Author: Nik Shermeto

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

Pittsburgh Penguins Name Vukie Mpofu Director of Hockey Operations and Legal Affairs

The Pittsburgh Penguins have named Vukie Mpofu as the Director of Hockey Operations and Legal Affairs, per Kyle Dubas. He will be advising and assisting the Hockey Operations Department with player contract negotiations and ensuring that everything complies with the collective bargaining agreement and salary cap. He will also report to Dubas and will have […]

Taking More Looks at What Dubas Should Do This Offseason

In my last article, I looked at some of the top targets for the Penguins that they could acquire either through trades or in free agency. Today, I look at more likely moves that Kyle Dubas could make as the Pens’ interim GM, the player he should keep, and who the Penguins should take in […]

Penguins Hire Jason Spezza As Assistant General Manager

The Pittsburgh Penguins have named Jason Spezza as the team’s newest assistant general manager, per Kyle Dubas. Spezza will report directly to Kyle Dubas and help assist in all departments of hockey operations. Spezza spent last year as the special assistant to the general manager, spending time with all the different hockey departments. He helped […]

Penguins: Top Targets This Off-season

The Pittsburgh Penguins have about $20 million in projected salary cap to work with heading into the NHL Draft and Free Agency. Head Coach Mike Sullivan has let interim GM Kyle Dubas know that he’s looking for players with a particular trait to acquire. Players with speed. With about $20 million left, they want to bring […]

Kyle Dubas Has A History At The Draft

The Pittsburgh Penguins finally have a lottery pick for the first time in a long time. The Penguins have only had a handful of first-round picks in the past ten years, with them in “win now” mode. The Penguins have traded most of their first-round picks, along with top prospects, in exchange for players to […]

Sullivan Defends Power Play In End Of Season Presser

Pittsburgh Penguins Head Coach Mike Sullivan held his end-of-season press conference yesterday. While he had much to say about several topics, the power play was the most important. The power play this season had the very skilled players of forwards Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Jake Guentzel, and defenseman Kris Letang. The power play had a […]

Penguins Only Have Themselves To Blame For The Position They Are In

The Pittsburgh Penguins fell to the Chicago Blackhawks 5-2 last night in what may very well be the worst regular season loss in Sidney Crosby’s career. Not that he played badly; he looked like the best player on the ice. The loss was so atrocious that…words are hard to describe this one. It was fan […]

Evgeni Malkin #71 and Sidney Crosby #87 skating for the Pittsburgh Penguins

Game Preview: Chicago Blackhawks vs. Pittsburgh Penguins

The Pittsburgh Penguins (40-30-10) take on the Chicago Blackhawks (25-46-6) tonight in the biggest game of the Penguins’ season so far. The Penguins have won their past two games and are looking to make the playoffs, while the Blackhawks have struggled poorly this season and have the worst record in the Western Conference. They are […]

Pens Should Blame Themselves If They Don’t Make the Playoffs

The Penguins have two games left in their regular season, and for the first time since Sidney Crosby was a rookie, it doesn’t look like this team is going to the postseason. If they want to make the playoffs, they need the Florida Panthers or New York Islanders to lose one of their last two […]

Penguins Fans Set To Become Caps, Flyers Fans For The Day

For the first time in NHL history, all 32 teams are playing today, just a week before the regular season ends. Three games are a much watch if you’re a fan of a team in the Eastern Conference. Those three games are the Pittsburgh Penguins versus the Detroit Red Wings (in which the Penguins are […]