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It was a crazy off-season for the National Hockey League (NHL). Marc-Andre Fleury is now in Chicago. Jack Eichel has been stripped of his captaincy in Buffalo and is very likely never playing another game as a member of the Buffalo Sabres. There is a whole new team in the NHL in the Seattle Kraken,…

“As far as what I can see and how I feel, there’s zero doubt in my mind that the group that we have is a really good group and we had an opportunity here, and that’s why it stings so much.”   – Sidney Crosby, After Game 6 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania—As the final seconds ran off…

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania–In the early hours of April 12th, the trade deadline day for the NHL, the Pittsburgh Penguins announced they had acquired forward Jeff Carter from the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for a conditional 3rd round pick in 2022 and a conditional 4th round pick in 2023.  The 3rd rounder in 2022 can turn…

With the Penguins poised to qualify for the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs, Pittsburgh will be an intriguing team to follow during and on the NHL’s Trade Deadline, which ends at 3PM Eastern on April 12th. With so many teams still with a mathematical chance at a playoff spot in this shortened 56 game season, the…

With a shortened 2021 season that only has 56 games, the midway point of the season has certainly crept in on us a lot faster than normal.  At approximately the halfway point of this season, the Penguins stand with a record of 18-10-1 (37 points), which puts them in 3rd place in the NHL’s East…