The Pittsburgh Penguins named Vukie Mpofu the new director of hockey operations and legal affairs. The 27-year-old has spent the past two seasons with the Los Angeles Kings as the manager of hockey operations and legal affairs, assisting with player contract negotiations, managing salary cap and collective bargaining issues and helping with employment contracts.… read more »
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Liverpool owners buy team in new golf league backed by Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods
TGL is set to launch in February 2024 and has a number of high-profile investors… read more »
Vukie Mpofu named Pens Director of Hockey Operations and Legal Affairs
The Penguins have announced that they’ve hired Vukie Mpofu as the team’s Director of Hockey Operations and Legal Affairs. The 27-year-old Saskatoon native’s primary roles with the team will consist of ‘advising and assisting Pittsburgh’s Hockey Operations Department with player contract negotiations, ensuring compliance with the collective bargaining agreement and salary cap, and taking an…… read more »
Penguins Still Exploring Options in Net
The Pittsburgh Penguins named Kyle Dubas president of hockey operations on June 1. The Penguins have several players who will hit the market as unrestricted free agents (UFAs) on July 1. There is no denying that Pittsburgh struggled at the goalie position this season, and with free agency looming Dubas has some big decisions to…… read more »
Josh Eilert has a tough task ahead of him
WVU Athletics If the new interim Mountaineer head coach wants to avoid damaging his legitimacy, there has to be difficult conversations The search for Bob Huggins’ successor at West Virginia ultimately circled back to the logical choice with Josh Eilert being promoted to interim head coach, but the process was marred by confusion and speculation.…… read more »
Josh Eilert named interim coach of the Mountaineers
Nelson Chenault-USA TODAY Sports WVU spent even days looking for a new basketball coach following Bob Huggins’ resignation, and ultimately ended up circling back to the obvious, day one answer. West Virginia’s basketball coaching search is over, at least until the Spring. Josh Eilert, a longtime member of the Mountaineer basketball staff, has been named…… read more »
Kyle Dubas names Phil Kessel trade as reason to avoid buyouts
It turns out former Penguins GM Jim Rutherford is part of the reason Mikael Granlund likely isn’t going to get bought out this offseason. New president of hockey operations Kyle Dubas said during his media availability in Cranberry Friday that he sees buyouts as a “last resort,” in part because of the deal Rutherford made…… read more »
Kerr Kriisa and Joe Toussaint join Tre Mitchell in the transfer portal
Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Things seem to be getting messy in Morgantown Following the fallout of the resignation of Bob Huggins as the head coach of the West Virginia Mountaineers, three players have announced their intent to enter the NCAA Transfer Portal. Tre Mitchell, Kerr Kriisa and Joe Toussaint have all announced their intent…… read more »
3 Moves the Penguins Need to Make to Win the 2024 Stanley Cup
The Pittsburgh Penguins have grown accustomed to certain NHL luxuries under Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. Consistently winning, making the playoffs, and competing for the Stanley Cup were absent from the PPG Paints Arena for many years before Sid the Kid and Gino arrived. Including 2020’s play-in tournament, Pittsburgh hasn’t made it out of the…… read more »
Penguins announce pre-season schedule, with one special standout
One such minor note was announced on Friday when the Pittsburgh Penguins officially released their 2023 pre-season schedule. Most of that is standard stuff and features one home and away game with the traditional, geographically-friendly teams that the Penguins play all the time these days in the pre-season with matchups against Detroit, Columbus and Buffalo.…… read more »