The Pittsburgh Penguins continued to build their depth in the bottom six on Thursday by signing free agent center Matt Cullen to a one-year contract worth $800,000. Cullen, a 6-foot-1, 200-pound native of Virginia, Minnesota, spent the last two seasons with the Nashville Predators. In 2013-14, he scored 10 goals and recorded 29 assists in. In 2014-15, a pair of injuries held him to just 62 games played, but he still was able to score 7 goals and tally 18 assists. Cullen can play center and ... Read More
Pens part ways with longtime broadcaster
The Pittsburgh Penguins have parted ways with longtime broadcaster Bob Grove, according to a report first filed by Josh Yohe of DKPittsburghSports.com and confirmed by the Pittsburgh Sporting News. Grove had been with the team since 1998, serving as the host of the pregame, intermission and postgame shows on the team’s broadcast network, which currently airs on WXDX-FM. “I’m very disappointed,” he told DKPittsburghSports.com. “But I want to thank the Penguins organization for treating me ... Read More
Pittsburgh Penguins 2015-16 salary cap outlook
The Pittsburgh Penguins have made quite a few roster moves this year, as just 10 of the current players were on the opening night roster last October. The sweeping changes in the lineup have brought with them an entirely unfamiliar salary cap situation. Forwards: The Penguins currently have 10 forwards on one-way NHL contracts that are expected to begin the season in the NHL: Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby, Phil Kessel, Patrick Hornqvist, Chris Kunitz, David Perron, Pascal Dupuis, Eric Fehr, ... Read More
Pens sign Fehr; trade Sutter to Vancouver
The Pittsburgh Penguins have signed free-agent center Eric Fehr to a three-year contract worth $2 million annually. To make room under the salary cap for Fehr, the Penguins traded center Brandon Sutter, along with a 2016 third-round draft choice, to the Vancouver Canucks for Nick Bonino, Adam Clendening and a 2016 second-round pick. Fehr, 29, had spent nine of is 10 NHL seasons with the Washington Capitals, who drafted him in the first round in 2003. In 75 games with the Caps in 2014-15, Fehr ... Read More
Top Wheeling Nailers alumni that played for Penguins
With the Pittsburgh Penguins and Wheeling Nailers renewing their affiliation agreement for an ECHL-best 17th consecutive season last week, we took a look at the five best Penguins players to have graduated from their Double-A affiliate since 1998. Honorable Mention Bobby Farnham: Farnham has just 11 NHL games under his belt, so his career rating is far from complete, but he climbed the ladder the hard way, starting off on an ECHL contract in 2012-13. After 3 goals and 46 penalty minutes in 9 ... Read More
Penguins to play 18 nationally-televised games on NBC, NBCSN
With stars such as Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang, the Pittsburgh Penguins have long been one of the featured franchises in the NHL, and this season appears to be no different in that regard. The Penguins will appear on NBC or NBCSN 18 times in 2015-16 as the NHL’s broadcast partner will produce a record 105 regular season games league-wide. The Penguins will be tapped for NBCSN’s Wednesday Night Rivarly matchup six times: on Oct. 28 against the Washington Capitals, Nov. 11 ... Read More
Pens mailbag: Fitzgerald, fancy stats and the fourth line
Will the Penguins get a compensatory draft pick for the Devils hiring assistant general manager Tom Fitzgerald? No. The new NHL policy that allows teams to seek draft-pick compensation for hired-away executives and coaches only allows teams to be compensated for someone hired to be head coach, general manager or president. When the Devils hired Ray Shero as general manager, the Penguins could have sought compensation but chose not to. They were awarded third-round draft picks when Dan ... Read More
Pens lose assistant GM Tom Fitzgerald to Devils
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ jam-packed front office got one person lighter today, as assistant general manager Tom Fitzgerald left to take the same position with the New Jersey Devils. With the Devils, Fitzgerald will be reunited with his old boss, former Penguins general manager Ray Shero, who is now the GM in New Jersey. “Ray has been a good friend and mentor of mine for a long time now even going back to my Nashville days with him,” Fitzgerald said to Tom Gulitti of the North Jersey Record. ... Read More
Penguins, Nailers renew affiliation agreement
The Pittsburgh Penguins have extended their affiliation agreement with the Wheeling Nailers of the ECHL for the 2015-16 season. The Nailers will enter their 17th consecutive season as the Penguins’ Double-A affiliate, and it will be the 16th unchanged season for the Penguins minor league affiliates, the Nailers and the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League. "We are pleased to extend our partnership with the Wheeling Nailers," said Penguins Associate General Manager ... Read More
Newcomers shine in Penguins prospect camp scrimmage
The Pittsburgh Penguins 2015 prospect development camp drew to a close with an open scrimmage attended by 5000 fans on Saturday. Nearly half of those players, including most of the invitees, will be heading back to school. The remaining prospects and invitees will be back again for the rookie tournament in September. The camp veterans with NHL experience stood out and it was clear they had done this before. In particular, defenseman Derrick Pouliot was on a whole different level as he skated ... Read More