Author: Nik Shermeto

PT ‘23 | 🇺🇸/🇨🇦 | Penguins writer for Inside The Rink | Thoughts are my own.

Penguins: Projecting the Outcome of Training Camp

Penguins training camp starts very soon, and this off-season will officially end. The Penguins made a bit of a surprising move yesterday, signing forward Colin White to a professional tryout offer. He is the second player (fourth overall) to be signed to a PTO for camp. Dubas has made it known this off-season that he […]

Penguins Add A Big Name To Their Front Office

The Pittsburgh Penguins added a new man to their front office staff today. GM Kyle Dubas announced that Doug Wilson, who was most notably the longtime GM of the San Jose Sharks, has joined the Pens as the senior adviser to hockey operations. Per the Pens, he will provide counsel, opinions, and expertise to hockey […]

Penguins Possibly Not Done Signing PTOs

The Penguins signed three players to professional tryout offers this week, and he may not be done adding. It’s now officially September, and training camp is only weeks away. For the Pens, there will be a few different entertaining roster battles to watch. There are a few different notable players who have not been signed […]

“AT&T” Dropped From Penguins New Channel Name

News came in earlier this week that the Fenway Sports Group (Penguins majority owners) were buying the AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh from Warner Bros. Studios. With this change, the channel was expected to receive a new name. Today, they got their new name, SportsNet Pittsburgh. Yes, they just dropped AT&T from the name. The channel will […]

If the Pens Want Tatar, Say Goodbye to Carter or O’Connor

The Penguins improved their bottom six this off-season with the free-agent signings they made and should have no problem with the defensive side of things. As for the offensive side? There’s still a problem there. They have no proven goal scorer in the bottom six. However, the rumors lately of the Pens going after Tomas […]

Are The Penguins Still Looking For Upgrades?

Lots of things can change in a short amount of time. After writing an article just yesterday about how it’s pretty unlikely that the Pens are going to make any moves, it seems that I was possibly wrong. After the Pens acquired Erik Karlsson in the blockbuster deal of the summer, it seemed like Dubas […]

Opinion: Penguins Rumors Are Out of Control

The offseason is still in its boring era, and rumors are running rapidly around Twitter(X) and other places about several players possibly joining the Penguins this offseason. These rumors are getting to a point of absurdity, leading to me writing this piece. A lot of these rumors are NOT TRUE THEY ARE FAKE FALSE NEWS […]

Penguins: Possible PTO Signings (If Needed)

As of right now, the Pens roster looks mostly prepared for the upcoming season but will have some moves to make to become complicit with the salary cap. Now, of course, there is the ongoing waiting game to see if Erik Karlsson will end up here in Pittsburgh. If that happens, this could once again […]

Penguins: Erik Karlsson Trade Updates

Nothing much is going on around the league right now. We’ve reached the boring point in the off-season where nothing really happens, and rumors have gone quiet for the most part. However, I need to write about something, so let’s talk about Erik Karlsson some more because that’s the only exciting thing going on with […]

Penguins: Top Breakout Candidates For 2023-24

It’s now July 20th. Most of the big moves and signings have already been made, and fans have a basis on what each team is going to look like heading into next season. GM Kyle Dubas has done a great amount of work to reshape the Penguins team that failed to make the playoffs. With […]