Derick Brassard is a Pittsburgh Penguin. It seems every year the Penguins are involved in just about every trade rumor that exists given the team’s high profile and recent dominance. This year was no exception, as the Pens were tied to just about every big name player that was said to be available from Evander […]

Coming off of back-to-back Stanley Cup victories, the Pittsburgh Penguins are flying high, but fans have been less than thrilled by their volatile season so far. When the Penguins are playing their game, pushing the tempo, and controlling play, they are still one of the best teams in the entire National Hockey League. However, their […]

The Philadelphia Flyers are caught in a very similar spot to previous seasons, their top end talent is excellent, but they are lacking contributions from their depth players.

Last season, the Pittsburgh Penguins were faced with a very difficult choice, what do with their goaltenders given the impending expansion draft. Their ability to only protect one goaltender forced general manager Jim Rutherford to make a tough and gutsy call to expose franchise netminder Marc-Andre Fleury. Pittsburgh was the only NHL city for whom […]

The Pittsburgh Penguins easily dispatched the New York Rangers in the first round of the playoffs winning four games and losing one. The Washington Capitals took slightly longer to beat the Philadelphia Flyers by winning four games and losing two. However, these teams could not be more evenly matched. For the Penguins, captain Sidney Crosby […]

Life hasn’t been easy for Derrick Pouliot, the Pittsburgh Penguins’ first first-round draft pick in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft. Being a first round draft pick brings high expectations, and going eighth overall doesn’t make life any easier. Add on that the year before Pouliot was drafted, he scored 70 points in 58 games with […]

The 2015-16 season for the Philadelphia Flyers is already a success if you ask many within the organization. A year ago, the Flyers missed the playoffs, finished sixth in the Metropolitan Division and their team isn’t that much better this season. The biggest change from the 2014-15 Flyers to the 2015-16 Flyers is the addition […]

The Pittsburgh Penguins are proving doubters wrong. I wrote an extensive column about it just a few days ago, and yes I was one of those who doubted their ability to not only make the playoffs, but make a deep run. As of writing this, the Penguins are 9-1-0 in their last ten, have clinched […]

The Pittsburgh Penguins have clinched their 10th consecutive playoff berth. They’re easily beating teams within the Metropolitan Division and their +41 goal differential is the second highest in the league, behind the Washington Capitals. The Penguins are 9-1-0 in their last ten games and with their dominant 6-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday […]

In the middle of last summer I made a bold claim, the Pittsburgh Penguins signing of Matt Cullen was an “inexpensive mistake.” If you’re looking for the article it can be found right here. My biggest concern at the time was Cullen’s age and the potential for him to stop a younger forward from seeing […]

On March 23rd I was joined by Mark Howe in an exclusive interview, which the audio can be found here. Mark Howe is a former professional hockey player from 1973-1995. He played left-wing from 73-79, defense from 79-95 and was the 25th overall draft pick in the 1974 NHL entry draft. He accumulated 742 points in […]

A few weeks ago, I wrote a report on the Philadelphia Flyers defensive prospect Robert Hagg. He’s one of the many Flyers many talented defensive prospects and there are some question marks surrounding this young player. Hagg has the skill, size and talent to be a legitimate top-four NHL defender, but his biggest problem is […]

The Philadelphia Flyers are the envy of quite a few NHL teams right now for one reason: their vast amount of talented defensive prospects. I’ve spoken with quite a few scouts around the NHL about this topic and almost it was almost universally accepted the Flyers might have the best bunch of young defenders of […]

There’s something wrong with the way the Pittsburgh Penguins treat certain young players. It seems if they step out of line, make a controversial remark or its perceived they have a bad attitude, they almost never get a legitimate chance with the NHL club. Look at Simon Despres. Look at Jake Muzzin. And now look […]

It’s time to address the elephant in the room, R. J. Umberger might be finished playing for the Philadelphia Flyers. The team is 8-1-1 in their last 10 games without one of their best forwards, Jake Voracek, and one of their best defensemen, Michael Del Zotto, and Umberger hasn’t been in the lineup since February […]

Just a few weeks ago, I had predicted that the Philadelphia Flyers would be sellers at the trade deadline. However, that date came and passed and the Flyers didn’t make any significant moves. And here we stand on March 15th, 2016 and the Flyers are just three points out of a playoff spot. It’s also […]

Stop me if you’ve heard this before, the Pittsburgh Penguins have problems with injuries. They’ve been one of the most injured teams since the 2009-10 season and their luck hasn’t changed this season. And it hasn’t been the depth players struggling through injuries, it’s their stars like Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang, Pascal Dupuis and […]

The Philadelphia Flyers found a gem of a player in the 2012 NHL entry draft when they selected defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere in the third round, at 78th overall. Through 47 games played, Gostisbehere has accumulated 14 goals, 23 assists, for a total of 37 points and is a +5 skater. He’s having one of the […]

It wasn’t long ago that the Pittsburgh Penguins top goaltending prospect was Tristan Jarry and almost no one knew who Matt Murray even was. However, within the last two years, Murray has taken the league by storm and was recently recalled to serve as starter Marc-Andre Fleury’s backup for the remainder of the season. Jarry […]

I’ve started a few articles this way before, but the Philadelphia Flyers have a very good problem on their hands. They have a plethora of young defensive prospects that all, not only have high ceilings, but project to be regular NHL players in the near future. One of those young defenders is the absolutely massive […]