whether or not home-ice advantage truly matters in the playoffs. Things like the salary cap may have evened out the league enough that home ice has less of an impact on the team’s chances of winning. So how important is it, exactly, that the Pittsburgh...
