Contract Status: Jarry is an unrestricted free agent this offseason. Hidden stat: Jarry favored playing at PPG Paints (13-7-4, .913 SV%, 2.79 GAA) rather than on the road (11-6-3, .905%, .905 GAA.) Splits from Hockey Reference.… read more »
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Stan Savran, longtime Pittsburgh sports broadcaster, dies at age 76
Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 is sad to announce the passing of longtime sportscaster Stan Savran. Savran held several radio positions in Pittsburgh before a 10-year run here at WTAE-TV in the 80s. Watch above: Sally Wiggin talked to Savran about his life in a profile from 1991. After that, Savran served as a Pittsburgh Penguins…… read more »
2022-23 Season In Review: Jan Rutta
Fun fact: Rutta averaged 17:07 time on ice per game in 2022-23, the most for him since his rookie season in Chicago in 2017-18. Hidden Stat: He didn’t score much, but when he did it was usually early on: two of Rutta’s three goals scored this season were the opening goal of the game. Rutta…… read more »
Penguins 2022-23 Season Grades: Jarry and DeSmith
The 2022-23 season was a disappointing one for the Pittsburgh Penguins. In this series, we will look at groups of players, grade their season performance, and look at their future with the team, as the incoming general manager (GM) to be named assesses the situation. This time, we take a break from grading the skaters…… read more »
Penguins’ Mikael Granlund named top buyout candidate
The Penguins have six forwards signed for $5 million or more next season. The sixth is Mikael Granlund, who is signed on at $5 million per season through 2024-25. At Granlund’s production rate— he recorded one goal and four assists in 21 games for the Penguins last year, earning him a majority F grade on…… read more »
Friday Poll: Pick the Penguins best goal of 2022-23
Sadly, the Penguins didn’t score enough goals to win enough games this season, but they still managed to score a few fun ones along the way. Here are six candidates to be voted on by you the readers to win the title of best goal of the Penguins 2022-23 season. Watch them all then cast…… read more »
2022-23 Season in Review: Drew O’Connor
Contract Status: O’Connor is set to become a restricted free agent this offseason and will need a qualifying offer if the Penguins wish to keep his rights.. He is arbitration eligible. Fun fact: O’Connor represented Team USA at the 2023 IIHF World Championships, appearing in all 10 games where he recorded eight points. Hidden Stat:…… read more »
Penguins’ O’Connor and Poehling Deserve Another Chance in NHL
The Pittsburgh Penguins have finally named a new president of hockey operations, and a new era has officially begun for the club. Former Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Kyle Dubas will now be calling the shots in Pittsburgh. The core, made up of Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang, will not be around forever…… read more »
West Virginia’s Ceili McCabe to compete in National Championship
Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports west-virginia-mountaineers-wvu-football-basketball-baseball-sports-big-12-ncaa-news-links Welcome, By-Godders, to The Shotgun Throwdown, WVU’s best place for sports links, information, sophomoric humor, and daily distractions. Let’s get into it. WVU NEWS Football WVU football welcomes early enrollees The West Virginia football team has welcomed 11 early enrollees to Morgantown. The new Mountaineers will join the team for…… read more »
2022-23 Season In Review: Jeff Carter
Contract Status: Carter is signed for one more year at a salary cap hit of $3.125 million and will then be an unrestricted free agent. Fun fact: Carter won 59.4 percent of his face-offs during the 2022-23 season and was one of the top centers in the league on the draw. Because of the contract…… read more »