The Pittsburgh Penguins won games when Paul Martin and Kris Letang went down with injuries. They slugged through close battles when Evgeni Malkin was out, and they found a way to shutout back to back opponents without the help of Marc-Andre Fleury. But in their first full game without Sidney Crosby, the Penguins came out flat and couldn't come back from a three goal deficit. The Buffalo Sabres scored four goals in the first two periods and cruised to a 4-1 victory over the Penguins to ... Read More
Penguins’ trades put Eastern Conference in a tough spot
Unless a team trades for Wayne Gretzky and the DeLorean, the Pittsburgh Penguins will emerge as the winners of the trade deadline and all moves leading up to it. And unless an Eastern Conference team makes a move within the next two days, fourteen teams not named the Penguins, will be in big trouble down the final stretch. Ray Shero did not make the same mistake as last year, standing pat despite the fact that his team was racing for a long playoff run. He acquired a bruising defenseman ... 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
Domination: Pens defeat Jets 4-0
Just wait until everyone comes back. The Pittsburgh Penguins welcomed back Evgeni Malkin after a nine game absence, and welcomed Douglas Murray to Pittsburgh for his first game in black and Vegas gold. The result? A 4-0 drubbing of the Winnipeg Jets and a 14th straight victory. The Penguins had been relying on secondary scoring in some of their previous games but tonight it was all about the big guns. Evgeni Malkin and Chris Kunitz each scored while Pascal Dupuis added a pair of goals. ... 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
Unlucky 13: Pens win but lose Marc-Andre Fleury
The Pittsburgh Penguins needed to use two goalies but they came away with a 1-0 shutout victory over the Montreal Canadiens to extend their win streak to 13 games. Tomas Vokoun entered the game in the third period after Marc-Andre Fleury was forced out with what looked like a head injury, and battled every step of the way to preserve the victory. Meanwhile, Sidney Crosby scored the lone goal of the game 13 minutes into the second period to extend his point streak to five games. The ... Read More
Penguins streak more impressive than Blackhawks
The Pittsburgh Penguins are in the midst of a 12-game winning streak, which is one of the best in the team’s history. It started with a 7-6 win over the Montreal Canadiens, and their latest win was a 2-1 victory against the Philadelphia Flyers. Those two games show that the Penguins can win any type of game whether it be a shootout or a defensive game. They have won more games in a row than the Chicago Blackhawks did when they started the season on a 24-game point streak. In that streak, ... Read More
Why the moves for Brenden Morrow and Douglas Murray are brilliant
If you believed Ray Shero would stand pat, as he did last season, and not add a few pieces to an already elite team, shame on you. If the you hesitated to jump for joy because you thought the price for Brenden Morrow seemed a little too high, you're not alone. After all, Joe Morrow was a very good defensive prospect with a ton of potential as a Pittsburgh Penguin. And while the Penguins have a ton of defensive prospects already, not all of them are cut from the same cloth. In the end, ... 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
Kennedy’s OT goal extends win streak to twelve
Tyler Kennedy may have missed the Pittsburgh Penguins' 11th straight victory, but he was determined to make an impact in Pittsburgh's 12th straight. Kennedy scored 2:33 into overtime to lift the Penguins over the Flyers 2-1, Sunday night at Consol Energy Center. After sitting out one game with an illness, Kennedy returned to the lineup. The Penguins were able to erase a 1-0 deficit with a power play goal late in the third period, setting up for Tyler Kennedy's heroics in overtime. Ilya ... Read More