Mike Matheson

Another brutal season awaits the Montreal Canadiens

After a season where the team finished at the bottom of the Eastern Conference and an offseason that raises a lot of questions in two weeks, the Montreal Canadians will begin another long season. Last year this writer went on a Habs podcast and even wrote an article saying they would miss the playoffs after […]

Pittsburgh Penguins 2022-23 Season Preview

The Penguins are looking to make the playoffs for the 17th straight season and grab their first playoff series win since 2018. There will be a lot of different key factors that will go into this season, but if all of them come out positively, we could see the Penguins making another deep run that […]

Penguins: Current State Of The Roster

If anything from this off-season is guaranteed, the excuse of “The Penguins are running the same team back again” can not be used. Using Free Agency and making a couple of trades, the Penguins have made several changes to their team while keeping the core and all the star players. KEY DEPARTURES: F Evan Rodrigues […]

Montreal Canadiens acquire Mike Matheson from the Pittsburgh Penguins

On Saturday afternoon, the Montreal Canadiens general manager Kent Hughes announced the team had acquired the Montreal native Mike Matheson and a fourth-round pick in the 2023 NHL Draft for Jeff Petry and Ryan Poehling. Matheson is a 6 foot 2, 188-pound defenseman who is coming off a stellar year in the steel city, scoring […]

Rangers: Lackluster Effort Leads to Game 4 Loss; Season on the Line Wednesday

Just like that, the New York Rangers’ season is on the brink. The Pittsburgh Penguins put together back-to-back seven-goal efforts on the Rangers. Among notable issues, the Blueshirts don’t seem to have an answer for the Guentzel-Crosby-Rust line. They also don’t seem to have an answer for the Penguins’ power-play unit(s). It’s been all hands […]

Pittsburgh Penguins: Depth comes up huge in Game 3 Win

In Game 1, the Penguins would win a classic in 3OT, with 3 points by Bryan Rust and 2 points by Guentzel, Malkin, and Crosby. Game 2 was a 5-2 loss with goals by Guentzel and Crosby. If the Penguins were going to have any shot in game 3, they would need some more unexpected […]

Post Game Review: Penguins hold on in a close game against struggling Blues

Following a 4-1 loss to the Nashville Predators, Pens Head Coach Mike Sullivan stated, “I really liked our energy. I loved our effort. I thought we played the game hard tonight. We didn’t end up on the right side of the score. But I think if we bring that effort, we bring that commitment – […]