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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 […]

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Ryan Graves on the ice versus the New York Rangers

Player Profile: Ryan Graves

As the offseason came into view for the Pittsburgh Penguins after the 2022-23 season, one of the many issues that needed to be addressed was that of the blue line. Pittsburgh’s defense for the majority of the past season was both inconsistent and injured, and while some of these issues were out of the control […]

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Kevin Labanc Season Preview

Kevin Labanc is the San Jose Sharks version of The Rorschach test. The analytics say he is good, but there is a reason that David Quinn is the third straight coach to have Labanc in his proverbial doghouse. As Kevin Labanc starts his eighth season in the NHL, what has he established himself as? Early […]

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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 […]

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Mike Hoffman Season Preview

Forever Shark Mike Hoffman will finally make his San Jose Sharks debut this season. Hoffman spent a whole two hours with the Sharks in June 2018 after being acquired by the Ottawa Senators, where he was teammates with Erik Karlsson. He was then sent to the Florida Panthers for a handful of picks, including a […]

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Thomas Bordeleau Season Preview

This is going to be a big season for Thomas Bordeleau’s career. The former Michigan standout had a good first full season of professional hockey in San Jose, being named to the AHL All-Star team and finishing third on the San Jose Barracuda in points with 22 goals and 19 assists. He eventually got called […]

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Alexander Barabanov Season Preview

After being a minimal trade deadline deal in the Spring of 2021, Alexander Barabanov has become a top-6 player for the San Jose Sharks. Last season, Barabanov set career highs in nearly every category with 15 goals and 32 assists while averaging over 18 minutes a night in 68 games. Barabanov did deal with some […]

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Five Positive Predictions for the 2023-24 Ottawa Senators

The beautiful thing about August is your favorite hockey team hasn’t lost yet. I suppose they haven’t won either, but it’s the time of year when anything is possible, and we can focus on how everything will absolutely go according to plan. And for the Ottawa Senators, who play in a division where seven out […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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