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Crosby to join Team Canada for World Championships
“I don’t think I have that luxury (of taking long breaks) any more at my age,” Sidney Crosby said at the end of last season in April 2025. “It’s better to kind of keep going at this point.” Unsurprisingly, that mindset hasn’t changed. Team Canada announced today that Crosby will join the team for the […]
Kyle Dubas talks Penguins progress, what they need and what’s next
Pittsburgh Penguins general manager/president of hockey operations Kyle Dubas met with the media on Tuesday for his end-of-season press conference, and he discussed a wide range of significant topics. At the top of the list: Evgeni Malkin’s future with the Penguins, where the Penguins currently stand in the NHL with the progress they made this […]
Kyle Dubas on Evgeni Malkin: “We’d love to have him back”
Pittsburgh general manager Kyle Dubas met with the media on Tuesday for his annual end of season press conference. We’ll have more on the entire message later, the big question and the first one asked of Dubas was about the status of Evgeni Malkin. Malkin is a free agent on July 1 and has made […]
2025-26 Season in Review: Blake Lizotte
Player: Blake LizotteBorn: Dec. 13, 1997 (Age 28 season)Height: 5’ 9”Weight: 176 poundsHometown: Lindstrom, MinnesotaShoots: LeftDraft: Undrafted (signed in July 2024 with the Pittsburgh Penguins)2025-26 Statistics: 55 regular-season games (seven goals, 12 assists, 19 points) and six playoff games (two assists, two points).Contract Status: Lizotte is signed for three more seasons at an annual cap hit of $2.25 million.History: 2024-25 Monthly Splits via Yahoo! Lizotte […]
On this date in Penguins history: Pens lose final game at Mellon Arena
Sixteen years ago today, the Pittsburgh Penguins were blown out in a Game 7 against the Montreal Canadiens, losing the final game in the storied history of the Mellon Arena. The Penguins were the defending Stanley Cup champions and made their way to the second round of the playoffs after beating the Ottawa Senators in […]
Looking at some bounce-back candidates for the 2026-27 Penguins
There were a lot of things that contributed to the Pittsburgh Penguins strong 2025-26 performance and their return to the playoffs, and one of the biggest was the number of players that exceeded individual expectations. In some cases, it was not just a case of exceeding expectations, but having career years. When that happens across […]
How the top young players in the Penguins’ organization are doing at this point
The 2025-26 hockey season is winding down, with many leagues deep into their playoffs, if they haven’t concluded business for the year. Let’s check in on the summer 2025 Top 25 Under 25 list for the Penguins and see what the young players have been up to since the last update we made back in […]
2025-26 Season in Review: Bryan Rust
Vitals Player: Bryan RustBorn: May 11, 1992 (Age 33 season)Height: 5’ 11”Weight: 202 poundsHometown: Pontiac, MichiganShoots: RightDraft: 2010 third round (80th overall) by the Pittsburgh Penguins2025-26 Statistics: 72 games played, 29 goals, 36 assists = 65 points; 6 games played, 1 goal, 1 assist in playoffs.Contract Status: Rust has two seasons remaining on a six year deal signed back in 2022 with an AAV of […]
This day in Penguin history: 3 games, 2 OT goals, 2 Capital eliminations
Happy Sunday everyone. We’re kicking it back to important events on a sleepy Sunday and there’s a lot going on for May 10th in your Penguin history books to look back on and remember. 2001: Kasparaitis the hero It’s sometimes said that a playoff OT goal can come from the most unlikely of sources, and […]
This day in Penguin history: Francis steps up
(Wrote this for tomorrow, and then realized the date was wrong. So pull up a chair for some bonus history content..) 1992: Ronnie tips the balance of the series, and playoffs Pittsburgh’s hopes to defend their 1991 Stanley Cup championship were in deep trouble on May 9th, ahead of Game 4 of the Patrick Division […]
The Connor Dewar and Ilya Solovyov signings are solid start to Penguins offseason
Kyle Dubas opened up the Pittsburgh Penguins offseason on Thursday by re-signing two depth players in forward Connor Dewar and defenseman Ilya Solovyov. Dewar, a pending unrestricted free agent, received a two-year, $4.5 million extension with a $2.25 million salary cap hit per season. Solovyov, meanwhile, received a one-year, $850,000 contract. On the surface, they […]
Penguins send three players to World Championships
Three players will be representing the Pittsburgh Penguins when the 2026 men’s world championship kicks off next weekend in Switzerland. Tommy Novak and Connor Clifton will be playing for the United States at the tournament, while Parker Wotherspoon will be skating for Canada. The Penguins will also be represented by assistant general manager Jason Spezza […]
Wilkes-Barre advances to next round of AHL Playoffs
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins dispatched the Hershey Bears in Game 4 last night, booting the Washington Capitals’ AHL affiliate from the playoffs with a 4-1 victory. Harrison Brunicke scored what ended up as the game-winning goal in the second period while shorthanded. Brunicke followed up on a shot from Gabe Klassen and activated all the way […]
Options for getting younger in 2026-27
Piggy backing off yesterday’s article here about how the Penguins got younger last season in 2025-26, how could that move forward a year? The early projected and certainly subject to change 2026-27 roster, with ages as of opening day. Rickard Rakell (33) – Sidney Crosby (39) – Bryan Rust (34)Egor Chinakhov (25) – Ben Kindel […]
Pens Points: First off-season re-signings
Here are your Pens Points for this Friday morning… The Penguins re-signed forward Connor Dewar to a two-year deal and defenseman Ilya Solovyov to a one-year contract, the team announced on Thursday. [PensBurgh] Hooks has compiled a list of players he is revisiting now that the 2025-26 is in the rearview mirror. These players’ futures […]
Penguins re-sign Connor Dewar and Ilya Solovyov
The Penguins announced a pair of contract extensions on Thursday. Connor Dewar and Ilya Solovyov are impending free agents no longer with the news both have signed with Pittsburgh. From the team: The Pittsburgh Penguins have signed forward Connor Dewar and defenseman Ilya Solovyov to contract extensions, it was announced today by President of Hockey […]
Evaluating the Penguins attempt to get younger in 2025-26
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 […]
Revisiting five curious Penguins players
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 […]
Pens Points: Salary Cap Set
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 […]
NHL sets official 2026-27 salary cap limits
The NHL announced their salary cap limits for 2026-27, and as widely expected, the league has trended toward anticipated growth of a $104 million ceiling, up 8.9% from this year’s $95.5 million limit. This cap is right in-line with league estimates from as far back as January 2025, meaning that the finances are likely on […]
What should the Penguins do with their salary cap space this offseason?
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 […]
NHL Draft: Importance of the U-18 tournament
The World U-18 tournament just wrapped up in Slovakia, Sweden took home the gold. This end-of-season tournament can be little known and fly under the radar compared to the other events on the hockey calendar like NHL playoffs, or the World Junior U-20 tournament but it serves an important chance for a last impression for […]
Pens Points: Malkin discourse shows no signs of slowing
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 […]
AHL Playoffs: Rutger McGroarty’s OT goal wins WBS a crucial Game 3
The Wilkes-Barre Penguins won a pivotal Game 3 in their best-of-five series against Hershey last night. Rutger McGroarty came up huge by redirecting a goal in overtime to send WBS up 2 games to 1 over the Bears with a huge road win. There were a lot of important and encouraging names for Pittsburgh all […]
Examining two different Evgeni Malkin takes
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 […]
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