The Pittsburgh Penguins have traded James Neal to the Nashville Predators tonight for forwards Patric Hornqvist and Nick Spaling. Hornqvist is a right winger with a nice scoring touch who could be a viable replacement for Neal. The 27 year old forward has scored 20 or more goals in four of his first six seasons in the NHL, including 30 goals in 2009. He is signed for four more seasons and will have a cap hit of 4.25 million per season, a reduction compared to Neal. Spaling will ... Read More
Mike Johnston hired as Penguins head coach
The process took a while for new Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford, but he has finally settled on a new head coach for the organization. As speculated that man is Mike Johnston. Many feel that Rutherford did just settle on Johnston as a coach but plenty of reports would suggest that he was one of the Penguins initial candidates before the job was thought to go to Willie Desjardins before he spurned the Pens to take the head coaching job with Vancouver. Johnston was also ... Read More
Sid takes home three awards
On a night where the NHL's best players wore suits instead of sweaters, and walked on a red carpet instead of a sheet of ice, Sidney Crosby collected three more awards to add to his cabinet. Crosby's 104 points (36 g, 68 a) led the NHL, giving him his second Art Ross of his career. As a result, he also won his second Hart Trophy as league MVP, and third Ted Lindsay award; MVP as voted by his peers. These accomplishments may be overshadowed by the Penguins early exit in the playoffs and ... Read More
Does Penguins Coaching Job Come With the Most Pressure in All Sports?
You have to look at the Pittsburgh Penguins coaching search and simply scratch your head at what has been going on. At the end of the day, Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford has to find the right man to right the ship and ultimately that won't be an easy task. When you look at the Penguins vacancy, you would think there would be a long list of quality coaching candidates who would be jumping at the opportunity to coach Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin in their primes, but that hasn't ... Read More
Pens 2014-15 Schedule Announced
The Pittsburgh Penguins may still not have a head coach, but at least they know who they will be playing next season. The Pens will open up the 2014-15 campaign on October 9, the day after the season officially begins, at home against the Anaheim Ducks. They will conclude the season April 11 with a trip to Buffalo. The Penguins will play seven of their first 10 games at home, including the first meeting of the year against the Philadelphia Flyers and a visit from the defending Stanley Cup ... Read More
Desjardins turns down Pens, search continues for coach
Its back to the drawing board when it comes to the Penguins coaching search. After multiple reports identified AHL coach Willie Desjardins as GM Jim Rutherford's pick to take over head coaching duties for the Pens, it now looks as if Rutherford will have to look at different options. Desjardins, most recently the coach of the Calder Cup winning Texas Stars, has a track record of winning at every stop during his coaching career. Certainly not a household name, the 57-year-old Desjardins ... Read More
Penguins release preseaon schedule; make qualifying offers to five players
The Pittsburgh Penguins have released their 2014 preseason schedule, which begins and ends with matchups against the Detroit Red Wings. The preseason also features home games against the Columbus Blue Jackets and Minnesota Wild as well as road games against the same teams. Here’s a look at the complete Pens' preseason schedule. Sept. 22 – Detroit Red Wings – 7 p.m. Sept. 23 – at Columbus Blue Jackets – 7 p.m. Sept. 25 – Minnesota Wild – 7 p.m. Sept. 27 – Columbus Blue Jackets – 4 ... Read More
Penguins turn their attention to Ron Wilson and Marc Crawford
New Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford has taken his time since being hired to begin the search for a new head coach to replace the fired Dan Bylsma. Rutherford as also been quoted as wanting a head coach with a presence, someone who the Penguins players will respect right off the bat. With that in mind it seemed quite odd that Wilkes Barre/Scranton head coach John Hynes has been the only candidate seriously linked to the Penguins job for the past couple of weeks, as Hynes ... Read More
Is John Hynes the favorite to be next Penguins coach?
After firing Dan Bylsma, new Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford has made it clear that he won't start interviewing head coaching candidates until next week. But there already may be a favorite for the job. Rutherford identified current Wilkes-Barre/Scranton head coach John Hynes as a candidate and did confirm that Hynes will interview for the job next week. The 39-year old Hynes is one of the first candidates identified by Rutherford after posting a 186-102-20 record in ... Read More
PSN Video Cast: Brycen Spratling joins the fun, Polanco Watch
And we are LIVE! Join the crew as they have special guest Brycen Spratling of Pitt joining the show before he heads out to compete in Eugene, Oregon. The guys will name their player of the week, talk about the changes that the Penguins have made, Gregory Polanco's arrival, Big Ben's contract and more! Tweet your questions to get them answered on air! ... Read More