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Nothing about the 2025-26 Pittsburgh Penguins went as anybody expected it to go. When offseason began early in the summer of 2025, there was a belief that the team would not only be bad, but that it would be one of the worst teams in the NHL. There was a common theme nationally that there […]
While the Flyers have generally outperformed expectations over their first series and change in this playoff run, there has been one specific scenario that they just cannot get right. Throughout the first seven first periods they played in the playoffs, the Flyers have failed to score. Despite blitzing the Penguins early on and running out to a 3-0 series lead, the Flyers never really took the play to the Penguins early on. In fact, the Penguins seemed to be the quicker team off the mark...
Before the season started, I wrote about five players I was most curious to see. Now that the dust has settled, let’s check in on how that all went. Owen Pickering It was nice to see Pickering earn some NHL time (to the tune of 25 games) in his rookie season, but his NHL stint […]
Kyle Dubas won’t be in the dark to exactly how much cap room the Penguins will have this offseason with official numbers being revealed by the NHL on Wednesday. The salary cap ceiling for 2026-27 will be set at $104 million, an almost 9% increase from last season. Figuring in all the money that will […]
The Pittsburgh Penguins are about to enter what could be (and perhaps should be) a fascinating offseason. Probably one of the more fascinating offseasons they have had in years. There is the Evgeni Malkin situation looming. There is the fact the Penguins, coming off a surprising playoff appearance, have to wrestle with the reality that […]
Here are your Pens Points for this Wednesday morning… As the debate to re-sign Evgeni Malkin continues to be the dominant news item (and figures to remain that way until a decision is made), two opposing views on Malkin’s future with the Penguins win out above everything else: one argument is that he’s still productive […]
When Kyle Dubas took over the Pittsburgh Penguins, he knew there were going to be some really tough decisions with some long-standing veterans, and his toughest decision yet is apparently coming this week. There's rumors floating around that Malkin's reps and Dubas are meeting this week, and word is, Dubas is going to inform his camp that the team will be looking to move off of Malkin this summer, and head down a different direction. Sidney Crosby and Bryan Rust has reportedly vouched for Malk...
Whatever decision that Kyle Dubas and the Penguins make about the status of Evgeni Malkin could be the most important or telling one of the whole offseason. Bring back the 40-year old player and that sets a pretty clear course to try and make the 2026-27 season look a lot like this past year where […]
If you haven’t already, now is the perfect time to switch into offseason mode as the Pittsburgh Penguins have a busy summer ahead as they look to continue to retool and build off the success of the 2025-26 season that saw them return to the playoffs for the first time in four years. There is […]
The 2025-26 season is officially in the books for the Pittsburgh Penguins, and it was mostly an unexpected success in a couple of different ways. On a team level, they exceeded every possible expectation anybody had for them in the preseason and snapped the franchise’s three-year playoff drought. The postseason run was brief and ended […]
The NHL couldn’t pass up a Saturday night time slot on ABC and started the Philadelphia/Carolina series before the first round ended. (Sidenote, there goes conspiracy theories about leagues tinkering in results: a Pittsburgh/Philadelphia Game 7 would have filled that spot really nicely, but alas). We went 3-1 on the East in the first round, […]
Here are your Pens Points for this Monday morning… As the Pittsburgh Penguins and their fans begin the off-season, two of the franchise’s biggest stars are in something of a “wait-and-see” mode regarding their future. Captain Sidney Crosby hasn’t decided whether he’ll continue playing beyond the 2026-27 season when his contract expires. He could sign […]
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins split the first two games of their series against the Hershey Bears. The best-of-five series now shifts for the next two games to Hershey. It started out great for WBS, getting out to a 3-0 lead that they turned into a 4-2 win in Game 1. Sergei Murashov made 31 saves in […]
Sidney Crosby is under contract next season in 2026-27 to play for the Penguins. What comes after that will have to be determined at a later date. “Just wait and see,” Crosby said on Friday about his future status during exit interviews. “I haven’t thought that far ahead, but we’ll just wait and see.” That […]
Stuart Skinner is one of the most notable pending unrestricted free agent (UFA) goalies heading into the summer. Due to this, he should generate interest from teams looking for a new goaltender if he hits the free-agent market. Because of this, let's look at three teams that could look to sign Skinner during the offseason if he does not re-sign with the Penguins. Florida Panthers The Panthers are entering the offseason with two pending UFA goalies in Sergei Bobrovsky and Daniil Tar...
And we’re off! It was a quick turnaround after their series clinching win over the Penguins on Wednesday, and the Flyers are right back at it again tonight for the first meeting of their next series against the Hurricanes. There’s a real rest advantage at work here for the Hurricanes, who punched their ticket to the second round in completing their sweep of the Senators all the way back last Saturday, and they’ve been resting and practicing in the meantime. At the same time, though, the F...
Evgeni Malkin's future as a Pittsburgh Penguin is awfully bleak. The future hall-of-famer was noticeably distraught after the Penguins were eliminated in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs by the Philadelphia Flyers. After not being an offered a contract extension at all since July 1st, Malkin knows this could be it for him, even though the likes of Sidney Crosby and Bryan Rust have essentially begged publicly for Kyle Dubas to re-sign the Russian forward. Malkin's very likely hitting...
Evgeni Malkin made it clear Friday that he wants to play in the NHL next season, even if it’s not with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Malkin told reporters during exit interviews following Wednesday’s Game 6 elimination loss to the Philadelphia Flyers he had talked to general manager Kyle Dubas but had no updates on his pending […]
It’ll be another offseason of change in Pittsburgh. Last season, the Penguins dropped eight players from the last game of the 2024-25 season to the following opening night lineup in October. A few more like Phil Tomasino, Danton Heinen and Tristan Jarry were soon to follow not long after the season began. That adds up […]
One of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ longest-tenured players could be out the door this offseason. So far there has been little to no discussion reported between Evgeni Malkin and the Penguins. Before the season began, Josh Yohe of The Athletic reported that they would not be bringing their assistant captain back after the 2025-26 season. However,…
All season long, we heard speculation about whether or not Evgeni Malkin would play another year for the Pittsburgh Penguins , or decide to retire after 20 years. At the team's exit interviews for the season on Friday, the 39-year-old dropped a bombshell admission, saying he wanted to play next season—for Pittsburgh or any other team that would have him. As Dan Kingerski noted in Pittsburgh Hockey Now , Malkin has played an evasive game with the Penguins and their fans about whether or n...
Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Dan Muse has been named a finalist for the Jack Adams Award. Muse was named one of the three finalists for the award, which is the NHL’s annual “Coach of the Year” award, alongside Tampa Bay Lightning head coach Jon Cooper and Buffalo Sabres head coach Lindy Ruff. The Penguins were […]
The Penguins magical bounce-back season comes to an end in the first round at the hands of their interstate rivals.
The Philadelphia Flyers have slayed the Pittsburgh Penguins in six games to have their first playoff series win since 2020 and their first playoff series win when people could actually go to games since 2012. And now, all sights are set on the Carolina Hurricanes in the second round. While most reasonable fans would be perfectly fine with the Flyers not overcoming the mountain that is this Hurricanes team and reaching the Eastern Conference Final — since, you know, this team is still exec...
The offseason is here a little earlier than the Penguins wanted it to be. As they shift into that mode, here’s what to watch for in the upcoming weeks for the early portion of decisions that will need to be made and events to unfold prior to the busy period around the draft and free […]