NHL News: The Sucker Punch Heard ‘Round the World

In last night's preseason action, one of the new Montreal Canadians, Max Domi, got involved in a questionable play with Florida Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad. With the Canadians on the power play, Max Domi and Aaron Ekblad got mixed up a bit in the corner.  There were some cross-checks thrown by both players, however, Domi …

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Pre-Game Thoughts for Preseason Game 2: Penguins @ Detroit

A few quick comments on last night's game versus Buffalo first: I only saw the last 5 minutes of the game, so I don't have a lot to say until I watch the replay later. Sprong will be in the lineup again tonight, and probably needs to have a disciplined game.  He had a bad …

Pre-Game Thoughts for Preseason Game 1: Penguins @ Buffalo

Here are a few things heading into tonight's first preseason game against Buffalo.  The game is supposed to be televised on NHL Network tonight.  If it is, I'll have some live feedback going during the game. For the Penguins, they are expected to dress the following players: Goaltenders:  DeSmith, Jarry Defense:  Ruhwedel, Maatta, Elliott, Riikola, …

Quick Hits: Penguins Camp Day 4

Finishing out the scrimmage tournament today, here are a few more thoughts on how things may be shaping up heading into preseason games this week: Forwards If I had to make my guess on forward lines to start the season, they would likely be as follows, when the team is 100% healthy: Guentzel-Crosby-Sprong ZAR-Malkin-Kessel Hagelin-Brassard-Hornqvist …

Penguins Camp Summary: Days 1-3

I was away with family this weekend, so I didn't get to keep an eye on camp as much as I would have liked, but, there were several interesting developments: The Penguins top 2 lines for the majority of camp featured Guentzel-Crosby-Sprong and Aston-Reese--Malkin--Kessel.  Those groupings were rarely apart, and, going into early pre-season games, …

Prospects Tournament: Sabres vs Penguins, 12:30pm

Since this game is being streamed live via Sabres.NHL.com, I'll try and offer some feedback on the game as I can.  Can't watch everything, and not necessarily looking to give live feedback on the score, but more on particular players. Live Updates: 12:40pm: FYI, Rasmus Dahlin, the #1 overall pick this year, is not playing …

Prospects: Penguins vs Bruins, 3:30pm

I'm not there in Buffalo.  So far, only Buffalo has said they will stream their games (Pens prospects play Buffalo Monday at 12:30pm).  So, I'll rely on passing some information on that has come from other sources over Twitter to post some updates today on what is being said about the players and games today. …

Quick Hits 9/4: Unsigned RFAs in the NHL

Today is September 3rd, and most NHL training camps begin within the next two weeks.  While the majority of teams have done all their free agent shopping and may be looking to add a PTO player here or there, there are still 12 players who are Restricted Free Agents (RFA) that are unsigned. All 12 …

8/30 Quick Hits

Penguins hockey news was alive and well today, as 3 players held an informal workout at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex.  Led by the instruction of Jay Caufield, Jake Guentzel, Jack Johnson, and Chad Ruhwedel took the ice for some drills and shots on a couple of local goalies.  It's nice to see these guys …

8/28 Quick Hits

Quick hits will be an occasional blog post with minor Penguins related news, not really large enough for its own blog.  Look for Quick Hits to occur throughout the year.  Today, I am going to take a look at what some of the Penguins prospects are doing, as Canadian Hockey League and Europe leagues are …