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Penguins Update: Ivory Soap Defense Won’t Leave a Mark

Back in the day, Ivory Soap boasted that it was so pure it wouldn’t leave a bathtub ring. As presently…

Penguins Update: When Push Comes to Shove

Noted philosopher and poet George Santayana once wrote, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” There’s…

Penguins Update: Car Bomb Returns

Daniel Carcillo’s career has come full circle. When the two-time NHL penalty king signed a tryout contact with the Penguins…

Penguins Need Some Nasty

I give new Penguins GM Jim Rutherford high marks for his off-season moves. Faced with dire cap constraints, he refused…

Penguins Free-Agent Update: Where’s the Beef?

In the wake of Ray Shero’s dismissal in May, Penguins owners Mario Lemieux and Ron Burkle repeatedly stressed the need to…

Penguins Deal Neal

It didn’t take long for new Penguins GM Jim Rutherford to swing his first high-impact trade. On June 27 he…

Penguins Hire Mike Johnston

Penguins GM Jim Rutherford announced today that he hired Mike Johnston as the team’s new coach, ending a prolonged three-week…

Back to the Future: Penguins Hire Jim Rutherford

When the Pittsburgh Penguins traded promising young goalie Jim Rutherford to Detroit back in 1974, nobody dreamed that one day…