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Forward Anthony Mantha felt ‘right at home’ with the Penguins
The 2025 offseason was fairly mundane for the Pittsburgh Penguins, at least when it came to altering the playing roster. Penguins management hit the bargain bin looking for gently used options on the free agent market. Arguably, the biggest name they signed was forward Anthony Mantha. And his name was...
Penguins A to Z: Alex Alexeyev may have to go elsewhere for another 2nd chanceVideo
With the Pittsburgh Penguins entering the offseason after a brief return to the postseason, TribLive will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at all 53 individuals signed to an NHL contract — including those whose deals do not begin until future seasons — with the organization. Starting with...
Tim Benz: The Penguins’ Evgeni Malkin decision will be the ultimate test of Kyle Dubas’ conviction
At this point, we’ve heard every reason why the Penguins should let Evgeni Malkin retire this summer or walk away as an unrestricted free agent to play elsewhere in 2026-27. Malkin will turn 40 on July 31. He’s a wing now, not a center. He only played 56 games this...
A career year could mean a big payday for Penguins defenseman Ryan Shea
After being installed as the Pittsburgh Penguins’ president of hockey operations in June of 2023, Kyle Dubas splurged when the free agent market opened approximately one month later. The likes of forwards Lars Eller, Noel Acciari and Matt Nieto as well as defenseman Ryan Graves and goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic were...
Penguins A to Z: It never panned out for Sebastian AhoVideo
With the Pittsburgh Penguins entering the offseason after a brief return to the postseason, TribLive will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at all 53 individuals signed to an NHL contract — including those whose deals do not begin until future seasons — with the organization. Starting with...
Mark Madden: Connor McDavid’s clock is ticking, and Edmonton isn’t helping
The Edmonton Oilers’ window to win a Stanley Cup might be slamming shut on Connor McDavid’s legacy. After losing the last two Stanley Cup finals, the Oilers got eliminated by the Anaheim Ducks in this year’s first round and looked “mediocre” all season, to quote McDavid. (Not exactly what a...
Madden Monday: On Sidney Crosby’s future — ‘I don’t think he’s going anywhere. Period’
Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby is eligible for another contract extension this offseason. Based on his 74 points in 68 games this season, there’s no reason to believe the Penguins wouldn’t want to give him one. The question is, though, does he want to sign one? Given his age and...
Penguins forward Connor Dewar found a fit. But will he stay?Video
It’s not the most creative name for a line. After all, it’s just the first letter of the last name of all three forwards who skate on it. But the Pittsburgh Penguins’ fourth line of Blake Lizotte, Noel Acciari and Connor Dewar stood out for a variety of reasons. “The...
Penguins A to Z: Noel Acciari did his job but it’s time to move onVideo
With the Pittsburgh Penguins entering the offseason after a brief return to the postseason, TribLive will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at all 53 individuals signed to an NHL contract — including those whose deals do not begin until future seasons — with the organization. Starting with...
Minor league report: Penguins drop Game 2, Nailers win seriesVideo
Goaltender Sergei Murashov made 24 saves on 26 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 2-1 loss to the rival Hershey Bears in Game 2 of an Atlantic Division semifinal series at Mohegan Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. The best-of-five series is tied, 1-1. Murashov’s postseason record slipped to 1-1....
Joe Starkey: Evgeni Malkin has earned proper sendoff from Penguins
The great Evgeni Malkin deserves a farewell tour. This should be an easy call, and if president of hockey operations Kyle Dubas isn’t willing to make it, then the Pittsburgh Penguins’ new owners should: bring back Malkin for one more season and send him off with all the respect and...
Penguins goaltender Arturs Silovs impresses despite injury
There weren’t many more ways Arturs Silovs could impress onlookers than with the determined effort he offered in net for the Pittsburgh Penguins in their final three games of the postseason. But on Friday, he managed to do that. During the team’s exit interviews in Cranberry, the goaltender revealed he...
Minor league report: Nailers drop Game 4 to Royals
Forward Mike Posma had a goal and an assist for the Wheeling Nailers, who lost, 3-2, in overtime to the Reading Royals in a North Division semifinal round series at Santander Arena in Reading on Friday. The Nailers lead the best-of-seven series, 3-1. Forward Nolan Renwick scored Wheeling’s other goal...
Penguins forward Sidney Crosby will ‘wait and see’ for contract extension
The Penguins have several pending free agents this offseason, and forward Evgeni Malkin is, by far, the most prominent. But one player’s contractual status looms over all others. Sidney Crosby. Crosby will be entering the final year of his current contract and is eligible to sign an extension as of...
‘I’m still kind of sick to my stomach’: Penguins’ Ben Kindel using last shift against Flyers as motivationVideo
Most Pittsburgh Penguins fans can’t tolerate rewatching Cam York’s series-ending overtime goal for the Philadelphia Flyers. Meanwhile, it sounds like Penguins rookie Ben Kindel can’t stop replaying it in his mind. “I’m still kind of sick to my stomach thinking about that last shift and how the season ended,” Kindel...
Evgeni Malkin and the Penguins will move forward, with or without one another
Evgeni Malkin understands quite well what a youth movement can mean. He saw it firsthand two decades ago when he helped usher in the Pittsburgh Penguins’ greatest era as a 20-year-old along with a handful of 19-year-olds in Sidney Crosby and Kris Letang. Today, approximately three months shy of his...
Penguins forward Filip Hallander returns to Sweden to resume training following blood clot
Pittsburgh Penguins rookie forward Filip Hallander has returned to his native Sweden to begin offseason training after being sidelined for the majority of the 2025-26 campaign due to a blood clot in an unspecified leg. Hallander will be reevaluated by the team’s medical staff at an unspecified date in the...
Penguins coach Dan Muse named finalist for Jack Adams Award
Pittsburgh Penguins coach Dan Muse was named a finalist for the Jack Adams Award, which is presented to “the coach adjudged to have contributed the most to his team’s success.” The NHL announced the finalists Friday. In his first year with the Penguins, Muse guided a Penguins team that entered...
Mark Madden: Penguins face emotional, roster-altering decision with Evgeni Malkin
To Geno or not to Geno? For the Penguins this off-season, that is certainly the most emotional question. Evgeni Malkin will be a free agent July 1. He wants to keep playing, and for the Penguins. He will be 40 when next season begins. Malkin smoothly switched from center to...
Beyond the Bylines: Steelers’ offensive tackle decisions, Penguins’ goalie plans, Pirates’ defense, 1980s board games
This week’s “Beyond the Bylines” covers lots of ground. Joe Starkey and I start off with the news about Broderick Jones failing to receive a fifth-year option from the Pittsburgh Steelers. Then we navigate the Steelers’ constant tinkering with the offensive tackle position, Mike McCarthy’s continued praise for Will Howard...
Minor league report: Penguins beat Bears in Game 1Video
Goaltender Sergei Murashov made 31 saves on 33 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-2 win against the rival Hershey Bears in Game 1 of an Atlantic Division semifinal series at Mohegan Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Thursday. Forwards Atley Calvert, Avery Hayes and Aidan McDonough, as well as defenseman...
Joe Starkey: Penguins’ old guys need help, not pink slips
I was in favor of a massive, tear-it-to-the-studs rebuild, and when we look back on all this in a year or two, I might still be proven right. Maybe that is what the Pittsburgh Penguins should have done. But president of hockey operations Kyle Dubas chose a different path, and...
Mark Madden: Penguins’ season was fun, surprising but, ultimately, wasted
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ first-round playoff loss to Philadelphia isn’t hard to analyze: They couldn’t score. A group that finished third in goals during the NHL regular season with 293 — the most by a Penguins team in the Sidney Crosby era — scored just 11 times in six playoff games....
What did the Penguins accomplish this season? And what’s the direction for 2026-27?
PHILADELPHIA — Sidney Crosby regurgitated the notion almost immediately. During a season-ticket holder event in Sewickley this past September, the Pittsburgh Penguins captain was asked about the idea of his team not being competitive — intentionally — for the 2025-26 season for the greater good of the franchise. In other...
Tim Benz: Dreams of a Penguins comeback become a nightmare with 1 shot
Thursday night’s Penguins-Flyers Game 6 had a hypnotic effect after a while. It was nearly 80 minutes of 0-0 hockey, but with innumerable huge saves, gorgeous scoring chances, turnovers, odd-man rushes, clean looks, deflected shots, near misses, gasps, shrieks and groans. The constant flow of failed high-danger attempts lulled me...
