Pittsburgh Penguins

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 […]

Is John Gibson Done With the Ducks?

The veteran goaltender is reportedly looking for a change of scenery, but his contract might complicate a trade. Another domino appears ready to fall after the Ducks’ worst season in franchise history: Veteran Ducks goaltender John Gibson is apparently ready to move on from the team, according to a report Friday from the Daily Faceoff. It […]

Player Profile: Sam Lafferty

The Maple Leafs picked up six new players before the March 3rd deadline this season. One of those six was Sam Lafferty from the Chicago Blackhawks. Lafferty was in a trade deal that also included Jake McCabe. In exchange for these two players, Chicago would receive A 2025 first-round pick, a 2026 second-round pick, and […]

Ducks Move Kulikov to the Penguins

Have faith, Anaheim Ducks fans; there is some movement finally from General Manager Pat Verbeek. He moves out pending UFA Defenseman Dmitry Kulikov for a 2024 3rd Round Pick and veteran Left Wing Brock McGinn, retaining a portion of Kulikov’s salary. Anaheim Ducks Trade to Pittsburgh Penguins: Dmitry Kulikov 2009 1st Round Pick #14 overall […]

Bruins Wild Comeback Extends Win Streak To Six Games

Hanpus Lindholm scored the game-winning goal at 3:37 of overtime to give the Boston Bruins an improbable 6-5 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. Lindholm finished a four-point night and factored in the last four goals to help Boston move to a franchise-best 9-1-0 on the season. Sidney Crosby scored […]

Habs Battle Back to Beat Pittsburgh in Overtime

In overtime, the Montreal Canadiens snapped their two-game losing streak by beating the Pittsburgh Penguins. The visiting Pittsburgh Penguins got the first scoring chance of the game as they managed to get a quick shot on Samuel Montembault, who was making a start due to Jake Allen being out due to parental leave. A minute […]

Penguins Re-Sign Danton Heinen to One-Year Deal

The Pittsburgh Penguins did not offer a contract to restricted free-agent forward Danton Heinen earlier this month. Still, Wednesday, the team announced a one-year, one-way deal with Heinen with an average annual value (AAV) of $1 million per year. The former fourth-round pick (116th overall) of the Boston Bruins scored a career-high 18 goals with […]

Penguins: Kasperi Kapanen Files for Arbitration

Penguins RFA F Kasperi Kapanen has filed for arbitration, per the NHLPA. The 26-year-old Kapanen appeared in 79 games last season, in which he scored 11 goals and had 32 points in what was considered by many a very underwhelming season. He recorded 11 goals and 30 points in 40 games with the Pens the […]

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 […]