Evert Nelson/The Capital-Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK Your mom’s daytime soap operas got nothing on this cluster Two months ago, Bob Huggins was the most revered person in West Virginia. The man, who left a job at Kansas State after only one year to become the head coach at his alma mater, owned a deity-like…… read more »
The first wave of NHL free agency has passed, but there still is plenty to be decided this summer. Follow this tracker for news and analysis.… read more »
The Pittsburgh Penguins opened the month of July with a bang when they re-signed starting goaltender Tristan Jarry to a five-year contract that has an average annual value (AAV) of $5.375 million. Up until the Jarry signing, Kyle Dubas, president of hockey operations, was being hailed as the savior Pittsburgh had been waiting for. Not…… read more »
The Detroit Red Wings selected Czech forward Filip Zadina with the sixth overall pick in the 2018 NHL Draft. Taken in the same draft class as Buffalo Sabres’ defenceman Rasmus Dahlin and Carolina Hurricanes forward Andrei Svechnikov, the sheer amount of talent in that first round meant that Zadina entered the NHL with high expectations.…… read more »
It must be a weekend in the summer – time for the hard-hitting analysis to talk and rank the numbers for the Penguins’ new players. 12 new numbers were announced, but perhaps thankfully for the dear readers we’re going to trim things down and only discuss the likely NHL talent and most important new additions…… read more »
For the past week or so, the rumour mill has run rampant with the idea of Erik Karlsson being traded from San Jose. One of the two teams featured in those rumours is the Pittsburgh Penguins. On Thursday in The Athletic, Penguins beat writer Josh Yohe authored an article entitled “Eric Karlsson is precisely what…… read more »
Italy trip cancelled. 9 Mountaineer players have entered the transfer portal so far this offseason. 7 are gone, 1 is weighing options in the portal, and 1 came back to WVU. Let’s discuss. If there were only 6 guys on the roster in a home game, would you let the bench guy run out on…… read more »
The Pittsburgh Penguins signed forward Andreas Johnsson to a one-year, $800,000 contract, president of hockey operations Kyle Dubas announced Friday. Johnsson, 28, spent the 2022-23 season with the New Jersey Devils and San Jose Sharks but played in only 13 games, recording three assists, after losing his spot among the Devils’ core of young forwards.… read more »
The Penguins agreed to terms on Friday with two more free agents with NHL experience to help bolster the depth of their team. Up first was Vinnie Hinostroza. Hinostroza played 26 games in Buffalo last year, recording 11 points (2G+9A) and also played in the AHL for the first time since the 2017-18 season. The…… read more »
This topic was discussed here at Pensburgh earlier this week and since then there hasn’t been much reported movement on the Karlsson front but until we are told otherwise it’s safe to assume the Penguins are still an interested party. Josh Yohe of The Athletic published a piece on Thursday in support of the move,…… read more »