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Penguins Blueprint: The Jason Botterill Factor

Mike Colligan | May 12, 2017

Jason Botterill and Penguins GM Ray Shero face an impossible task. In just ten days they’ll be forced to overhaul an offensive group they spent most of the season preparing to tweak.

Categories Archives, Pittsburgh Penguins, The Business of Hockey

Penguins Blueprint: Wilkes-Barre Building a Winning Tradition

Mike Colligan | April 15, 2011

As the top seed in the Calder Cup playoffs, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins have found a way to defy the traditional minor-league paradox.

Categories NHL Prospects, Pittsburgh Penguins

Penguins Blueprint: Stocking the Shelves for Free

Mike Colligan | March 25, 2011

Stephane Da Costa is the latest potential diamond in the NCAA rough – a late-blooming talent who is a free agent because he was never drafted by an NHL team. The native of Paris, France received a few NHL offers following his freshman season but chose to return to school to work on his game. It seems to have paid off.

Categories Free Agents, NHL Prospects, Pittsburgh Penguins

Penguins Blueprint: Hossa to Hamhuis – The Evolution of Ray Shero

Mike Colligan | March 18, 2011

Ask anyone what trade was instrumental in the Penguins 2007-08 Stanley Cup Finals appearance and they’ll immediately point to Hossa. If Ray Shero’s team returns to the Finals over the next few seasons, the key trade might be one involving a player who never appeared in a Penguins jersey: Dan Hamhuis.

Categories Pittsburgh Penguins, Trades Contracts and Transactions

Penguins Blueprint: Commitment to the Core

Mike Colligan | March 15, 2011

If the Penguins continue to have success in coming seasons GM Ray Shero will be forced to get creative and find ways to keep his talented group of stars together. However, the idea of signing Sidney Crosby or Evgeni Malkin for the rest of their careers isn’t an option he’s considering right now.

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