Penguins/NHL category, Page 106
After signing deal to stay ‘home’ with Penguins, Tristan Jarry says injuries are behind him
Alberta is home for Tristan Jarry. Having won a Memorial Cup championship in 2014 during his junior days with the Edmonton Oil Kings, Jarry has planted roots there and spends his summers near the provincial capital. He has a second place where he lays his hat … er … mask...
Former Penguins defenseman Kevin Czuczman signs in Czechia
Former Penguins defenseman Kevin Czuczman has signed a one-year contract for the 2023-24 season with HC Litvinov of the Extraliga ledniho hokeje in Czechia. That team announced the transaction Thursday via release. A native of London, Ont., the 32-year-old Czuczman spent parts of four seasons with the Penguins and was...
First Call: Minkah Fitzpatrick finally tops best-safety list; Saquon Barkley to ‘pull a Le’Veon?’
The Pittsburgh Steelers’ Minkah Fitzpatrick had spent most the offseason so far picking up plenty of figurative silver medals in the ultimately meaningless realm of “Best Of” lists. • In May, it was Pro Football Network that rated Fitzpatrick as the NFL’s second-best safety behind the Los Angeles Chargers’ Derwin...
Former Penguins goaltender Thomas Greiss retires
Former Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Thomas Greiss has retired following a 14-year career in the NHL. A native of Germany, Greiss revealed his plans Wednesday to Stefan Herget, a freelance journalist who covers the league for that country. Greiss, 37, spent one season, the 2014-15 campaign, with the Penguins. Appearing in...
Being a bottom-6 forward is personal for new Penguins center Noel AcciariVideo
Brandon Tanev’s tenure lasted only two seasons with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Claimed in the 2021 expansion draft by the Seattle Kraken, Tanev became something of a cult hero in Western Pennsylvania despite only playing 100 regular-season games for the Penguins. His frantic, energetic, all-gas, no-brakes style of play — to...
Lars Eller embraces Penguins’ 3rd-line center role
This isn’t anything new for Lars Eller. He already has been a third-line center behind two high-end All-Stars on the depth chart. For parts of seven seasons, he inhabited that station as a member of the Washington Capitals with Nicklas Backstrom and Evgeny Kuznetsov in front of him. So joining...
Former Penguins defensive prospect Josh Maniscalco signs with AHL’s Rockford IceHogs
Former Pittsburgh Penguins defensive prospect Josh Maniscalco has signed an American Hockey League contract with the Rockford IceHogs, a minor league affiliate of the Chicago Blackhawks. Maniscalco, 24, just completed a three-year entry-level contract with the Penguins. He entered the offseason as a pending restricted free agent, but the Penguins...
First Call: Could Penguins still hit jackpot with Erik Karlsson trade? What rock star, in town tonight, was a Steelers fan?
Is Penguins director of hockey operations Kyle Dubas holding a pocket pair or is he just drawing to an inside straight? In an appearance on NHL Network on Monday night, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman said he believes the race to acquire Norris Trophy winning defenseman Erik Karlsson from the San Jose...
Penguins defensive prospect Thimo Nickl signs with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
Pittsburgh Penguins defensive prospect Thimo Nickl has signed an American Hockey League contract with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins for the 2023-24 season. Nickl, 21, recently attended the Pittsburgh Penguins’ development camp in Cranberry earlier this month. The Pittsburgh Penguins acquired the NHL rights to Nickl on March 31 when they dealt...
Penguins goaltending prospect Joel Blomqvist takes another step toward NHL
First things first, it’s “YOH-ehl.” Not “JOHL.” Pronunciations aside, Joel Blomqvist is still a ways away from making a name for himself at the NHL level. But he’s about to take a big step forward next season. Entering the first year of a three-year entry-level contract, the 21-year-old Finn is...
The Penguins’ bottom 6 forwards are different. Are they better?
Mike Sullivan didn’t have much to say. The Pittsburgh Penguins coach wasn’t all that eager to get into the details of why his third line was thoroughly ineffective — again — after a humbling 5-2 thumping at home by the New Jersey Devils. A fairly innocuous query over the play...
Penguins sign forward Andreas JohnssonVideo
The Penguins continued to bolster their options among the bottom-six forwards Friday as they signed forward Andreas Johnsson to a one-year contract worth $800,000. His signing was announced approximately two hours after the team brought forward Vinnie Hinostorza into the mix on a one-year deal worth $775,000. Johnsson, 28, split...
Penguins sign forward Vinnie HinostrozaVideo
The Penguins continued to boost the bottom rungs of their roster Friday when they signed unrestricted free agent forward Vinnie Hinostroza to a one-year contract worth a league-minimum $775,000 at the NHL level. It is a one-way contract. Hinostroza, 29, spent the 2022-23 season with the Buffalo Sabres organization, splitting...
Former Penguins express differing opinions on idea of team acquiring Erik Karlsson
Two former Penguins with Stanley Cup rings. Two different radio stations. Two different opinions on whether the Penguins should pay a high price for Erik Karlsson. The Penguins are believed to be in the trade market to acquire the Norris Trophy winner. Most reports are that the Pens and the...
Penguins forward prospect Tristan Broz is in a better placeVideo
Tristan Broz was in a strange place Monday. A canoe. A human canoe. During the Pittsburgh Penguins development camp tournament — a three-on-three competition — Broz scored the winning goal in overtime of the championship game with a one-timer from the right circle and initiated a silly celebration in the...
U mad, bro?: Penguins fans pipe up about Tristan Jarry’s contract; Pirates fans dial up draft takes
Many of us are coming off a four-day weekend. The rain finally stopped for the Fourth of July. And we are still more than a month away from the Pittsburgh Steelers really doing anything to get you upset. But that didn’t stop plenty of people from filling up my inbox...
Penguins forward Drew O’Connor files for salary arbitration
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Drew O’Connor has filed for salary arbitration as a restricted free agent. On Wednesday, the NHL Players’ Association announced 22 players had elected to file for arbitration with O’Connor being the lone member of the Penguins doing so. O’Connor, 25, broke through as a full-time NHLer last...
Former Penguins forward Patric Hornqvist retires at age 36Video
Patric Hornqvist, a vital component of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ Stanley Cup championships in 2016 and 2017 who played as if he would never quit, has retired. The 36-year-old power forward announced his retirement in an interview with journalist Per Bjurman of Swedish outlet Aftonbladet on Wednesday. A veteran of 15...
Mark Madden: Kyle Dubas improved Penguins’ bottom 6, but work remains to rebuild roster
The Dubas debut is well underway. New president of hockey ops Kyle Dubas has made quite an impact on the Pittsburgh Penguins roster during his brief tenure, and it feels like he’s just getting started. The bottom six is improved. Lars Eller and Noel Acciari are efficient, pragmatic centers. The...
Penguins forward prospect Luke Devlin reaches for NHLVideo
This spring, Luke Devlin had something of an offseason job, albeit temporarily. Ambulance driver. A native of Toronto, Devlin had to help his father, Toronto Raptors television play-by-play broadcaster Matt Devlin, get to the hospital after a mishap. “It was an early morning, me and my brother (Ian) were getting...
Texas-born Penguins prospect Chase Yoder takes long road to NHL
Like a lot of people his age (or younger) who hit the ice at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex, Chase Yoder got into hockey thanks to Pittsburgh Penguins superstar Sidney Crosby. He is part of the so-called “Crosby generation.” The only difference for Yoder is he didn’t become infatuated by Crosby...
What will the Penguins do with 4 goaltenders on 1-way contracts?
When the Vegas Golden Knights won the Stanley Cup three weeks ago, there was something a bit unusual with the immediate celebration. Four goaltenders lifted the trophy. First was backup Jonathan Quick, a former All-Star in the twilight of an outstanding career. Acquired at the trade deadline, Quick already had...
First Call: Potential Pirates draft pick wants to hit and pitch; J.J. Watt on why he didn’t sign with Steelers
Our Fourth of July edition of “First Call” features J.J. Watt’s account of considering the Steelers as a free-agent destination a few years ago. We look at the Penguins’ latest player acquisition. If Paul Skenes becomes a Pirate, he wants to do more than pitch. And Ronald Acuña Jr. is...
Tim Benz: Kyle Dubas getting lots of benefit of the doubt points following Tristan Jarry signing
This is probably a tough hypothetical for Penguins fans to embrace, but work with me on this one. What if it had been ex-Penguins general manager Ron Hextall who had signed goaltender Tristan Jarry to a $5.3 million contract over five years? What if that had been his parting shot?...
Penguins sign defenseman Will Butcher
The Pittsburgh Penguins have signed unrestricted free agent defenseman Will Butcher to a one-year, two-way contract that carries a salary cap hit of $775,000. A veteran of five NHL seasons, the 28-year-old spent the entire 2022-23 campaign with the Texas Stars, American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate of the Dallas Stars....
