‘Canes Top Crosby (oh…and Penguins too), 4-2
During our ill-fated 1975 playoff series against the Islanders, a potent Penguins team mysteriously stopped scoring. In an effort to…
Penguins Update: Nothing Could be Finer Than to be in Carolina…
Just play. It’s been the Penguins’ unofficial mantra ever since Mike Sullivan assumed the coaching reins from Mike Johnston back…
Penguins Update: The Neville Islanders and Other Assorted Silliness
Be forewarned…the following post contains all sorts of nonsensical ramblings from a loose-leaf mind. But what the heck. The other…
Armchair GMing the Penguins for 2023 – 2024, Counterpoint
Armchair GMing is one of my favorite things to do. I have freely offered my unsolicited advice to our Pittsburgh…
An Armchair GM’s Approach to Fixing Our Penguins
For the past few months I’ve written a lot about what’s wrong with our Penguins. With the team on the…
Penguins Blow Lead, Suffer Crushing Groundhog Day OT Loss to Islanders
You can blame this one on me. I had the lead-in to my Penguins-Islanders game summary all thought out. I…
Sputtering Penguins Can’t Hold Lead, Fall to Islanders 4-2
Another game. Another loss to a Metro rival and with it a missed opportunity to secure some much needed points,…
Penguins, DeSmith Implode in 5-4 Loss to Islanders
Back in the early 2000s there was a netminder named Roman Cechmanek whose puck-stopping was so erratic he was dubbed…