Penguins/NHL category, Page 108
Mark Madden: From power play to structure, Penguins are far from playoff caliber
The Stanley Cup playoffs are showing what’s wrong with the Pittsburgh Penguins, and not just in terms of talent and depth. Edmonton is converting on the power play 57.1% of the time during the postseason, an absurdly high rate. Like the Penguins, the Oilers’ man-advantage unit has mega-stars — even...
Penguins forward prospect Filip Hallander signs in Sweden
After moving from his native Sweden to North America in the 2021 offseason, Filip Hallander thought the opportunity to become a full-time NHL player was ripe for him. “I’m here to take a spot,” Hallander said during a prospect development camp that would lead into a team-wide training camp in...
Penguins A to Z: Joel Blomqvist is a big part of the future, but not yetVideo
With the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 2022-23 season coming to an end without any postseason action, the Tribune-Review will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at all 49 individuals signed to an NHL contract — including those whose deals do not begin until next season — with the organization, from...
Penguins A to Z: Isaac Belliveau could be a promising long-term projectVideo
With the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 2022-23 season coming to an end without any postseason action, the Tribune-Review will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at all 49 individuals signed to an NHL contract — including those whose deals do not begin until next season — with the organization, from...
U mad, bro?: Penguins fans still frothing, Steelers fans show little faith ahead of the draft
The Pittsburgh Pirates really must be playing well. A month into the season and not even a mention in this week’s “U mad, bro?” If you just read that after waking up from a month-long nap, you must then assume that the Buccos are in first place — or the...
Penguins forward Alex Nylander to join Sweden for IIHF World Championship
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Alex Nylander will join Sweden’s national team for the upcoming International Ice Hockey Federation’s (IIHF) World Championship tournament next month. The Swedish Ice Hockey Association announced Nylander’s status — and several other players’ — Wednesday via a release. Nylander, 25, made his Penguins debut this past season...
Penguins forward Jake Guentzel to miss IIHF World Championship as precaution
An undisclosed injury will prevent Pittsburgh Penguins forward Jake Guentzel from playing for the United States in the upcoming International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championship tournament next month. A Penguins spokesperson confirmed Guentzel’s status to the Tribune-Review on Wednesday but did not reveal the nature of the ailment. Guentzel’s...
Former Penguins defenseman Christian Ehrhoff joins Krefeld Pinguine in Germany
Former Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Christian Ehrhoff has come out of retirement and joined the Krefeld Pinguine of Germany’s Deutsche Eishockey Liga 2 (DEL2), the second-tier league in his native country. The team announced his signing via a release on Wednesday. A member of the German Ice Hockey Hall of Fame,...
Penguins A to Z: Josh Archibald provided what was needed, just not enoughVideo
With the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 2022-23 season coming to an end without any postseason action, the Tribune-Review will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at all 49 individuals signed to an NHL contract — including those whose deals do not begin until next season — with the organization, from...
Former Penguins forward Zach Still signs in Italy
Former Pittsburgh Penguins forward Zach Sill has signed with HC Pustertal, a team based in Italy that competes in Austria’s International Central European Hockey League (ICEHL). The team announced the transaction via a release on Tuesday. Sill, 34, spent parts of six seasons with the Penguins organization during the 2010s,...
Penguins A to Z: Raivis Ansons needs to find a way to stay in the lineupVideo
With the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 2022-23 season coming to an end without any postseason action, the Tribune-Review will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at all 49 individuals signed to an NHL contract – including those whose deals do not begin until next season — with the organization, from...
Penguins A to Z: Corey Andonovski is still learningVideo
With the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 2022-23 season coming to an end without any postseason action, the Tribune-Review will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at all 49 individuals signed to an NHL contract — including those whose deals do not begin until next season — with the organization, from...
Jason Zucker wants to remain with the Penguins
By just about any measure, Jason Zucker’s 2022-23 season was a rousing success. In fact, he might have been one of the brightest individual triumphs for the Pittsburgh Penguins this past season. First, he was healthy for the most part. That’s a luxury he hasn’t been able to boast of...
Despite elite talent, Penguins’ power play lacked consistency, results
Evgeni Malkin didn’t like the question. It was April 1, shortly after the Pittsburgh Penguins fell 4-3 to the Boston Bruins at PPG Paints Arena, for their third one-goal loss in as many tries to the 2022-23 Presidents’ Trophy winners. The Penguins had fallen behind repeatedly in the contest, only...
5 candidates for the Penguins’ front office
Not much is known — publicly, at least — about the Pittsburgh Penguins’ search for a new head of hockey operations, which entered its second week Saturday. On April 14, the day previous general manager Ron Hextall and president of hockey operations Brian Burke were fired, Fenway Sports Group executive...
Despite late-season injury, Marcus Pettersson was among the Penguins’ most dependable players
A few games into the first round of the NHL playoffs, fans in Pittsburgh are still grappling with the Penguins’ disappointing year-long performance, which kept the team out of the postseason for the first time since 2006. In media circles and across the spectrum of armchair hockey strategist diagnoses, the...
Penguins defenseman Jan Rutta undergoes core muscle surgery
Defenseman Jan Rutta had a vivid way of describing the Pittsburgh Penguins’ medical woes throughout the 2022-23 season. “The injuries have been (expletive) this year,” Rutta bluntly assessed April 10 while using a term some might root in fertilizer. Only 10 days later, the team revealed Rutta underwent surgery to...
Penguins forward Bryan Rust: ‘I wasn’t as good as I could have been’
Bryan Rust got to his offseason a bit earlier than his teammates. By 22 minutes on the dot. In his team’s regular season finale April 13, Rust suffered a right hand injury and left the contest at 19:00 of the second period. And exactly one minute into the overtime period,...
U mad, bro?: Penguins fans aren’t done ranting. Nor should they be
The Penguins put their fan base through six months of dreadfully up-and-down, painfully inconsistent hockey. You didn’t think that just one week of venting after missing the playoffs for the first time since 2006 was enough, did you? Of course not! It’s time for the “All Penguins Angst” edition of...
Tim Benz: Penguins need more than just a wake-up call after missing the playoffs
Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby was cleaning out his locker last Saturday in the wake of missing the playoffs for the first time since his rookie year. Just a day after seeing general manager Ron Hextall and president of hockey operations Brian Burke fired. The three-time Stanley Cup champion was...
Rickard Rakell still sees a chance to win with the Penguins
Rickard Rakell was something of an afterthought last offseason. And it’s not often an All-Star winger with a handful of 20- or 30-goal seasons on his resume is pushed to the margins. But given the other players the Pittsburgh Penguins were trying to re-sign last summer — such as forward...
Per usual, many of the Penguins’ highest-quality chances involved Jake Guentzel
Generally speaking, 36-goal scorers are largely above reproach when it comes to examining a hockey club’s shortcomings. But given how the Pittsburgh Penguins’ season transpired, with the team missing the playoffs for the first time since 2006, everything and everyone is under the microscope in the aftermath. Without a doubt,...
As 1st night of NHL playoffs showed, there’s plenty of interesting hockey to watch even without Penguins
Contrary to popular belief in Pittsburgh, the NHL playoffs are taking place even though the Pittsburgh Penguins didn’t qualify for the first time since 2006. There are some very intriguing storylines, many of which already started to take shape on the first night of competition. Here’s a six pack of...
Tim Benz: Sidney Crosby, FSG have the right answer on his future — but were they asked the right question?
Pittsburgh Penguins fans haven’t been able to find many positives over the past week. However, one news item surrounding team icon Sidney Crosby was reassuring. Both Crosby and the team seem unified in a desire to see the 35-year-old captain play out his remaining years in Pittsburgh. At least that’s...
Mark Madden: Peace must be made between Fenway Sports Group, Penguins icon Mario Lemieux
On Friday, Fenway Sports Group’s Dave Beeston gave the impression that the new Pittsburgh Penguins ownership was reconciling with the old Penguins ownership, namely franchise legend Mario Lemieux. President of business operations Kevin Acklin said Lemieux had talked directly to FSG. CBS Sports posted this headline: “Penguins ownership expects Mario...
