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Looking at the Darnell Nurse trade request and the Penguins
Darnell Nurse is the latest high-profile player looking for a trade this summer. Nurse, 31, has a cap hit of $9.25 million for four more seasons. He has a full no movement clause currently in place, so he’ll have a say as far as where he is going to go. Friedman reported that Nurse gave […]
On this date in Penguins history: Pittsburgh wins 5th Stanley Cup title
Nine years ago today, the Pittsburgh Penguins won the franchise’s fifth Stanley Cup title in team history, beating the Nashville Predators 2-0 in Game 6 of the 2017 Cup Final. The Penguins won Game 1 and Game 2 at home before Nashville held serve, winning Game 3 and Game 4 to tie the series and […]
2025-26 Season in Review: Harrison Brunicke
Vitals Player: Harrison BrunickeBorn: May 8, 2006 (20 years old)Height: 6’3”Weight: 201 poundsHometown: Johannesburg, South AfricaShoots: RightDraft: Second-round, 2024, No. 44 overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins2025-26 Statistics: 9 games played, 1 goal, 0 assists, 1 point Contract Status: By only playing in nine games this season Brunicke still has all three years of his entry-level contract remaining. Story of the Season Brunicke entered training […]
What would the Penguins have looked like if they could have kept Jordan Staal?
In hockey, as in life, the game of what if’s can go just about any direction possible. By now the story about the end of Jordan Staal’s stint with the Penguins is fairly famous since it gets repeated just about nightly on national hockey telecasts. Which, hey, why not, since it is such a colorful […]
Which Penguins have the best trade value going into the offseason?
If the Pittsburgh Penguins are going to be active this offseason in making changes to their roster, it is almost certainly going to be through trades. Not only because the free agent market is awful, but also because Kyle Dubas has been extremely active with trades in his first few offseasons running the team. He […]
2025-26 Season in Review: Brett Kulak
Vitals Player: Brett KulakBorn: Jan. 6, 1994 (32 years old)Height: 6-foot-1Weight: 192 poundsHometown: Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaShoots: LeftDraft: 2012 NHL Draft, fourth round, 14th pick (105th overall) by Calgary Flames2025-26 Statistics (with Pittsburgh): 25 games played; one goal; six assists; seven pointsContract Status: Entering unrestricted free agency on July 1 after completion of a four-year, $11,000,000 contract […]
2025-26 Season in Review: Avery Hayes
Vitals Player: Avery HayesBorn: October 10, 2002 (age 23)Height: 5’ 10”Weight: 180 poundsHometown: Westland, MichiganShoots: RightDraft: Undrafted2025-26 Statistics: Five goals, zero assists in 16 regular-season gamesContract Status: Hayes is signed through the 2026-27 season on his $867,500 entry-level contract. Story of the Season Hayes played 16 games with the Penguins this season, but he still led the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins with 24 goals in 42 […]
What Kyle Dubas’ draft history could inform about the future
Last year we wrote about some Kyle Dubas tendencies in the NHL draft. Let’s see how that went in 2025 with an eye for what that could mean for 2026 when the draft goes from June 26-27. Heavy on forwards early in the draft, two out of three first round picks have been forwards. Out […]
AHL Playoff Update: WBS eliminated by Marlies in Game 6
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins hit the end of the line in the 2026 Calder Cup playoffs last night, dropping a 2-1 overtime game to the Toronto Marlies in Game 6. It was a bitter pill for a team to swallow to run out of gas and yield to an older, stronger opponent, but one that planted […]
2025-26 Season in Review: Ben Kindel
Vitals Player: Ben KindelBorn: April 19, 2007 (Age 18 season)Height: 5’ 11”Weight: 182 poundsHometown: Coquitlam, British Columbia, CanadaShoots: RightDraft: 2025 first round (11th overall) by the Pittsburgh Penguins2025-26 Statistics: 77 games played, 17 goals, 18 assists = 35 points ; 6 games played, 0 goals, 0 assists in playoffs.Contract Status: Kindel has two years left on his entry level contract valued at a miniscule $986,250 […]
Where are they now? Pensburgh 2021 Top 25 Under 25 update
Let’s jump back in time to the 2021 prospect pool for the Pittsburgh Penguins. It was not a very good time for the youth in the organization, considering that the Pens only made one first round pick from 2016-21 during their period of maximizing the contending window in those days. Part of the price for […]
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton facing elimination, but positive developments still emerging in playoff run
Things did not go well for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on Friday night, dropping Game 5 of their Eastern Conference Finals series to the Toronto Marlies by a 5-1 margin. It was close game into the third period before the Marlies erupted late in the game to take over. It sends the series back to Northeast […]
New mock drafts offer possibilities for potential Penguin picks
It’s getting to be mock draft season with the event now three weeks away, let’s check on a few of them. 22. Pittsburgh Penguins: Adam Novotny, LW (Peterborough Petes, OHL) Novotný would be a stellar pick here. He’s a rugged forward with an excellent shot – something we saw plenty of times with Peterborough. Novotný surpassed the […]
Potential 2026 NHL offer sheet candidates
The NHL’s salary cap is rising but many teams still find themselves in various degrees of uncomfortableness when it comes to the salary structure. The Pittsburgh Penguins are not one such team. Offer sheets have been a seldom used venture by NHL general managers, there have only been four in the last decade. Montreal signed […]
2025-26 Season in Review: Stuart Skinner (and also Tristan Jarry)
Vitals Player: Stuart SkinnerBorn: Nov 1, 1998 Height: 6-feet 4 inchesWeight: 215 poundsHometown: Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaCatches: LeftDraft: Third round pick (78th overall) in 2017 by the Edmonton Oilers2025-26 Statistics: With Edmonton – 23 games (11-8-4 record, 2.83 GAA, .891 save%, 2 shutouts). With Pittsburgh – 27 games (12-9-5 record, 2.99 GAA, .885 save%)Contract Status: Unrestricted free agent on July 1 Story of the […]
Dylan Larkin reportedly requests trade from Detroit
“I think if you’re one of those players that’s a free agent or your situation in your spot is not going well and you have some control, you can look at us and see very clearly that you’re going to be supported by a great coaching staff that gets the most out of players” Kyle […]
WBS Update: McGroarty scores Game 4 winner
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins won a second straight game on the road to even their Eastern Conference Finals series against the Toronto Marlies at 2-2. It was a wild back-and-forth affair that saw Toronto jump out to a 2-0 lead due to two uncharacteristic Sergei Murashov miscues in the first period, followed by WBS scoring three-straight […]
2025-26 Season in Review: Rutger McGroarty
Vitals Player: Rutger McGroartyBorn: March 30, 2004 (age: 22)Height: 6’1”Weight: 212 poundsHometown: Lincoln, NebraskaShoots: LeftDraft: 2022, first-round, No. 14 overall by Winnipeg Jets2025-26 Regular Season Statistics: 24 games played, 3 goals, 3 assists, 6 total points, minus-3 ratingContract Status: Entering final year of entry-level contract with $925,000 salary cap number Story of the Season McGroarty’s season got off to a difficult start when […]
Jon Cooper wins Jack Adams award over Dan Muse
Dan Muse was a finalist for the Jack Adams award as coach of the year, but it was Tampa’s Jon Cooper who took first place in the voting. It’s the first Adams award for Cooper, who has long been considered one of the very best coaches in the NHL since taking over the Lightning way […]
Could Patrik Laine be this year’s Anthony Mantha for Penguins?
It seems likely that the Pittsburgh Penguins approach to the unrestricted free agent market is going to be very similar to what it was in the summer of 2025, especially given the lack of truly high-end players that will be available in that market. That is also a very, very good thing if it plays […]
AHL Playoffs: WBS gears up for Game 4 after winning Game 3
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins showed some life and were able to defeat the Toronto Marlies 5-3 on the road in Game 3 on Monday night. Toronto leads the series 2-1. Here was the Pens’ lineup for Game 3. Owen Pickering returned to action, taking the place of the newly injured Finn Harding. WBS’s fourth line was […]
2025-26 Season in Review: Kevin Hayes
Vitals Player: Kevin HayesBorn: May 8, 1992 (34 years old, 2025-26 was his age-33 season)Height: 6-foot-3Weight: 217 poundsHometown: Dorchester, Massachusetts, U.S.Shoots: LeftDraft: First round (24th overall) by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2010 NHL draft2025-26 Regular Season Statistics: 28 games played; four goals; four assists; eight pointsContract Status: Enters unrestricted free agency on July 1 […]
2025-26 Season in Review: Connor Clifton
Vitals Player: Connor CliftonBorn: April 28, 1995 (31 years old)Height: 6’0”Weight: 196 poundsHometown: Matawan, New JerseyShoots: RightDraft: 2013, Phoenix Coyotes (Fifth round, No. 133 overall)2025-26 Statistics: 2 goals, 4 assists for 6 points in 50 regular-season games (o points in 3 playoff games)Contract Status: Pending unrestricted free agent (Played last season on an expiring two-year, […]
June 2026 Penguins offseason checklist
It’s a new month, and June is a big one on the hockey calendar. The Stanley Cup gets awarded, teams gear up for the draft, some trades and player movement happens as the league looks toward the big day on free agency on July 1st. Checking back in with last month’s list got a few […]
On this date in Penguins history: Petr Sykora calls his shot
Eighteen years ago today, Petr Sykora called his own shot, scoring one of the most memorable overtime goals in Pittsburgh Penguins history when it comes to the Stanley Cup Final. It was 2008 and the young Penguins were trying to upset the vaunted Detroit Red Wings in the Stanley Cup Final. Pittsburgh was clearly outmatched […]
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