With the Penguins win over the Carolina Hurricanes, it secured them a spot in the playoffs, and as one of the top three seeds in the Eastern Conference. With eight games left, the Penguins are in first place in the conference and have a five-point lead over the Montreal Canadiens who have 55 points and a game in hand on the Pens. If thing play out as expected then the Pens should keep that No. 1 seed and there are quite a few options of who they could play in the first round. The playoffs ... Read More
Cooke, Vokoun lead Penguins to 15th straight win
It seems that with every win the Pittsburgh Penguins have had during their recent winning streak, someone different steps up. Saturday afternoon, it was Matt Cooke's turn to play hero. Cooke broke open a scoreless game in the third period by picking up a loose puck and getting it by New York Islanders goaltender Evgeni Nabokov at the 8:10 mark of the third period. Cooke's goal would be all that penguins goaltender Tomas Vokoun would need as he stopped all 35 shots he faced, as the ... Read More
Yinzer of the Week: Ray Shero
The Pittsburgh Penguins were very active in the trade market this week as Ray Shero showed why he's one of the better general managers in the NHL. For that, Shero is this week's Yinzer of the Week. It all started on Sunday. Shero sent Joe Morrow and a fifth-round draft pick out west and acquired a third-round pick and Stars' captain Brenden Morrow from Dallas. The newly acquired Morrow is a lofty veteran and has been in the league for 12 years as compared to their previous Morrow, who was a ... Read More
The rich get richer: Penguins acquire Iginla
Around midnight last night, Aaron Ward of TSN reported that the Boston Bruins traded for Calgary Flames captain Jarome Iginla. It was a great move by them and at that point, I was ready to go to bed early for once. At 1:30 a.m., however, Ward deleted his tweet and it was announced that it was in fact the Pittsburgh Penguins that traded for Iginla. Are you kidding me, Shero? How did you do this. So I'm not taken out of context, I LOVED the move. I was nervous because I saw what the Bruins ... Read More
Penguins acquire Douglas Murray from San Jose
You didn't think that Ray Shero would stop at Brenden Morrow, did you? If you did, you were wrong. Just hours after acquiring the veteran winger from the Dallas Stars, the Penguins have acquired defenseman Douglas Murray from the San Jose Sharks. Murray is a 6-foot, 4-inch defenseman from Sweden and provides the big, tough defensive need that the Penguins have been longing. The Penguins will send two second round draft picks will be shipped to San Jose in return. With the acquisition of ... Read More
Morrow for Morrow deal is official
Leave it up to Penguins General Manager Ray Shero to get the trade talks heating up as the deadline approaches. Many thought that Shero would make a run at Jerome Iginla of the Calgary Flames, but in a deal that no one saw coming, Shero was able to make a deal with the Dallas Stars for Brenden Morrow. Along with Morrow, the Stars will send a 3rd round pick in the 2013 draft to the Penguins for No. 1 prospect Joe Morrow and a 5th round pick. The 34-year-old Morrow had to waive his no-trade ... Read More
Crosby is great, but hasn’t passed Jagr….yet
Penguins fans are spoiled when you really think about it. While there were some dark years in the 'Burgh, (Rico Fata and Ramzi Abid anyone?), for the better part of 30 years, the fans have been treated to some of the best talent on the ice. Since The Magnificent one Mario Lemieux debuted for the Penguins in October of 1984, the talent kept coming on the ice in Pittsburgh. Ron Francis, Kevin Stevens, Larry Murphy, Joe Mullen, Rick Kehoe, Tom Barrasso and more have all earned the right to be ... Read More
Simon Despres deserves more playing time
It’s hard to argue against the Pittsburgh Penguins having the most depth on the blue-line throughout an entire organization. In the next coming year those players that they drafted a few years ago will be ready to don a Penguins sweater. But there is one that is already at that level and has quite a few games under his belt, and that would be Simon Despres. Despres was the Pens’ first-round pick, 30th overall, in the 2009 draft. He was a highly-touted player coming out in the draft, and ... Read More
Yinzer of the Week: Chris Kunitz
For the second week in a row, the Penguins winger has been lights out on the ice. After his great performance last week, he was right back at it again this week, leading the Pens to four wins from Saturday to Friday. This week, Kunitz netted four of his eight shot attempts and added four assists for a total of eight points in four games. His best game of the week came on Sunday against the New York Islanders. He notched a hat trick on the night, scoring three goals and added two assists. He ... Read More
Is Clint Barmes the next Paul Martin?
As Sidney Crosby is once again putting any doubt aside that he's the best player in the world, there are a slew of Pens players that are making a name for themselves this year as well. James Neal has eight power play goals and is showing that last season was no fluke. The most shocking surprise - in hockey, not just Pittsburgh - is the play of Chris Kunitz. He currently leads the league in +/- at 22, is third in points with 37 and second in goals with18. Chris Kunitz people. On a team with ... Read More