by Angie Carducci | Dec 1, 2019 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
The Penguins are already without their captain and arguably the game’s best player in Sidney Crosby, out six to eight weeks after core muscle surgery, but that might not be the worst of their problems. Brian Dumoulin, Pittsburgh’s best defensive defenseman, became the...
by Angie Carducci | Oct 6, 2019 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
Sidney Crosby saw Columbus’ Pierre-Luc Dubois lay a high hit on Jake Guentzel, the 24-year-old who’s been on Crosby’s left wing for most of his three NHL seasons, and the 5’11” Penguins captain skated over to confront the Blue Jackets’ 6’3” forward. “I didn’t really...
by Angie Carducci | Oct 1, 2019 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
Two days before the start of their regular season, the Penguins finalized their 23-man roster Tuesday. Twenty are players who skated for Pittsburgh last year, along with new forwards Alex Galchenyuk (acquired from Arizona in the Phil Kessel trade), Dominik Kahun...
by Angie Carducci | Jun 30, 2019 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
Ever since the Penguins were swept out of the first round of the playoffs by the New York Islanders, it’s been clear they wouldn’t be returning the same team in October. The past two early playoff exits were simply not acceptable to a franchise that’s in perennial...
by Neal McHale | Jun 29, 2019 | Arizona Coyotes, Homepage, NHL, Pittsburgh Penguins
The much maligned and enagmatic Phil Kessel that existed in Toronto had seemingly evaporated when the star scorer exchanged the blue and white for black and yellow. The club made the deal in hopes of a spark in pursuit of a second championship in the Crosby-Malkin...