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If you had any doubts as to whether or not the Pittsburgh Penguins believe in Ville Koivunen, you can forget about it. At least for now. The Penguins showed everybody on Thursday morning that they do, in fact, believe in Koivunen, at least to some degree, by signing him an eight-year, $32 million contract extension […]
The Pittsburgh Penguins are making a massive bet on the future with Ville Koivunen. On Thursday, the club announced it has signed the restricted free agent forward to an eight-year, $32 million contract extension, locking up the 23-year-old through the 2033-34 season despite him scoring just two goals across his first 47 NHL games. A […] The post Penguins give 8-year contract extension to forward with 2 career goals appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Well, this one came out of no where. The Penguins announced today that Ville Koivunen has been re-signed to an eight year contract with a $4.0 million annual average value. From the team: The Pittsburgh Penguins have re-signed restricted free agent forward Ville Koivunen to an eight-year contract, it was announced today by President of […]
Pittsburgh is heavily buying in on a young winger who has yet to play a full season in the NHL.
The Pittsburgh Penguins are far from a finished product, and president Kyle Dubas has been busy of late, trying to retool his roster on the fly. Since Dubas arrived in Pittsburgh, he's been solely focused on icing a competitive team, while also trying to create a younger core who can take over the reigns once Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, and Kris Letang hang them up. The Penguins have made some significant roster changes these past two seasons, and expect much of the same to continue this sea...
PensBurgh’s 2026 edition of the Top 25 Under 25 countdown rolls on with a newly drafted forward with a lot of upside and promise for the future. Catch up on the previous entries for this year: Pensburgh Top 25 Under 25: Graduates and Departed players in 2025Top 25 Under 25: The best of the rest#25: Chase […]
We continue our look at some over/unders for the 2026-27 Pittsburgh Penguins, and today we turn our attention to their secondary players. The players on that list include: Egor Chinakhov, Rickard Rakell, Tommy Novak, Elmer Soderblom and Samuel Girard. They are not new players, they are not among the Penguins’ youngest players, they are not […]
The Pittsburgh Penguins have already assembled a crowded roster, but they should not close the door on adding more competition before training camp. Michael Bunting, Vladimir Tarasenko, and Logan Stanley…
The Pittsburgh Penguins should evaluate this week’s Hlinka Gretzky Cup through the specific needs rather than treating it as an early ranking exercise for the 2027 NHL Draft. Pittsburgh’s 2027…
Pittsburgh’s pipeline has become much more dangerous over the past two years, giving the team a brighter post-Crosby/Malkin/Letang future.
The old joke that you could rename the sport of hockey goalie has some truth to it. With quality goaltending, the sky is the limit. With poor play in net, a team is basically cooked. Last summer we looked into the changing situation in the crease for the Penguins for 2025-26. The big news was […]
The Stanley Cup has been booking it across Minnesota these past few days with the champion Carolina Hurricanes, and has […]
PensBurgh’s 2026 edition of the Top 25 Under 25 countdown rolls on with newly drafted defenseman Tomas Galvas. Catch up on the previous entries for this year: Pensburgh Top 25 Under 25: Graduates and Departed players in 2025Top 25 Under 25: The best of the rest#25: Chase Pietila, D#24: Ryan Miller, F#23: Finn Harding, D#22: Peyton […]
The Pittsburgh Penguins no longer have one of the NHL’s emptiest prospect systems. Whether they have found the talent required to build their next championship core is a different question.…
Sidney Crosby will turn 39 on Aug. 7 with several major NHL milestones within reach during the 2026-27 season. The Pittsburgh Penguins captain enters the season with 654 goals, 1,107…
The Pittsburgh Penguins still have productive wingers, but the NHL Network’s latest ranking suggests they do not have an elite one. NHL Network released its top 20 wingers entering the…
Pittsburgh Penguins fans can begin selecting which games they want to attend when single-game tickets for the 2026-27 season go on sale on Wednesday at 10 a.m. Tickets will be…
The swirls of player movement of this off-season reminded me about a crucial, unique time for the Penguins back in 2005 with just how extraordinary that summer was as far as pieces shuffling around the board. The lockout that wiped out the 2004-05 season was over. There was a salary cap in place to stop […]
The Top 25 countdown continues with Tanner Howe, who is preparing for his first full pro season since undergoing ACL surgery last April. Catch up on the previous entries for this year: Pensburgh Top 25 Under 25: Graduates and Departed players in 2025Top 25 Under 25: The best of the rest#25: Chase Pietila, D#24: Ryan […]
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ decision to extend Tommy Novak created longer-term stability in the middle of their lineup. It also made Hendrix Lapierre one of the players facing the most pressure…
The Pittsburgh Penguins have reached August with enough salary-cap space to solve someone else’s problem. PuckPedia projects Pittsburgh to have roughly $13.7 million in available space under the NHL’s $104…
Melvin Fernstrom’s first full season under contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins included a disappointing start, an encouraging restart and an injury that prevented a definitive evaluation. The Penguins traded Marcus…
The Pittsburgh Penguins and New York Islanders have the ingredients for a smart trade discussion, even if there is no indication the Metropolitan Division rivals have started one. The Penguins…
O’Brien, 48, previously worked with the Penguins and Panthers, and was part of four Stanley Cup-winning seasons.
While the NHL's offseason has slowed down considerably now that we're into the legit dog days of summer, that doesn't mean there isn't a big trade coming at some point before training camps open in September. According to multiple reports, the Pittsburgh Penguins and Montreal Canadiens have held trade discussions around either Bryan Rust or Rickard Rakell heading to Montreal. The Canadiens have been looking for top-six help, but prefer to find a versatile forward, who can also play down the mi...