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Frank Seravalli threw out a list of 25 trade targets for the off-season. Interestingly, no Penguin players were on the list. Last summer, Seravalli included players like Erik Karlsson, Bryan Rust and Rickard Rakell at times. Following a playoff appearance this season, it doesn’t seem like those names are quite in the rumor mill like […]
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins faced a win or pack it in for the year situation in Game 5 of the best-of-five series against the Springfield Thunderbirds. Unlike the majority of the very closely contested series, this game wasn’t in doubt very long. Tristan Broz scored two of the Pens’ four goals in the first period, finally […]
Since there were no upsets for conference final teams in the NHL playoffs (gah) the Penguins won’t advance their selection and are locked in at 22nd overall for the draft. With the event approaching in about a month, some rankings, mock drafts and other tidbits are starting to creep up. Now that the venerable Bob […]
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins fell 2-0 in Game 4 to Springfield last night, failing to clinch the series that now moves to a do-or-die deciding Game 5 on Saturday. The pivotal moment of the whole game happened early in the first period. Harrison Brunicke scored what appeared to be the first goal of the game that […]
When the Penguins were at the 41-game mark back in January, we made some calls on which players would have better second halves and which ones might have been in danger of dropping the paces that they had set in the first half. Let’s see how those predictions held up against actual performance. We started […]
Vitals Player: Parker WotherspoonBorn: Aug. 24, 1997 (28 years old)Height: 6-foot-1Weight: 190 poundsHometown: Surrey, British Columbia, CanadaShoots: LeftDraft: Fourth round pick of the New York Islanders (112th overall) in 20152024-25 Statistics: 80 games played; 3 goals; 27 assists; 30 points; one assist in six playoff gamesContract Status: Signed through 2026-27 ($1.0m cap hit) Story of the Season General manager Kyle Dubas stated the obvious […]
While most of the focus for the offseason is going to be on the Pittsburgh Penguins pending unrestricted free agents (like, say, Evgeni Malkin) and what they do with their available salary cap space, there’s another group of players that should get some attention. It is the eight players entering the final year of their […]
Seventeen years ago today, Evgeni Malkin put on a show with one of the most remarkable goals of his career in the Eastern Conference Final. In 2009, the Penguins stormed back to the Stanley Cup Final by blowing past the Carolina Hurricanes in the Conference Final, thanks in part to Evgeni Malkin’s spectacular play with […]
Bill Zonnon extended his goal-streak to three games, matching the number of games he has suited up in the AHL to help the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins win the pivotal Game 3 in their best-of-five series against Springfield last night. Here was the Pens’ lineup Rutger McGroarty opened the scoring, notching his second goal of the playoffs […]
Sidney Crosby’s insatiable pursuit of keeping his game tuned up has led him to the World Championships for the second season in a row. Playing in that event in 2025 helped shortened the off-season, which helped Crosby set the stage towards having one of the best age-38 seasons in NHL history. Had it not been […]
The second round predictions worked out well for us, 3-1 and correctly predicted the number of games it would take in both Eastern Conference series to improve to 9-2 on the postseason. Only those damn Ducks confounded us, they won when we predicted a loss in the first round and lost when a win was […]
Vitals Player: Ryan SheaBorn: Feb. 11, 1997 (29 years old)Height: 6-foot-1Weight: 200 poundsHometown: Milton, Massachusetts, United StatesShoots: LeftDraft: 2015, Chicago Blackhawks (121st overall), fourth round, 30th pick2025-26 Statistics: 80 games played; six goals; 29 assists; 35 points; plus-minus +30Contract Status: Completed a one-year contract with a cap hit of $900,000; scheduled to become an unrestricted […]
Vitals Player: Artūrs ŠilovsBorn: March 22, 2001 (25 years old)Height: 6’4”Weight: 208 poundsHometown: Riga, LatviaCatches: LeftDraft: 2019, Vancouver Canucks (Sixth round, No. 156 overall)2025-26 Statistics: 39 games played (38 starts), 19-12-8 record, 3.07 GAA, .888 SV%. Playoffs: 3 GP (3 starts), 2-1 record, 1.52 GAA, .939 SV%.Contract Status: Pending restricted free agent on July 1, […]
The dust is still settling on the Penguins’ season. Kyle Dubas gave his end of season press conference last week and the team will be mostly inactive until the end of June. They might have the occasional re-signing, like recent moves to bring back Connor Dewar and Ilya Solovyov in the short-term but the rhythm […]
We have looked at bounce back candidates. We have looked at potential regression candidates. Now it is time to look at some of the Pittsburgh Penguins young players that could break out in a big way for the 2026-27 season. The candidates are mostly obvious, but how high should we be setting the ceiling? Let’s […]
Vitals Player: Connor DewarBorn: June 26, 1999 (Age 26 season)Height: 5’ 10”Weight:187 poundsHometown: Gilbert Plains, Manitoba, CanadaShoots: LeftDraft: 2018 third round (92nd overall) by the Minnesota Wild2025-26 Statistics: 78 games played, 14 goals, 16 assists = 30 points; 6 games played, 2 goals, 0 assists in playoffs.Contract Status: Dewar was set to become a free agent this summer but resigned with the Penguins on […]
Eighteen years ago today, the Pittsburgh Penguins punched their ticket to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 1992. The Penguins, full of a mix of youth and grizzly veterans, had made their return to the postseason a year prior, quickly dispatched in five games by the Ottawa Senators. Now a year later, […]
There’s a dwindling number of teams remaining in the NHL playoffs and a former Penguin will be celebrating a Stanley Cup championship this summer – we just don’t know exactly which one yet. Carolina The Hurricanes have roared out to an 8-0 postseason, getting halfway there without so much as losing a playoff game. Carolina […]
We already looked at some of the bounce back candidates for the Pittsburgh Penguins during the 2026-27 season, so now it’s time to take a look at some players on the opposite side of that spectrum that could be candidates to regress a little next season. There were a lot of Penguins players that exceeded […]
Ten years ago today, Sidney Crosby scored an overtime game winning goal in the Eastern Conference Final against the Tampa Bay Lightning. Pittsburgh had dropped the opening game of the Eastern Conference Final to Tampa and Game 2 was going to overtime with the Penguins at risk of falling behind 2-0 in the series. A […]
The Wilkes-Barre Penguins did the work, going up 3-0 by the end of the second period and riding a 3-1 lead with a few minutes to go in Game 2 last night against Springfield. But it would be the Thunderbirds’ night, they pulled their goalie and found a way to score two goals and tie […]
Vitals Player: Noel AcciariBorn: Dec. 1, 1991 (34 years old)Height: 5-foot-11Weight: 209 poundsHometown: Johnston, Rhode Island, U.S.Shoots: RightDraft: Undrafted2024-25 Statistics: 67 games played; 13 goals; 12 assists; 25 points; one assist in six playoff gamesContract Status: Impending free agent on July 1, completed a three-year, $6 million contract ($2.0m cap hit)History: 2023-24 (50% C, 27% D), 2024-25 Story of the Season A popular compliment that you’ll […]
Sidney Crosby has broken most of Mario Lemieux’s records but the current Penguin captain was behind the former one in the CHL’s listing of their top 50 players of all-time. Lemieux was named No. 1, followed closely by Crosby at No. 2. a Other Penguin related names on the list included Paul Coffey (12), Jarome […]
Ben Kindel picked up votes and finished ninth in the Calder voting. The award was announced early and handed to the unanimous winner, Matthew Schaefer live on national television. Considering Kindel in his draft+1 wasn’t even expected to be in the NHL until his training camp performance forced his way into the picture, it’s a […]
Player: Tommy NovakBorn: April 28, 1997 (28 years old)Height: 6’1Weight: 190 poundsHometown: St. Paul, Minnesota, USAShoots: LeftDraft: 2015, third round, No. 85 overall2025-26 Statistics: 82 games, 16 goals, 26 assists, 42 total points, +1Contract Status: Signed through 2026-27 season at $3.5 million against the salary capHistory: Monthly Splits via Yahoo! Novak is the only Penguins player that appeared in every game […]