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Examining the possible ‘pathway’ with Darnell Nurse and the Penguins
Last week’s note about Darnell Nurse’s trade request got a little more interesting when David Pagnotta reported that Pittsburgh and Los Angeles were two teams that Nurse told Edmonton where he would accept a trade. Pagnotta talked a little more: Given how the Tristan Jarry trade worked out so wonderfully for Pittsburgh, it’s encouraging to […]
Regrading the last 10 drafts for the Penguins
As the draft gets closer, let’s look back at the results for the Pittsburgh Penguins over the last 10 years. We’re going off of the look we took last year, to see what changes and developments have happened in the last twelve months that might have changed the way we see the draft now. let’s […]
2025-26 Season in Review: Ilya Solovyov
Vitals Player: Ilya SolovyovBorn: July 20, 2000 (25 years old)Height: 6’3”Weight: 208 poundsHometown: Mogilev, BelarusShoots: LeftDraft: Seventh round pick (205th overall) in 2020 by the Calgary Flames2025-26 Statistics: 0 goals and 5 assists for 5 points in 14 regular-season games; 0 points in three playoff games.Contract Status: Signed through 2026-27 ($850,000 cap hit) Story of the Season The Penguins acquired Solovyov’s expiring contract in […]
First round names to know for the Penguins at pick No. 22
Assuming the Pittsburgh Penguins stick with their choice at the 22nd overall pick on June 26th (which would be a decent-sized assumption based on Kyle Dubas’ history of trading down in the first round), which players might be around for them? Overall, the 2026 draft is now considered in some circles somewhat weak and disappointing […]
2025-26 Season in Review: Evgeni Malkin
Vitals Player: Evgeni MalkinBorn: July 31, 1986 (Age 39 season)Height: 6’ 5”Weight: 213 poundsHometown: Magnitogorsk, RussiaShoots: LeftDraft: 2004 first round (2nd overall) by the Pittsburgh Penguins2025-26 Statistics: 56 games played, 19 goals, 42 assists = 61 points ; 6 games played, 2 goals, 1 assist in playoffs.Contract Status: Malkin signed a one-year deal on May 26th to return to the Penguins in 2026-27 for […]
82-0 but make it all Penguins
A recent trend has inspired several different websites to pop up in order to create a team that can go undefeated. The premise is getting a random team and decade to select a player, locking in that position once it is taken out, making the strategy to blindly make one selection before the next possibility […]
Penguins trade Emil Pieniniemi to Panthers for Oliver Okuliar
The Pittsburgh Penguins offseason sort of began on Saturday with a minor trade that saw them send defense prospect Emil Pieniniemi to the Florida Panthers in exchange for forward Oliver Okuliar. The most significant element of this trade is what it means for Pieniniemi and how things just simply did not work out between him […]
The biggest Penguin killers of 2025-26
An annual summer history of the players that have made the Penguins pay the most. If you dare, here’s the past looks: This season’s look is a star-studded affair. Many of these players ripped up the whole league, and the Pens were no exception. 30 players produced at least four points against Pittsburgh this season, […]
2025-26 Season in Review: Anthony Mantha
Vitals Player: Anthony ManthaBorn: Sep 16, 1994Height: 6’5”Weight: 240 poundsHometown: Longueuil, Quebec, CanadaShoots: LeftDraft: First round pick (20th overall) in 2013 with Detroit Red Wings2024-25 Statistics: 81 games played; 33 goals; 31 assists; 64 points; one assist in six playoff gamesContract Status: Impending free agent on July 1, completed a one-year contract Story of the Season “It just goes back to all the work […]
On this date in Penguins history: Pittsburgh stuns Detroit to win Stanley Cup
Seventeen years ago today, the Pittsburgh Penguins stunned the Detroit Red Wings to win the team’s third Stanley Cup title. The Penguins were heavy underdogs in the Stanley Cup Final series against the Red Wings, who were the defending champions from the prior year. Pittsburgh seemed extremely outmatched during stretches of the series, losing all […]
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 […]
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