Jonathan Bombulie stories, Page 14
Penguins pick up defense prospect John Marino in trade with Edmonton
The Pittsburgh Penguins took a stab at acquiring a prospect on defense Friday, trading a conditional sixth-round pick in the 2021 draft to the Edmonton Oilers for John Marino. The Oilers will acquire the pick if Marino, a rising senior at Harvard, signs with the Penguins before the 2021 draft....
Penguins Prediction Rewind: Jake Guentzel’s contract looks like bargain after 40-goal season
Last summer, beat writer Jonathan Bombulie made a series of predictions leading up to the start of the 2018-19 season. Some were OK. Some were hilariously off the mark. In this series, Bombulie will explain what he was thinking and where his logic went off course. THE QUESTION Jake Guentzel...
Ex-Penguin Max Talbot answers burning question about famous 2009 fight
Most Pittsburgh Penguins fans remember Max Talbot’s fight with Daniel Carcillo and subsequent shushing of the Philadelphia crowd as a pivotal moment in the team’s run to the 2009 Stanley Cup. In a recent appearance on Spittin’ Chiclets, a podcast hosted by ex-Penguins players Paul Bissonnette and Ryan Whitney, Talbot...
Penguins Prediction Rewind: Derick Brassard spent some time on wing before departure
Last summer, beat writer Jonathan Bombulie made a series of predictions leading up to the start of the 2018-19 season. Some were OK. Some were hilariously off the mark. In this series, Bombulie will explain what he was thinking and where his logic went off course. THE QUESTION How much...
Former Penguins forward Billy Tibbetts back in jail
Former Pittsburgh Penguins forward Billy Tibbetts is back behind bars. According to a report in the Patriot-Ledger in Quincy, Mass., Tibbetts was taken into custody after a courtroom outburst Tuesday and was ordered to undergo a mental health evaluation. The earliest he could be released is Oct. 23. Tibbetts was...
Maple Leafs sign former Penguins winger Garrett Wilson
Garrett Wilson, who played 50 games as a fourth-line winger for the Pittsburgh Penguins last season, has signed a one-year deal with the Toronto Maple Leafs. The 28-year-old Wilson started last season as Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s captain in the AHL before working his way into the NHL lineup and recording two goals,...
Ex-Penguin Phil Kessel puts Pittsburgh-area house on market for $2.1 million
Phil Kessel became a popular player with Pittsburgh Penguins fans over the past four years in large part because of his everyman appeal. Not just anyone could afford his house. Now that he’s been traded to the Arizona Coyotes, Kessel has put his Marshall Township home up for sale with...
Penguins Prediction Rewind: Jamie Oleksiak’s fight card had fewer bouts than expected
Last summer, beat writer Jonathan Bombulie made a series of predictions leading up to the start of the 2018-19 season. Some were OK. Some were hilariously off the mark. In this series, Bombulie will explain what he was thinking and where his logic went off course. THE QUESTION How many...
Massive junior hockey showcase returning to Cranberry in September
For the fourth straight year, UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry will host a showcase of the top junior hockey players in the country. The USHL Fall Classic will be held at the facility Sept. 26-29. All 16 teams in the league will play two regular-season games as part of...
Penguins aren’t the only NHL team worried about salary cap
By waiting until the absolute last minute before an arbitration hearing to sign winger Zach Aston-Reese to a new two-year contract Monday morning, the Pittsburgh Penguins sent a message. At this point, every dollar matters. Given their lack of wiggle room under the salary cap, there was a meaningful difference...
Vegas odds have Penguins’ 100-point streak ending this season
It’s a good bet that the Pittsburgh Penguins are about to see their streak of four consecutive 100-point seasons come to an end, if Vegas odds are to be believed. The Penguins are projected for 94.5 points in BetOnline.AG’s season point totals, which were released Tuesday. That puts the Penguins...
Penguins Prediction Rewind: Matt Murray returned to upper echelon of NHL goalies
Last summer, beat writer Jonathan Bombulie made a series of predictions leading up to the start of the 2018-19 season. Some were OK. Some were hilariously off the mark. In this series, Bombulie will explain what he was thinking and where his logic went off course. THE QUESTION Will Matt...
Penguins sign Zach Aston-Reese to 2-year deal, avoiding arbitration
Zach Aston-Reese’s original plans for Monday morning included sitting in a meeting room in Toronto and listening to his employer talk about all the things he isn’t good at. He is awfully glad plans changed. Aston-Reese agreed to a new two-year contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday, minutes before...
Penguins prediction rewind: Garrett Wilson came out of nowhere to secure spot on fourth line
Last summer, beat writer Jonathan Bombulie made a series of predictions leading up to the start of the 2018-19 season. Some were OK. Some were hilariously off the mark. In this series, Bombulie will explain what he was thinking and where his logic went off course. THE QUESTION Which Wilkes-Barre/Scranton...
After roster changes, Penguins’ oldest player suddenly isn’t that old
When coach Mike Sullivan describes the plan the Pittsburgh Penguins had to retool their roster this summer, he cites three areas where the team wanted to improve. “We tried to get a little bit younger, we certainly tried to get faster, and we wanted to become a team that’s more...
Steelers’ Kameron Canaday ready to fight for long-snapping job … again
Long snapper Kameron Canaday takes the struggles the Pittsburgh Steelers experienced in the kicking game last season personally. He doesn’t have to. It would be the easiest thing in the world to separate the parts of a field-goal attempt — snap, hold and kick — declare that he held up...
Penguins prediction rewind: Change of scenery didn’t provide boost to Jack Johnson
Last summer, beat writer Jonathan Bombulie made a series of predictions leading up to the start of the 2018-19 season. Some were OK. Some were hilariously off the mark. In this series, Bombulie will explain what he was thinking and where his logic went off course. THE QUESTION Where will...
Report: Police rule death of former Penguins center Greg Johnson an apparent suicide
According to police, the death of former Pittsburgh Penguins forward Greg Johnson was an apparent suicide, the Detroit News reported Thursday. The newspaper, citing a police report, said Johnson, 48, was found by his wife on the morning of July 7 in a storage room in the basement of the...
Marc-Andre Fleury, Vegas Golden Knights grant wish for teenage cancer survivor
Former Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury and the Vegas Golden Knights granted the wish of a teenage cancer survivor, as documented by ESPN’s annual My Wish series on Wednesday. Doron Coldwell, 13, was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma and began chemotherapy treatment in 2017. With his cancer in remission, Coldwell became...
Versatile Tyson Alualu unsung contributor to Steelers’ defensive line
Years of watching Dick LeBeau’s successful 3-4 defense have conditioned many Pittsburgh Steelers fans to expect a certain kind of player to handle defensive end duties. They expect a 300-pound mountain of a man who doesn’t necessarily make flashy plays but is powerful enough to occupy blockers so the linebackers...
Penguins Prediction Rewind: Bryan Rust landed in prime spot on top line
Last summer, beat writer Jonathan Bombulie made a series of predictions leading up to the start of the 2018-19 season. Some were OK. Some of them were hilariously off the mark. In this series, Bombulie will explain what he was thinking and where his logic went off course. THE QUESTION...
Who’s next to follow Teddy Blueger’s long road to Penguins lineup?
When the Pittsburgh Penguins re-signed Teddy Blueger to a two-year contract on Tuesday, assistant general manager Bill Guerin praised the 24-year-old center’s ability to “trust the process of going through the proper steps to get to the NHL.” A look at Blueger’s career path to date shows Guerin wasn’t kidding....
Steelers OL Matt Feiler takes road less traveled to NFL career
In a few weeks, hundreds of high school football players will take to fields all over Western Pennsylvania to begin to prepare for the upcoming season. It would be asking a lot for one of them to become the next Aaron Donald, the former Penn Hills star who is the...
Penguins fought a little more last season. They weren’t particularly good at it
The Pittsburgh Penguins grew a little bit more ornery last season, but once the gloves were dropped, they didn’t have a whole lot of success. Those are the takeaways from a detailed look at all 16 fighting majors the team picked up last season. League wide, fights continue to become...
Penguins re-sign center Teddy Blueger to 2-year deal
The Pittsburgh Penguins signed one of their remaining three restricted free agents Tuesday, agreeing with center Teddy Blueger on a two-year, one-way contract with an average annual salary of $750,000. Blueger, a 24-year-old former second-round draft pick, emerged as an NHL regular last season after playing two-plus years with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton...
