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New 3ICE hockey league rolls into Pittsburgh on SaturdayVideo
At 42, Ryan Malone is still a hockey player. He’s just not an NHL player anymore. The power forward’s final games in the NHL came early in the 2014 season with the New York Rangers. But he never fully got the game out of his system. That’s what led the...
Former Penguins forward Dustin Jeffrey signs in Germany
Former Penguins forward Dustin Jeffrey has signed with Grizzlys Wolfsburg of Germany’s Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). The team announced Jeffrey’s contract via a release on Monday. A sixth-round pick (No. 171 overall) of the Penguins in 2007, Jeffrey spent parts of six seasons with the Penguins in the late 2000s...
Mark Madden: New acquisitions make the Penguins better now but weaknesses remain
The Penguins got older but also better. They heightened their chances for winning immediately, but the subsequent plummet will be that much more precipitous. That’s the plan. A Faustian bargain. Will it work enough? Anything less than playing in the Eastern Conference final seems a letdown. Even that wouldn’t really...
Ty Smith’s journey brings him to the PenguinsVideo
Ty Smith has already had a long offseason. At least the first 30-plus hours of it. After finishing the 2021-22 season as a member of the New Jersey Devils, he drove home. Across the expanse of an entire continent. The left-handed defenseman hopped in his car with his father, Wayne...
New Penguins defenseman Jeff Petry is closer to home and ready to winVideo
Jeff Petry has a unique place in NHL history. A native of Ann Arbor, Mich., he has played the most games in NHL history of any American-born player for Canadian teams with 803. And he’s going to lose that distinction almost as soon as the 2022-23 season begins by virtue...
Penguins forward Kasperi Kapanen files for salary arbitration
Penguins forward Kasperi Kapanen has filed for salary arbitration according to a release from the National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA). He was one of 24 players around the league who opted to file. Kapanen labored through an underwhelming 2021-22 season in which he appeared in 79 games and scored...
Penguins reassemble their blue line by adding Jeff Petry, Ty Smith
Ron Hextall knows he can’t keep nine defensemen on his NHL roster. The Pittsburgh Penguins’ general manager said as much Wednesday. “We’re certainly not going to have nine on the opening roster,” Hextall said. “I don’t know where that’s all going. Sometimes, you sit around and wait until something moves...
Penguins acquire defenseman Jeff Petry, forward Ryan Poehling from CanadiensVideo
The Penguins made their second trade Saturday aimed at rearranging their blue line, acquiring defenseman Jeff Petry and forward Ryan Poehling from the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for defenseman Mike Matheson and a fourth-round pick in 2023. A right-handed shot, Petry, 34, played in 68 games last season and scored...
Penguins trade defenseman John Marino to DevilsVideo
On Wednesday, Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Ron Hextall acknowledged he would have to jettison one of the nine NHL-caliber defensemen he had under contract. On Saturday, he did so. Right-handed John Marino, who never quite lived up to the promise he showed as a rookie in 2019-20, was traded to...
Penguins sign 1st-rounder Owen Pickering to entry-level contract
The Pittsburgh Penguins signed defenseman Owen Pickering to a three-year entry-level contract Saturday. According Cap Friendly, the contract will carry a salary cap hit of $950,000. Pickering was the team’s first-round pick (No. 21 overall) at the NHL Draft earlier this month. The contract will begin when Pickering commences his...
Penguins prospect Tristan Broz moves past a rough freshman seasonVideo
Pittsburgh Penguins forward prospect Tristan Broz is as Minnesota as a Minnesotan can get. First, as a high schooler, he suited up for the Blake School and played for Rob McClanahan, a member of the 1980 United States Olympic team and a vaunted son of the self-titled State of Hockey....
Mark Madden: Flyers continue to look foolish with offseason decisions
The Pittsburgh Penguins aren’t in prime position. Not like from 2008-18. They’re a pretty good team, no better. Their stars are aging. They haven’t won a playoff series since ’18. They have few prospects to refresh with. They’re stale. Not a legit Stanley Cup contender. But it could be worse....
Tim Benz: Deciding on Tristan Jarry’s contract may be on a shorter timeline than we think
You can understand why Penguins general manager Ron Hextall responded to the question the way he did Wednesday afternoon. A wry half-smile, a quick toss of the hand and a slight shake of the head. As of Wednesday, NHL teams were allowed to start signing players to contract extensions if...
Penguins forward prospect Lukas Svejkovsky can be ‘pretty special’ with the puck
Lukas Svejkovsky finished as the leading scorer of the Western Hockey League’s Medicine Hat Tigers last season. And he didn’t play a game for them beyond Dec. 27. That’s when he was traded to the Seattle Thunderbirds. In a testament to how prolific Svejkovsky was and how putrid the Tigers...
Former Penguins forward Anthony Angello signs with Blues
Former Penguins forward Anthony Angello has signed with the St. Louis Blues. According to a release from the Blues, Angello agreed to a one-year, two-way contract. According to capfriendly.com, it pays $750,000 at the NHL level with a $300,000 guarantee. A fifth-round pick (No. 145 overall) in 2014, Angello, 26,...
Rickard Rakell wants to show he can do more with the PenguinsVideo
Like most people with a vested interest in the Pittsburgh Penguins, Rickard Rakell was pretty happy when word came out late Tuesday night that superstar forward Evgeni Malkin would re-sign with the club. Rakell’s enthusiasm, however, was somewhat selfish. That’s because Malkin might be Rakell’s regular center moving forward. “I...
Penguins A to Z: Jason Zucker just needs to stay healthyVideo
With the Penguins’ 2021-22 season coming to a quick ending in the first round of the playoffs, the Tribune-Review will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at the 54 individuals who were signed to an NHL contract entering this offseason – including those whose deals do not begin...
First Call: NHL moves that impact the Penguins; Steelers player that may help you win money
Thursday’s “First Call” takes a look at how some other teams in the Penguins’ division were impacted by NHL free agency. Local star Vince Trocheck has a new home. Some Penguins-killers are on the move. Pat Freiermuth may be on the verge of making some money for Steelers fans. And...
U mad, bro?: Steelers fans are sure that they hate Acrisure Stadium; Penguins fans aren’t thrilled with free agency
The Steelers announced that they are giving the naming rights for Heinz Field to some company you’ve never heard of, from a city that isn’t Pittsburgh. The Penguins are bringing back a team that won’t change at all from the team that has failed to win its last five playoff...
Coming off injury, forward Drake Caggiula signs 1-year deal with Penguins
Forward Drake Caggiula will get a chance to bounce back from injury with the Penguins next season. Caggiula, 28, signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Penguins on Wednesday. It pays $750,000 at the NHL level. Caggiula is recovering from February surgery to repair a herniated disc in his neck....
After re-signing Evgeni Malkin, Penguins believe they can still ‘do special things’
If you were surprised by the new contract Evgeni Malkin signed with the Pittsburgh Penguins late Tuesday night — it was announced at 11 p.m. to be precise — you weren’t alone. Penguins general manager Ron Hextall was as well, to a certain extent. After reports Monday proclaimed Malkin was...
Penguins bring back forward Josh Archibald
The Penguins have brought back forward Josh Archibald on a one-year, one-way contract worth $900,000. A sixth-round pick (No. 174 overall) of the Penguins in 2011, Archibald returns to the franchise after spending parts of the past four seasons in the Western Conference with the Arizona Coyotes and Edmonton Oilers....
Penguins sign ex-Lightning defenseman Jan Rutta, create surplus on blue line
Penguins general manager Ron Hextall is sure of two axioms regarding his defense. He currently has nine NHL-caliber defensemen under contract. And not all of them will be on the roster when the Penguins open the 2022-23 season with a home contest against the Arizona Coyotes on Oct. 13. Figuring...
Goaltender Louis Domingue leaves Penguins to sign with Rangers
Arguably the most famous moment of Louis Domingue’s career happened in Madison Square Garden. And for the next two seasons, his career will unfold with the Rangers. On Wednesday, the now former Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender signed a two-year, one-way contract with the Rangers that carries a salary cap hit of...
Penguins slot free-agent goaltender Dustin Tokarski into 3rd spot on depth chart
The Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday brought back a familiar face to serve as the organization’s third goaltender. Dustin Tokarski, who spent the 2019-20 season with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League, signed a one-year, one-way contract for $775,000. Tokarski, who turns 33 in September, spent the past two...
