Marc-Andre Fleury has a lot of critics to answer heading into the 2012-2013 season and rightfully so; his performance this past spring in a six game series against the Philadelphia Flyers was disappointing to say the least. As a result, the Penguins traded for Tomas Vokoun hoping to solidify their backup goalie position in the event that Fleury melts down again. Fleury, undoubtably, has his eyes set on more positive results in 2012 with several of the franchise's goaltending records in ... Read More

Today, it was reported that Evgeni Malkin reached an agreement with Metallurg Magnitogorsk to play in the upcoming KHL season if an NHL lockout occurred. With the way talks have gone between league officials and the NHLPA, it seems extremely likely Malkin will be playing hockey in Russia before the 2014 Olympic games. Malkin is one of many players planning to head overseas in the event of a lockout. Ilya Kovalchuk, Alexander Ovechkin, and Pavel Datsyuk are all rumored to have an interest in ... Read More

Last season, the Atlantic Division was perhaps the toughest division in all of hockey, sending 4 teams to the playoffs all with over 100 points. The division gave us a Penguins-Flyers playoff series so epic that it may have actually registered on the Richter scale. And the excitement certainly didn’t stop there, as the off-season has brought several mega-deals that have reshaped the landscape of the entire Eastern Conference. When (hopefully) the season resumes, will we see a changing of the ... Read More

As soon as Penguins strength and conditioning coach Mike Kadar arrived in Moscow last month to help train Evgeni Malkin for the upcoming season, they went straight to a place that’s become very familiar to Kadar. No, they didn’t go to a restaurant or to any of the numerous tourist attractions Moscow has to offer. They beelined straight for Malkin’s local fitness club. “From the day I got there, as soon as I landed, we were at the gym,” Kadar said. “In the six years that I’ve known him, I ... Read More

After winning the Stanley Cup with a core of homegrown players, the Pittsburgh Penguins' prospect pipeline was left a little thin by trades, picking lower in the draft and some selections not reaching their potential. While the 2004 and 2005 drafts brought Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang, Alex Goligoski and Tyler Kennedy, the only NHL regular Pittsburgh has drafted since 2006 is Jordan Staal, who was traded this summer to Carolina. General manager Ray Shero and his staff have been ... Read More

After seven rounds and 211 picks, the 2012 NHL draft is in the books.  The Pittsburgh Penguins, playing host, entertained their guests with a blockbuster trade involving Jordan Staal.  One of the returns was the 8th overall pick in the 2012 draft which was used to select Derrick Pouliot. The Penguins made eight additional picks in this year’s draft, including the 22nd overall pick which was used to select Olli Maatta.  Here is a breakdown: Derrick Pouliot For the second straight year, ... Read More

After the Penguins fell embarrassingly to the Philadelphia Flyers in the first round of the 2012 playoffs, Ray Shero stated that changes would be made to the team in the offseason. This news was rather unsurprising considering the Penguins severely underachieved with a relatively healthy roster; a roster proclaimed by many across North America to be the Stanley Cup favorite by a wide margin. Now, due to the disappointment of 2012, coupled with the previous two seasons in which the Penguins ... Read More