By Dan Scifo From the Point contributor PITTSBURGH – The frustration has reached a boiling point for captain Sidney Crosby and the struggling Pittsburgh Penguins. Crosby was frustrated enough to drop his gloves for just the seventh time in his career, but counterpart – and recent nemesis – Brandon Dubinsky got the last laugh. The…
(Editor’s note – Vince Comunale currently covers the Penguins and National Hockey League for the Fischler Report and the Sports Xchange, he can also be heard Wednesday afternoons at 5:30 as he joins Penguins Live on Penguins Radio 24-7 to talk hockey with Brian Metzer) By Vince Comunale @PGHVC Special to From the Point The…
By Dan Scifo From the Point Contributor PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Penguins are looking to re-discover the consistency they played with in the early portions of the season. The Penguins fell flat one game after a come-from-behind win as Nashville backup goaltender Carter Hutton turned aside all 21 shots faced for his second career shutout,…
By Dan Scifo From the Point contributor PITTSBURGH – It may be a good time for the Pittsburgh Penguins to take a break. The struggling Penguins, still recovering from an injury-riddled December, battled past regulation the final two days before the upcoming All-Star break, but couldn’t find a way to snap a pesky losing streak….
By Dan Scifo From the Point Contributor PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins may have endured an off-season of widespread change and personnel moves. But Sidney Crosby remains and, with the reigning NHL MVP leading the way, the Penguins resembled the same ultra-talented, high-powered groups of the past. Crosby enjoyed a three-point night with two goals…
By Brian Metzer In light of the absurd story coming out of Ottawa this morning about Sidney Crosby having been arrested overnight, I figured I couldn’t sit on this any longer. The guy has sticky fingers. You heard me! The Penguins captain once stole my pen and I wrote about it back on November 26,…
By Brian Metzer The Penguins are setting them up and knocking them down on the opening day of free agency. They follow up the signing of Christian Ehrhoff by bringing a gritty bottom six winger in Blake Comeau and goaltender Thomas Greiss. Comeau signed a one-year, $700,000 dollar deal, while Greiss gets one-year, $1 million…
By Brian Metzer The Penguins knew that they were going to lose Matt Niskanen today, what no one seemed to realize was that they had a plan to replace him just moments after the start of free agency. The team announced the signing of Christian Ehrhoff to a one-year, $4 million dollar contract shortly after…
By Brian Metzer The NHL Draft is in the books and we are now just 10 minutes away from the Free Agent Frenzy. The two events come together to form a one-two punch of a hockey holiday for fans, media peeps and all who enjoy the National Hockey League. In this case, it actually coincides…
By Brian Metzer One thing about Jim Rutherford’s tenure in Pittsburgh thus far is that he has been pretty forthright with information and isn’t shy about telling the media exactly what he was thinking in a given situation. That was again the situation today as he talked openly about his draft and how the selections…
