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There will be more than one option for the Pittsburgh Penguins to fill their need in goal. What seemed like a decision between gambling on Tristan Jarry and an uncertain free agent market has dramatically and swiftly changed in the last week. John Gibson, Connor Hellebuyck, Carter Hart, and Juuse…

We all know the most pressing needs facing new Penguins exec Kyle Dubas are the bottom six and goaltending. Unless it’s goaltending and the bottom six. But what about the defense? Assuming UFA Brian Dumoulin moves on, here’s a cursory look at our blue line corps if no other…

Players on the cusp of unrestricted free agency — guys like Jason Zucker and Tristan Jarry of the Pittsburgh Penguins — tend to get most of the attention as July approaches, and that makes perfect sense. After all, most of them are established veterans and many fill significant roles on…

Two minutes away from a 3- 0 series lead, the Vegas Golden Knights committed the cardinal sin in Game 3. The VGK did not tackle or lock Matthew Tkachuk in the nearest broom closet, and he scored the tying goal as the extra attacked after the Florida Panthers pulled their…

Scoring goals is fun and scoring goals is how you win hockey games. Sadly, the Penguins didn’t score enough goals to win enough games this season, but they still managed to score a few fun ones along the way. Here are six candidates to be voted on by you the…

Vitals Player: Drew O’ConnorBorn: June 9, 1998 (Age 24 season)Height: 6’ 3”Weight: 200 poundsHometown: Wayne, New JerseyShoots: LeftDraft: Undrafted; Signed as college free agent with the Pittsburgh Penguins out of Dartmouth in March 2020.2022-23 Statistics: 46 games played, 5 goals, 6 assists = 11 pointsContract Status: O’Connor is set to…

Hockey rivalries have been around since the NHL was founded 1917. The Pittsburgh Penguins have had rivals since they joined the league in 1967 with the six-team expansion. Among the trash talk, bitter battles and playoff competition, the following teams can be considered the Penguins’ fiercest rivals of the Sidney…

Over the last few days, things happened in a hurry, changing the NHL landscape with available goalies. In rapid-fire succession, we learned Anaheim Ducks netminder John Gibson again requested a trade, the Nashville Predators took calls on Vezina Trophy snub Juuse Saros, and the latest explosion on the NHL trade…

The Pittsburgh Penguins have finally named a new president of hockey operations, and a new era has officially begun for the club. Former Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Kyle Dubas will now be calling the shots in Pittsburgh. In his first appearance in his new role, he laid out a…

The first round of the draft is now less than three weeks away (June 28th) and while there’s still plenty of time to go, now feels like as good a time as any to consider what the Penguins could do if Kyle Dubas decides to hold onto the pick. Planning…

Vitals Player: Jeff CarterBorn: January 1, 1985 (Age 38)Height: 6’ 3”Weight: 219 poundsHometown: London, Ontario, CanadaShoots: RightDraft: 2003 NHL Draft, 1st round (11th overall) by the Philadelphia Flyers2022-23 Statistics: 79 games played, 13 goals, 16 assists, 29 pointsContract Status: Carter is signed for one more year at a salary cap…

Which Pittsburgh Penguins players can and must improve next season? And we examined president of hockey operations Kyle Dubas’s past draft strategies and found a good possibility we’ll see a few Penguins trades. The Philadelphia Flyers are still on the NHL trade market, and no one is safe. The Montreal…

Six years ago today, the Penguins won a huge Game 5 in the 2017 Stanley Cup Final, beating the Predators 6-0 in the pivotal game to go ahead in the series with a 3-2 lead. The Pens headed back to Pittsburgh with a tied series, having been up 2-0, but…

February 28, 2023. Perhaps not a day that will live in infamy for Penguins Nation, but maybe it should. Late in the third period of a 3-1 victory over Nashville, then-Preds forward Mikael Granlund broke free and shot the puck, center mass, on Pens goalie Tristan Jarry. As Jarry…

The Pittsburgh Penguins have not had an NHL Draft strategy for several years. They simply haven’t needed one. Years of Penguins trades involving first-round picks and various other selections going to teams in exchange for veterans as the Penguins were in aggressive “win now” mode has a cost, and the…

When a team fails to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs, as the Pittsburgh Penguins did this spring, it generally needs to improve a lot before becoming a serious championship contender. Often, in a lot of ways. Just how close the Penguins are to attaining that oft-stated objective — or…