How will Sidney Crosby do this season? Sidney Crosby is one of the most talented and accomplished players in the NHL, but he is also coming off a wrist surgery that sidelined him for the start of the season. How will he perform when he returns to the ice? There are several factors that could…
The Penguins entered the Draft in Dallas with six picks but only used four of them. There might not be much quantity, but the organization is very happy with the quality of those players they selected. That assessment came directly from Penguins’ Director of Amateur Scouting Patrik Allvin. “I think with the picks we had…
The Penguins entered the draft with a couple of specific needs, which is a bit different than in some recent off-seasons. They hoped to add to the depth of their defensive pipeline as well as balance their wing situation by adding on the left side. They accomplished both goals with their first two picks selecting…
Nothing polarizes groups of people like a “best of” list. Anytime an individual or group comes together to decide the top, the best, or most outstanding of something, there are going to be omissions that lead to great debates. The ‘100 Greatest NHL Players’ announced Friday during a gala in Los Angeles as part the…
The NHL saw something begin on Jan. 1 that it has not seen in its storied 100 year history — bye weeks for its member clubs. Between Jan. 1 and April 9, all 30 clubs will send their players home, or wherever else they choose to go, for five days in what amounts to a…
The past few weeks have been filled with people, pundits and talking heads complaining about 2016. They were all anxious for a year full of disagreements, polarizing political races, religious upheaval and high profile celebrity deaths to become a blip in the rearview mirror. One person who might not complain if 2016 were to have…
If winning back-to-back Stanley Cups were easy, every good team that hoisted the 34.5-pound trophy would do it again and again. That’s the rub when it comes to winning the Cup. Only 13 of the 30 – soon to be 31 – teams in the NHL have won it more than once and just 10…
Have you ever heard of the Stanley Cup hangover? If not, you will at some point during the first two months of the 2016-17 season. It is an often-used idiom that comes up every hockey season when the defending Stanley Cup champion doesn’t win every game it plays in the beginning months of the season….
