Matt Nieto

Pens Game Preview: vs. Toronto Maple Leafs

The Toronto Maple Leafs come into town tonight to take on the Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena at 7:00 PM Eastern. The Leafs are currently 10-5-3 with 23 points, while the Pens are 9-10-0 with 18 points. Both teams are playing their second game of a back-to-back. The Leafs lost in overtime 4-3 to […]

Penguins Roster Set for Game 1

The Pittsburgh Penguins play regular season hockey tonight. After a long offseason that saw many changes throughout the lineup, the final roster is set. Last night, the team revealed their final roster, with 10 of the 22 players on the team set to start their first season in the Steel City. With the acquisition of […]

Penguins Game Preview: Penguins vs Blackhawks

Tonight, the Pittsburgh Penguins open their 2023-24 season against the Chicago Blackhawks. The puck drops tonight at 8 P.M. Eastern at PPG Paints Arena in downtown Pittsburgh. The game can be watched on ESPN, Sportsnet, ESPN+, and TVA Sports. Blackhawks forward Connor Bedard will be making his NHL debut after being selected first overall in […]

Taking A Closer Look At Pittsburgh’s Bottom Six

Throughout the past few seasons, one of the biggest struggles for the Pittsburgh Penguins has been finding a consistent group of bottom-six forwards. Whether due to injury, age, or just plain lack of chemistry, there has not been much to say about the Penguins’ bottom lines over the past couple of years. However, this offseason […]

Jacob MacDonald Season Preview

Jacob MacDonald is the last man standing after a trade that sent Matt Nieto and Ryan Merkley to the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for MacDonald and Martin Kaut. The other three players are either not in the NHL anymore or on a different team. Ryan Merkley plays in the KHL, and Martin Kaut is in […]

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 […]

Oskar Lindblom Season Preview

Out of all of Mike Grier’s first crop of free agents, no one disappointed more than Oskar Lindblom last season. After being bought out by the Philadelphia Flyers, Mike Grier quickly signed Lindblom to a two-year $5 million contract. Lindblom was expected to come in and compete for the vacant winger position on the second […]

Logan Couture Season Preview

Leading the San Jose Sharks for the past three seasons has been arduous for forward Logan Couture. Despite the team’s lack of on-ice success, the Sharks’ captain turned back the clock and offensively put up the third-best season of his career. Couture scored 27 goals and 40 assists in 82 games this season, skating an […]

Ex-Sharks forward claims Barracuda coach forced him to fight each game

Former San Jose Sharks forward Martin Kaut claimed that he was forced by coaches to fight other players in order to be called up to the Sharks after an interview with a Czechia news outlet Sunday, July 16. iDNES, a Czech news outlet, released an interview with Kaut about his season in San Jose. Within […]

Penguins Need To Be Careful With Karlsson Talks

As of 4:47 p.m. on July 3rd, 2022, the Penguins remain in the battle to acquire the 2022-23 Norris Trophy winner Erik Karlsson. GM Kyle Dubas was a busy, busy man on July 1st when free agency opened, as he signed eight players, which is the most on the first day of free agency in […]