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Ex-Penguins goaltending prospect Emil Larmi signs in Finland
Less than a week following their disappointing loss in the first round of the playoffs, a change has been made to the Penguins’ goaltending. Former prospect Emil Larmi has signed a two-year contract with the Lahden Pelicans of Finland’s Liiga. The team announced Larmi’s signing with a release. A native...
Penguins deadline acquisition Jeff Carter expected to be vital cog
Over the decade’s worth of NHL trade deadline-day deals between 2010-20, the Pittsburgh Penguins twice added former All-Stars, twice reunited with old friends and even twice added future Hall of Famers. But over that time span they never added a player who made an impact like Jeff Carter did after...
Minor league report: Nailers edged by Swamp RabbitsVideo
Goaltender Tommy Nappier made 33 saves on 36 shots for the Wheeling Nailers in a 3-2 road loss to the Greenville Swamp Rabbits at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena at Greenville, S.C. on Sunday. Defenseman Patrick McNally and forward Patrick Watling each scored goals for Wheeling (21-37-6-1) while forward Austin...
Penguins forward Jake Guentzel: ‘I let a lot of people down’Video
If there was ever a time that things felt just right for the Pittsburgh Penguins during their first-round series against the New York Islanders, it came during the early stages of Game 6 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, N.Y., on Wednesday. At 11 minutes, 12 seconds of the...
Minor league report: Nailers beaten by StingraysVideo
Goaltender Louis-Phlip Guindon made 44 saves on 50 shots for the Wheeling Nailers in a 6-2 road loss to the South Carolina Stingrays at the North Charleston Coliseum in North Charleston, S.C. on Saturday. Forward Patrick Watling recorded two assists for Wheeling (21-36-6-1) while forwards Matt Alfaro and Austin Fyten...
Penguins forward Kasperi Kapanen finds a ‘home’
Kasperi Kapanen’s first campaign as a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins didn’t go smoothly. When your individual season is delayed because you’re stuck on another continent because of a bureaucratic snafu related to a global pandemic, nothing is smooth. But when the talented winger was on the ice, he more...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: Bringing back Mike Sullivan is not a no-brainer for Penguins
Mike Sullivan will probably coach the Pittsburgh Penguins next season. But there might be some debate in management’s mind. Sullivan won Stanley Cups in 2016 and ’17. But his Penguins have been eliminated in the first round of the playoffs for three straight seasons. Recent bias does Sullivan no favors....
Penguins players brace for changes after latest playoff flameout
Bryan Rust’s future came into focus this week. He became a father. With his wife, Kelsey, welcoming son Hunter to the world, the Pittsburgh Penguins winger was succinct on what Sunday was like. “It’s the best day of my life.” As for life at the rink? That’s another matter for...
Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin ‘was not 100%’ during playoffsVideo
Penguins coach Mike Sullivan shed some light on the injuries his team was dealing with during its first-round playoff series with the New York Islanders. Forward Evgeni Malkin missed the first two games of the series with a right knee injury. It was the first time the team publicly identified...
Penguins’ Tristan Jarry: confidence unshaken, vows ‘I will be better next year’
Neither Tristan Jarry nor Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan would say if Jarry has been assured he will be the team’s No. 1 goalie when next season begins. But Jarry did vow his much-criticized showing during the playoffs has been put behind him. “I think that will make me a...
‘He’s a No. 1 goalie’: Penguins teammates stand behind Tristan Jarry
It remains to be seen if Tristan Jarry will still be the Pittsburgh Penguins’ No. 1 goalie when next season begins. Or if upper management has maintained confidence in him after a playoff showing that rated somewhere on the spectrum between slightly-below-average and downright poor. But judging by what some...
Penguins the nation’s most-watched NHL or NBA team on local TV
The Pittsburgh Penguins fell well short of winning the Stanley Cup. But they can claim superiority over the rest of their NHL franchise brethren. Penguins games on AT&T SportsNet this season drew an average rating of 7.79, according to a Sports Business Journal report that was confirmed by a release...
Maple Leafs’ John Tavares skates 1 week after scary injury
TORONTO — Toronto Maple Leafs captain John Tavares was back on the ice for a skate on Thursday, one week after suffering a concussion and a knee injury in a scary collision. Tavares skated at Scotiabank Arena with fellow Leafs forward Nick Foligno (lower-body injury), who will miss his third...
Change is coming to the Penguins, but how much?
UNIONDALE, N.Y. — A few days before the opening of the Stanley Cup playoffs, Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Ron Hextall acknowledged the reality looming in the upcoming offseason. There is an expansion draft, likely a flat salary cap and some of his team’s top players are entering the final year...
Mark Madden: After another early playoff exit, changes are needed within Penguins organization
It’s time for refreshing Pittsburgh Penguins notes, playoff edition: one-and-done for a third straight year, just like the Penguins. • The Penguins’ championship window closed after the 2018 playoffs. Do you believe me yet? They organically disintegrated. Just like Detroit, Chicago and Los Angeles before them. • Goalie Tristan Jarry...
Minor league report: Nailers win 1,000th game since arriving in WheelingVideo
Two goals by forward Tim Doherty led the Wheeling Nailers to a 5-1 home win against the Indy Fuel at WesBanco Arena in Wheeling, W.Va. The victory was the 1,000th for the franchise since it arrived in Wheeling in 1992 as the Thunderbirds. Forward Patrick Watling added a goal and...
Empty Thoughts: Islanders 5, Penguins 3
Observations from the Penguins’ 5-3 loss to the Islanders in Game 6: There’s going to be quite a bit written about what the Penguins will do over the next four months. This little corner of the Internet won’t delve into that too much. For the time being, let’s just focus...
Sidney Crosby not in favor of breaking up Penguins’ core
When Jim Rutherford abruptly resigned four months ago, a bunch of names were reported and suggested and presumably considered to replace him as Pittsburgh Penguins general manager. One high-profile figure, apparently, never applied. “I’ve never been one to try to be the GM,” Sidney Crosby said Wednesday, “and I’m not...
Tim Benz: How bad was Tristan Jarry’s goaltending? So bad that it may confuse the Penguins’ offseason plans
OK, Penguins fans. Now you can say it. Goaltending really did cost them a series. This wasn’t Matt Murray getting outdueled by Carey Price or Braden Holtby. Or Marc-Andre Fleury losing to Henrik Lundqvist twice. Or the Tampa Bay Lightning advancing by Fleury in a series when the power play...
Penguins enter uncertain offseason after being eliminated by Islanders
UNIONDALE, N.Y. — A favorite idiom of Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan is “high stakes.” He refers to it often when he evaluates his players and how they perform in “high-stakes” games. On Wednesday, the Penguins played in a game with the highest of stakes. Survival. They were unable to...
Islanders forward Oliver Wahlstrom a ‘game-time decision’ for Game 6
UNIONDALE, N.Y. – Officially, New York Islanders forward Oliver Wahlstrom is a “game-time decision” for Game 6 of his team’s first-round playoff series with the Penguins at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Wednesday. Unofficially, it’s difficult to envision seeing him suit up less than 48 hours after he suffered a...
Penguins recent elimination game history shows mixed results
The Pittsburgh Penguins will play the New York Islanders on Wednesday night in a game that could see the Pens eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoffs. A look back at recent games in which the Penguins faced a win-or-go-home scenario shows mixed results. The team has been 4-6 in their...
Tim Benz: Penguins must reverse recent trend of elimination-game failure to stay alive
Ever since the New York Islanders put the Pittsburgh Penguins on the brink of first-round elimination by winning Monday’s Game 5 in double overtime, you have heard a lot of talk from the Penguins about maintaining flickering faith based on their past playoff experiences. “Our players are well aware of...
U mad, bro?: Penguins fans boil over following Tristan Jarry’s Game 5 flub
I had to strategize around Penguins games to figure out when to release “U mad, bro?” this week. If I planned to post it in its usual Thursday morning slot, I’d have to wait until Wednesday night’s Game 6 between the Penguins and New York Islanders ended. And I’d have...
Penguins notes: Mood upbeat and light at practice
For the 21st time in the Sidney Crosby-Evgeni Malkin-Kris Letang era, the Pittsburgh Penguins are facing an elimination game Wednesday when they play Game 6 of their first-round series against the New York Islanders. “In my experience with this team, we rally around adversity,” coach Mike Sullivan said after practice...
