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Ex-Penguins Update: Final 2025-26

With the Penguins’ season concluded and a paucity of fresh ideas in the ol’ brain pan, I thought I’d post…

Ex-Penguins Update: Olympic Break

With the NHL on pause for the Olympics, I thought it’d be an ideal time to check on former Penguins…

Ex-Penguins Update: One-Sixth Pole

I’ll begin my first Ex-Penguins Update of the season with a quiz. To borrow a catch phrase from the old…

Ex-Penguins Update: Final 2024-25

With the Stanley Cup Playoffs under way, it’s time to post my season ending Ex-Penguins Update. The name topping the…

Penguins Update: Ron Hextall Revisited

We all know the narrative regarding Ron Hextall’s brief tenure as the Penguins’ general manager. In the eyes of many,…

Ex-Penguins Update: Thirty-Three and a Third Edition

It’s been a while since I posted an Ex-Penguins Update. With a little time to kill between games and no…

Penguins Update: Panning for Prospect Gold

I confess, I only watched tiny snippets of the recent Penguins games at the NHL Prospects Challenge in Buffalo. Contests…

Would the Penguins Be Better Off If Jim Rutherford Were Still in Charge?

I was scanning the hockey sites Wednesday night for trades and other pre-draft activity when I noticed the Canucks made…