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Penguins Playoff Update: A Word from Captain Obvious

Question. What do Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner, William Nylander, John Tavares, Mika Zibanejad, Artemi Panarin, Vladimir…

Recalling Our Own Game 7 Catastrophe: The Best Penguins Team to Never Win a Cup

As disappointed as I was with the Penguins’ sorry finish to the season, I can’t imagine how hockey fans are…

Penguins History Repeating Itself

Back in 1995-96, the Penguins boasted a powerhouse team. Paced by the lethal Mario Lemieux–Ron Francis–Jaromir Jagr line, which combined…

Top Ten Penguins of All-Time

In keeping with my list theme, I thought I’d wrap up the summer by sharing my top ten Penguins of…

Ten Best Penguins Trades of All-Time

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

Penguins Update: Can Mike Sullivan Adjust?

Lately I’ve spent a good deal of cyber type defending Penguins coach Mike Sullivan in articles and comments. And just…

Look Out Loretta! Penguins Mike Lange Retires

Nineteen-seventy-four was a magical time. It was the year it all came together for me as a young hockey fan.…

Penguins Update: No Joy in Mudville

Oh, somewhere in this favored land (Seattle) the sun is shining bright; the band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts…