Jason Karmanos – Pittsburgh Penguins

Hi all. I’ve been focusing on another writing project and, frankly, needed to take a break from the blog. But…

I know this has about as much chance of happening as…say…a Brink’s truck loaded with gold bullion arriving at my…

I’m tempted to make some sort of clever reference to Alvin and the Chipmunks of cartoon and music fame. But…

Given the turbulent nature of the current off-season, I guess nothing the Penguins do should surprise me. Still, I admit…

In a move designed to help extricate the Penguins from salary-cap hell, general manager Jim Rutherford traded forward Nick Bjugstad…

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