PensBurgh Aug 9, 2019
Penguins’ over/under: Looking at the big three
Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports Looking at some projections for the Pittsburgh Penguins’ best players this season, Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, and Kris Letang. Continuing our offseason look at some projections for the 2019-20 Pittsburgh Penguins, we shift our focus to the backbone of the organization — the big three of Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, and Kris Letang. As long as these three players are on the roster and playing at a superstar level the Penguins are always going to at least have a fighting chance to compete for a championship. These three can not win it all on their...
PensBurgh Aug 8, 2019
Penguins 2019-20 Promotional nights and national TV appearances
Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports Cleaning up some loose ends - when will you see the Pens on NBC and NBCSports? And also an interesting look at the promotions this year A few comments for notes not touched upon here, lest it slip through the August quietness. thing Some pretty cool promo nights, highlighted by the Mike Lange bobblehead night. One thing I noticed is there’s nothing really for current players. Most years there’s usually a Sidney Crosby this or an Evgeni Malkin that or a Kris Letang thing, but other than Crosby appearing on the “growth chart” for the kids, nothing...
PensBurgh Aug 6, 2019
Sidney Crosby ranks, gasp, second in list of best centers
The slight will push him to workout 25 hours a day As the offseason drags along, NHL Network revealed their annual summer listing of the best centers in the lig. I’m not too jammed up over lists, but we do we make of this? Outrage with the gal to put Connor McDavid over Sidney Crosby? Demoting Evgeni Malkin all the way to 13th after a bad year? It’s all a big bag of meh to me. Everything sort of looks reasonable enough, especially considering they’re obviously weighing how thinks went in 2018-19 very highly. I’m glad to see Nathan MacKinnon and Aleksander Barkov get...
PensBurgh Aug 5, 2019
Three Penguins worries for regression in 2019-20
Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports Will some fall back be in store for these items for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2019-20? Looking back at some stats from last year, some things went really well for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Even though many other things went wrong, and they sure get worn out — Evgeni Malkin’s down year, Jack Johnson’s inability to keep pucks out of his own net, Phil Kessel and Patric Hornqvist struggling to score goals in the second half of the year. We all know about that. But what about some things that may have went better than expected? Can we count on that...
PensBurgh Aug 1, 2019
A team of only Pittsburgh Penguins’ draft picks
Photo by Brian Babineau/NHLI via Is it good? Saw this on PPP, how good of a team can you create using just draft pick of the Pittsburgh Penguins? It’s a fairly fun August exercise so let’s get to it, with some help from hockeydb. Lines: Jake Guentzel - Sidney Crosby - Bryan Rust Dominik Simon - Evgeni Malkin - Kasperi Kapanen Teddy Blueger - Jordan Staal - Josh Archibald Tom Kuhnhackl - Oskar Sundqvist - Daniel Sprong Reserves: Scott Wilson, Beau Bennett *** Jake Muzzin / Kris Letang Olli Maatta / Alex Goligoski Scott Harrington / Robert Bortuzzo Reserves: Derrick Pouliot ** Matt...
The Hockey Writers Jul 23, 2019
Countdown to Puck Drop – Day 71 – Penguins’ Season Hinges on Malkin
Introducing The Hockey Writers’ Countdown to Puck Drop series. From now until the puck drops on the 2019-20 NHL’s regular season on Oct. 2 when the Toronto Maple Leafs host the Ottawa Senators, we’ll be producing content that’s connected to the number of days remaining on that particular day. Some posts may be associated with a […] The post Countdown to Puck Drop – Day 71 – Penguins’ Season Hinges on Malkin appeared first on The Hockey Writers.
