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Joe Starkey’s Mailbag: Was the Jake Guentzel trade a sensible move for Penguins?
You ask. I answer. It’s time for “Mailing It In,” a weekly Q&A that appears Tuesdays at TribLive.com. Most of the questions come via X, but you can also hit me up at jraystarkey@gmail.com. Let’s gooooooo … Let’s Talk Pens, @LetsTalkPIT: If you could undo one move each for the...
Penguins A to Z: Sidney Crosby is beginning to show his age (slightly)Video
With the Pittsburgh Penguins entering the offseason after a brief return to the postseason, TribLive will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at all 53 individuals signed to an NHL contract — including those whose deals do not begin until future seasons — with the organization. Starting with...
Tim Benz: What Kyle Dubas will say (and what he probably wants to say) at his season-ending press conference
Pittsburgh Penguins president of hockey operations Kyle Dubas will be holding his season-ending press conference Tuesday afternoon. There will be plenty of topics to discuss. Will Dubas answer every question honestly, transparently and with as much detail as humanly possible? Pfft! No! C’mon. What general manager does that? Omar Khan...
Minor league report: Nailers drop Game 3 to Mariners
Forwards Blake Bennett, Logan Pietila and Zach Urdahl each scored goals for the Wheeling Nailers, who lost to the Maine Mariners, 6-3, at the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland, Maine, in Game 3 of the North Division Final on Monday. The Nailers lead the best-of-seven series, 2-1. Nailers goaltender Taylor...
Penguins A to Z: Connor Clifton proved to be more than just a salary dumpVideo
With the Pittsburgh Penguins entering the offseason after a brief return to the postseason, TribLive will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at all 53 individuals signed to an NHL contract — including those whose deals do not begin until future seasons — with the organization. Starting with...
Madden Monday: Penguins can’t let the Evgeni Malkin uncertainty equal the Steelers’ issues with Aaron Rodgers
Pittsburgh Penguins president of hockey operations Kyle Dubas will meet with the media on Tuesday. Those will be his first public comments since the playoffs ended April 29. The elephant in the room will be what the franchise plans to do with 39-year-old unrestricted free agent Evgeni Malkin. During this...
Penguins A to Z: Egor Chinakhkov finally found himselfVideo
With the Pittsburgh Penguins entering the offseason after a brief return to the postseason, TribLive will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at all 53 individuals signed to an NHL contract — including those whose deals do not begin until future seasons — with the organization. Starting with...
Minor league report: Nailers take 2-0 series lead against Mariners
Goaltender Taylor Gauthier made 32 saves on 33 shots for the Wheeling Nailers in a 4-1 win against the Maine Mariners in Game 2 of the North Division Final at WesBanco Arena on Saturday. Wheeling leads the best-of-seven series, 2-0. Gauthier’s postseason record improved to 6-1. Forwards Brayden Edwards, Logan...
Penguins forward Elmer Soderblom got the right experienceVideo
Elmer Soderblom’s first experience in the NHL postseason wasn’t gentle. On the first shift of his first career playoff game, he received a rough and tumble introduction to spring hockey. During Game 1 of the Penguins’ first-round playoff series against the Philadelphia Flyers at PPG Paints Arena on April 18,...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: The Penguins are moving too slowly toward being a contender
Alex Ovechkin very likely wants to play another season. The Washington Capitals don’t necessarily want that. Ovechkin scored 32 goals this season, but his mobility has declined. He might be 30 pounds overweight. But he’s the NHL’s all-time leading goal-scorer and the franchise’s best player ever. The Capitals can’t tell...
Penguins A to Z: It looks like the future is now for Harrison BrunickeVideo
With the Pittsburgh Penguins entering the offseason after a brief return to the postseason, TribLive will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at all 53 individuals signed to an NHL contract — including those whose deals do not begin until future seasons — with the organization. Starting with...
Minor league report: Nailers beat Mariners in Game 1
Forward Ryan McAllister’s goal at 3:10 of overtime gave the Wheeling Nailers a 4-3 win against the Maine Mariners in Game 1 of the North Division final series at WesBanco Arena in Wheeling, W. Va. on Friday. Forwards Blake Bennett and Mike Posma, as well as defenseman Tristan Thompson, all...
Penguins defenseman Parker Wotherspoon to play for Canada in IIHF World Championship
Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Parker Wotherspoon has been named to Canada’s roster for the upcoming International Ice Hockey Federation’s (IIHF) World Championship tournament. Hockey Canada announced its roster Friday. A native of Surrey, British Columbia, Wotherspoon set career highs this past season, appearing in 80 games and scoring 30 points (three...
Penguins A to Z: Tristan Broz has to stay healthy to become a full-timer NHLerVideo
With the Pittsburgh Penguins entering the offseason after a brief return to the postseason, TribLive will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at all 53 individuals signed to an NHL contract — including those whose deals do not begin until future seasons — with the organization. Starting with...
Minor league report: Penguins beat Bears to win semifinal seriesVideo
Forward Gabe Klassen had a goal and an assist for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton in a series-clinching 4-1 win against the rival Hershey Bears in Game 4 of an Atlantic Division semifinal series at the Giant Center in Hershey on Thursday. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton won the best-of-five series, 3-1. This marks the Penguins’ first...
Penguins’ Connor Clifton, Tommy Novak to play for United States in IIHF World Championship
Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Connor Clifton and forward Tommy Novak have been selected for the United States’ roster in the upcoming International Ice Hockey Federation’s (IIHF) World Championship tournament. USA Hockey announced its roster Thursday. Chicago Blackhawks forward Sam Lafferty, a native of Hollidaysburg, was also selected. Clifton, a native of...
Penguins re-sign pending free agents Connor Dewar, Ilya Solovyov
Joining the Pittsburgh Penguins represented different but fairly universal ideals to forward Connor Dewar and defenseman Ilya Solovyov. For Dewar, he just wanted to find a role as an NHLer, whereas Solovyov just wanted to play. Each of them will be able to continue those pursuits with the Penguins after...
Penguins prospect Bill Zonnon joins Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on tryout agreementVideo
Forward Bill Zonnon, one of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ top prospects, signed an amateur tryout agreement (ATO) with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League for the remainder of this season on Thursday. The Pittsburgh Penguins selected Zonnon in the first round (No. 22 overall) in the 2025 NHL Draft....
Rickard Rakell remains confident Penguins can winVideo
The last time the Pittsburgh Penguins entered an offseason with franchise icon Evgeni Malkin as a pending unrestricted free agent, they had to re-sign several other members of the club that qualified for the playoffs in 2022. One of those was forward Rickard Rakell, whom former general manager Ron Hextall...
Penguins A to Z: Even with his streakiness, Justin Brazeau broke throughVideo
With the Pittsburgh Penguins entering the offseason after a brief return to the postseason, TribLive will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at all 53 individuals signed to an NHL contract — including those whose deals do not begin until future seasons — with the organization. Starting with...
U mad, bro?: Penguins’ playoff exit, departing superstars, expanding NFL schedule have readers in a twistVideo
The Pittsburgh Penguins lost to the Philadelphia Flyers in the NHL playoffs. The NFL might mess with its schedule. Evgeni Malkin could leave Pittsburgh. Andrew McCutchen is grumpy about how he left the Pirates. You can probably imagine how all of that is going over with our readers. If you...
Minor league report: Nailers to face Mariners in North Division final
The Wheeling Nailers will face the Maine Mariners in the North Division final series of the ECHL’s Kelly Cup playoffs. That matchup was established after the Mariners claimed a 3-1 home win against the Adirondack Thunder in Game 7 of a North Division semifinal series on Tuesday. The schedule for...
Egor Chinakhov finally met great expectations with the Penguins
Pittsburgh Penguins president of hockey operations Kyle Dubas wasn’t necessarily optimistic about what forward Egor Chinakhov could do with the Penguins after he was acquired in a trade with the Columbus Blue Jackets on Dec. 29. No, it might be more accurate to suggest Dubas outright expected Chinakhov to do...
Penguins A to Z: Don’t forget about Joel BlomqvistVideo
With the Pittsburgh Penguins entering the offseason after a brief return to the postseason, TribLive will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at all 53 individuals signed to an NHL contract — including those whose deals do not begin until future seasons — with the organization. Starting with...
Tim Benz: It’s time for Sergei Murashov to be the Penguins’ No. 1 goalie
Given how he sparkled during the playoff series against the Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Arturs Silovs should be applauded. But not rewarded. Well, rewarded to the extent that he gets some sort of contract to stay with the franchise as he enters restricted free agency this offseason. Sure. Reward...
