Penguins Spoil Guentzel’s Homecoming, Ambush ‘Canes 4-1
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by Rick Buker
19h ago
During the old Lone Ranger TV series from the 1950s, those who watched the hero save the day before blazing off into the sunset on his trusty steed Silver often asked, “Who was that masked man?” Borrowing from that time-honored question, I’d like to ask who those guys were wearing the black-and-gold uniforms at PPG Paints Arena last night. The ones who played a surprisingly smart, patient and spirited game en route to a crisp 4-1 victory over the Hurricanes. Maybe they’ll come back for another visit real soon. All goofiness aside, I couldn’t be more pleased with how our Penguins played. Even ..read more
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Penguins Promote Sam Poulin
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by Rick Buker
19h ago
Just a quickie bulletin. In the wake of the latest injury to hard-scrabble (and hard-luck) forward Noel Acciari, the Penguins have recalled former first-round pick Sam Poulin. Finally. Amid a season pock-marked by his own stints on IR, the 6’1″ 208-power forward has been a force when healthy, to the tune of 13 goals and 27 points in 36 games for the Baby Pens. Although a left shot, Poulin’s versatile and can play either wing or center. This won’t be the 23-year-old’s first taste of the bigs. Sam skated in three games with the Pens early last season and tallied an assist while averaging a shad ..read more
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Avalanche Bury Fragile Penguins in OT
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by Rick Buker
3d ago
Back in the 1970s, the theme song to the movie Love Story (ironically about a hockey player) began with the lyric, “Where Do I Begin?” Well that’s where I am now. Where do I begin to tell the story of the Penguins 5-4 come-from-in-front crumble of an overtime loss to the Avalanche yesterday afternoon? Perhaps how do I begin is more appropriate. For 30 minutes or so the Pens skated circles around the Central Division leading Avs while piling up a seemingly insurmountable 4-0 lead. Then they proceeded to give it right back, in a collapse so thorough and stunning that it almost defies descriptio ..read more
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Has Kyle Dubas Failed the Penguins?
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by Rick Buker
3d ago
As the Penguins free-fall toward a second straight non-playoff season, an increasing number of folks are pointing an accusatory finger at POHO/GM Kyle Dubas. After all, he turned over roughly half the roster after taking charge last summer. This team has his fingerprints all over it. It’s his baby, so to speak. Or at least his attempt to resuscitate the baby. More to the point, has Dubas failed the Pens? The results sure aren’t what anyone expected. In the deepest, darkest recesses of a doubting mind I thought we might be this bad, primarily due to an aging roster. But a more hopeful part of ..read more
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Benn There, Done That: Penguins Lose Again
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by Rick Buker
3d ago
The Penguins continued their stretch run plummet with a 4-2 loss to the Stars last night in Dallas. About the only thing missing aside from timely scoring, airtight defense and clutch goaltending on our part were about 10 gratuitous shots of Jerry Jones cheering for his team. (Oops…wrong sport.) The game was pretty much standard fare for our Pens these days. We did some things right. We did more things wrong. On the plus side of the ledger? We grabbed an early lead on a dirty goal by Michael Bunting, the result of some determined cycling and a superb backhand pass from Evgeni Malkin behind th ..read more
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Penguins Update: Is Mike Sullivan Feeling the Heat?
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by Rick Buker
3d ago
As the Penguins lurch toward their second straight non-playoff season, it’s fair to say long-time coach Mike Sullivan is beginning to feel the heat. Indeed, media outlets that have traditionally been supportive of Sully are beginning to take a hard look at his performance behind the bench. Both Dan Kingerski of Pittsburgh Hockey Now and Hooks Orpik of Pensburgh have written excellent articles on the subject of late, well-worth the read. My personal take? I think the Pens should’ve made a clean sweep and replaced Sullivan when they fired GM Ron Hextall and POHO Brian Burke last summer. His sys ..read more
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Devils Pitchfork Tepid Penguins, 5-2
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by Rick Buker
6d ago
When I was a kid, my favorite ride at Kennywood Park was the Thunderbolt roller coaster. As I recall, a veritable thrill ride of dips, high-speed curves, climbs and drops. I especially loved the part where it plunged over the hill and toward the Mon River Valley below before racing to the climax. It reminds me a lot of last night’s 5-2 drubbing at the hands of the Devils and our season in general. Ironically, TV color analyst Mike Rupp also used the roller coaster analogy in his post mortem. We’re up, down and all around. Indeed, two days after a decisive victory over the Red Wings fanned our ..read more
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Former Penguin Konstantin Koltsov Passes Away
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by Rick Buker
6d ago
Sadly and tragically, former Penguins forward Konstantin Koltsov has passed away. He was just 42 years old. One of a string of European stretch picks drafted in the first round by then-Pens GM Craig Patrick in the late 1990s…Robert Dome (’97) and Milan Kraft (’98) were the others…Koltsov was selected with the 18th overall pick in 1999. The selection was met with raised eyebrows…Koltsov had yet to display a scoring touch in the Russian League (now the KHL). However, the Belarus native and nascent breakaway threat could skate like the wind. Unfortunately, much like future black-and-gold teammat ..read more
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Penguins Live to Fight Another Day, Flatten Red Wings 6-3
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by Rick Buker
1w ago
With their season and playoff hopes absolutely on the brink, the Penguins pulled together and drubbed the Red Wings at PPG Paints Arena last night, 6-3. In the process, keeping their flickering playoff hopes on life support. Both teams had played the day before, but you’d never have guessed it, at least on the part of our Pens. Fully grasping the gravity of the situation, we raced out of the starting blocks while piling up an early 16-3 edge in shots on goal and 1-0 lead on a tally that deflected in off Reilly Smith. The Wings counterpunched at 15:39 on a wicked wrister from between the circl ..read more
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Rangers Rip Penguins, 7-4
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by Rick Buker
1w ago
In a track meet of a Metro matinee matchup that featured tons of pulse-pounding, end-to-end action, the visiting Rangers prevailed yesterday afternoon, 7-4. In the process all but snuffing out the Penguins’ flickering playoff hopes. Our boys drew first blood at 2:36 of the opening frame on a long-range goal by John Ludvig, the second in two games for the rookie defender. It took all of 57 seconds for the Rangers to not only erase our lead but establish one of their own. At 3:07, Kaapo Kakko, rumored to be in play in a potential deal for Jake Guentzel, wristed the puck in from the doorstep fol ..read more
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