Eddie Johnston – Pittsburgh Penguins

Before I begin my ramble, I need to state up front that I have absolutely no connections to the Penguins.…

Back in the early 1980s, then-Penguins coach Eddie Johnston borrowed the basketball pick play from good friend and Boston Celtics…

A strange thing happened last night. Our Penguins were eliminated from qualifying for the postseason for the first time since…

This past summer, plenty of Penguins fans were clamoring for a tear down. Let Geno, Tanger and the other free…

It’s a Wonderful Life is one of my all-time favorite movies. As the story unfolds, the main character George Bailey…

The other day I posted an article listing the ten best trades in Penguins history. You’ve probably been waiting for…

Perhaps it was the recent expose of my sorely lacking talent-evaluation chops. My literary rambling appears to have shaken loose…

I was pondering the present state of our Penguins this morning, when a question popped into my head. Will the…

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