Posts About "Pierre-Olivier Joseph"
Pittsburgh Penguins 'Untouchable' Prospects
October 28th, 2020 Part of having a well-run hockey organization not only includes having a winning professional team, but also boasting an elite group of prospects in the system. Those prospects usually span from the AHL squad all the way to the most recent draft picks. The Pittsburgh Penguins have had success at the NHL level in recent years, but the...
Penguins Need to Focus on Youth to Keep 'Window' Open
September 18th, 2020 A lot of talk has been made in recent weeks about the Pittsburgh Penguins and their ‘window of opportunity’ for another Stanley Cup championship. Many questions have been getting tossed around. Is the window closing? How much longer can the window stay open? Is there even such a thing as a ‘window'? Well let’s assume, for...
Charlottetown Islanders' Highest NHL Draft Picks
July 31st, 2020 In 2013, the P.E.I. Rocket narrowly avoided a move to Quebec when a local ownership group bought the team and renamed it the Charlottetown Islanders. Looking back, the rebranding also marked a turning point in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) club's on-ice fortunes. The Islanders reached at least the second round of the...
Penguins' Top-5 Trade Deadline Assets
January 27th, 2020 Since the 2019-20 NHL season began, the Pittsburgh Penguins have been forced to navigate through nearly every key member of the team being injured at some point. Still, after the NHL All-Star break, the Penguins find themselves with the fourth-most points in the NHL and just four points behind the Washington Capitals for the...
Penguins Prospects Challenge Recap
September 10th, 2019 The 2019 Prospects Challenge has wrapped up and the Pittsburgh Penguins went 2-1 over the weekend. A tough loss to the Boston Bruins in the dying seconds denied them the opportunity to go 3-0 but it was a productive weekend for the team's prospects in Buffalo, which resulted in the Penguins winning the tournament. With that, let's take...
7 Penguins to Watch at Prospect Challenge
September 6th, 2019 This weekend, from Friday Sept. 6 until Monday Sept. 9, the 5th annual Prospects Challenge will take place in Buffalo. The Buffalo Sabres will play host to the Pittsburgh Penguins, Boston Bruins and New Jersey Devils where fans will be able to see the future of the NHL take center stage and play three round-robin style games against...
Penguins 2019-20 Top-10 Prospects
September 4th, 2019 When a team has two of the best players in the world and makes the postseason for 13 consecutive seasons, they usually aren't too concerned with the future of the franchise. That's where the Pittsburgh Penguins currently sit. The Penguins have spent the last decade selling picks and prospects to bolster their roster for postseason runs....
Penguins Trade Kessel for Depth and Cap Space
July 1st, 2019 After an offseason full of trade rumors, the Pittsburgh Penguins finally broke ties with superstar winger Phil Kessel, sending him out west to join the Arizona Coyotes. Coming back to Pittsburgh will be forward Alex Galchenyuk and defensive prospect Pierre-Olivier Joseph....
Coyotes Acquire Kessel in Blockbuster Deal
June 30th, 2019 It finally happened. After what has seemed like months of speculation regarding a potential trade between the Arizona Coyotes and Pittsburgh Penguins, with Phil Kessel being the centerpiece of the deal, the swap finally happened late on Saturday afternoon, with the news breaking at around 4:30 P.M. local time in the Valley of the...
2017 NHL Draft: Coyotes Pick Pierre-Olivier Joseph #23 Overall
June 24th, 2017 With the 23rd Pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft the Arizona Coyotes Have Selected Pierre-Olivier Joseph From the Charlottetown Islanders in the (QMJHL) About Pierre-Olivier Joseph Joseph is the classic case of a defensive prospect that needs to mature but has all the elements to be an excellent defenseman in the NHL. He has...
