With their latest defeat, a 3-2 shootout loss at the hands of the Edmonton Oilers, the Pittsburgh Penguins have once again amplified their already palpable locker room tensions. Through 23 games (more than 25% of the regular season), the team has squared out a meek 13-8-2 record. For a team with the highly touted firepower […]

The offseason has been an exciting time for the Pittsburgh Penguins, thanks primarily to general manager Jim Rutherford going out and making a series of smart, calculated additions and subtractions to the roster. While the most buzz worthy of these moves was the addition of elite forward Phil Kessel, one particular addition to the roster […]

After a disappointing close to the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 2014-2015 season that saw many people, hockey analysts and fans alike, calling for the removal of general manager Jim Rutherford, it would seem that the course is finally steadying. The offseason has seen a litany of moves that seem poised to address most of the areas of weakness […]

With the NHL season just a little more than 70 days away, one can safely say that the Pittsburgh Penguins are doing their damnedest to right the wrongs of the previous season. Another disappointing postseason finish, this time capped in a hard-fought five games against the New York Rangers, saw the team have their depth […]

July 11, 2001. It was a relatively mild, but heavy summer day in Pittsburgh. And although the frigid weather was positioned squarely in the rearview mirror and seemingly distant future, everyone’s attention was turned to the ice. After endless speculation, the Pittsburgh Penguins made the decision to trade their superstar Czech forward Jaromir Jagr, along with defenseman […]

In Pittsburgh, at 66 Mario Lemieux Place, nestled in behind the city’s iconic skyline, sits a parking lot. To many youngsters, only just now coming up with the city and its history, it will always have simply been a parking lot, one that primarily serves patrons of Consol Energy Center, the home of the Pittsburgh Penguins. […]

The start of the Pittsburgh Penguins 2015-2016 season is now only 90 days away.  While that October 8 contest against the Dallas Stars may feel light years away at this point, it will not be long before head coach Mike Johnston and general manager Jim Rutherford will need to put their heads together in order […]

When Ray Shero was hired as the new general manager of the New Jersey Devils, Pittsburgh Penguins fans sighed with relief as one financial obligation was wiped from the team’s […]

As the Pittsburgh Penguins’ offseason, having been underway for nearly two months now, marches steadily along, a litany of the team’s potential free agents are being sorted through carefully. For […]

For many Pittsburgh Penguins fans, the bitter taste of the 2013 Eastern Conference Final sweep at the hands of the Boston Bruins is a distant, repressed memory. The most recent […]

After being fired by the Pittsburgh Penguins and collecting a paycheck from home through the 2014-2015 season, Dan Bylsma has moved on to the Buffalo Sabres, where he will now […]

For much of the last five years, it has been well known that the Pittsburgh Penguins are a weak team. While the defense is becoming increasingly stout, the Penguins lack […]

With the latest playoff disappointment for the Pittsburgh Penguins, many individuals have begun to brainstorm on how the Steel City can regain its winning form. As a result of this […]

The 2015 NHL Entry Draft is rapidly approaching and each team’s war rooms are undoubtedly entangled in a mess of analytics and scouting reports as they try and sort out their […]

A third straight season of quarterfinal futility may finally be ushering in wholesale changes for the St. Louis Blues. In the team’s six games against the Minnesota Wild, a one […]