Joona Koppanen – Page 3 – Pittsburgh Penguins

October, the first month of the Pittsburgh Penguins season has mercifully ended and our hometown heroes have not only sunk…

A little less than a month ago, I posted an article showing that last season’s opening night line-up was 30.0…

The Penguins placed three forwards on waivers today and sent six other players to their Wilkes-Barre/Scranton farm club. Andreas Johnsson,…

In our penultimate preseason game at PPG Paints Arena last night, a loaded Red Wings squad rallied from an early…

I could have called it. Our Pittsburgh Penguins made their first cuts. If you had paid even the most fleeting…

Wow. It’s sure been a whirlwind couple of days for our Penguins, hasn’t it? I’ll say this for Kyle Dubas.…

Rick Buker on Game 3 Post Mortem: Flyers 5, Penguins 2: “Hey Mike, Excellent point about being (way) overly perimeter focused. And it’s not just on the power-play. In the last…”
Rick Buker on Penguins Playoff Update: Is Something Wrong with Sid?: “Hey Other Rick, With all due respect, I’m going to disagree a bit with your take. The reason the Flyers…”
the Other Rick on Game 3 Post Mortem: Flyers 5, Penguins 2: “Rick, The problem starts with expectation. Expectations magnify when individuals over-estimate. When expectations aren’t being met, frustration grows and eventually…”
Mike on Game 3 Post Mortem: Flyers 5, Penguins 2: “Rick In my view, the power play is becoming overly perimeter-focused. We’re spending too much time moving the puck around…”
the Other Rick on Penguins Playoff Update: Is Something Wrong with Sid?: “Rick, Father time is an undefeated foe. Eventually, everyone falls victim to the pain of his fists. Someday, Sid and…”
Rick Buker on Penguins Playoff Update: Is Something Wrong with Sid?: “Hey Mike, Yeah, to my eye Sid just hasn’t had his usual hop, dating back to that incident in late…”