Pens add grit by signing Aaron Asham
Asham agreed to a one-year, one-way deal worth 700K to come over from Division rival Philadelphia Flyers--where he posted 10 goals and 14 assists. Asham also scored four goals in the playoffs on his way to the Stanley Cup Finals with Philadelphia.
Categories: NHLHS Features, Pittsburgh Penguins Tags: Aaron Asham, Bill Guerin, Mike Rupp, Pittsburg Penguins
Penguins 2010 Line Projections
Robbie Naugle, our new Pittsburgh Penguins Correspondent, weighs in on expected line changes.
Now that the calendar has turned from July to August it’s time for NHL teams to turn their focus onto their respective training camps that will begin in about month.
Categories: Around the League, Atlantic, Eastern Conference, NHLHS Features, Pittsburgh Penguins Tags: Eastern Conference, Evgeni Malkin, NHL, Pittsburgh Penguins, Sidney Crosby
Who could fill those empty roster spots?
NHLHS writer Erika Zimmerman discusses the Pittsburgh Penguins roster holes and wonders who will fill them come October.
Although the offseason isn’t over yet and perhaps another few free agent signings are expected (Please, Ray Shero, give us another year of Guerin!), it’s time to look ahead to training camp…or maybe that’s just me, impatient for hockey! I’ve been speculating lately about who will fill some roster spot for the Penguins. Who’s in the running? Who do I predict will be on the roster come October?
Categories: Around the League, Atlantic, By Teams, Eastern Conference, NHLHS Features, Pittsburgh Penguins Tags: Pittsburgh Penguins, prospects, roster, training camp
Prospect Profile: Beau Bennett
NHLHS writer Erika Zimmerman profiles the Pittsburgh Penguins first round draft selection from the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, Beau Bennett.
Building on his recent tendency to draft quality American’s high in the draft (Ben Hanowski (2009, 2nd round, 63 overall), Alex Goligoski (2004, 2nd round, 61 overall) both Americans), Ray Shero’s first round draft pick was California native Beau Bennett.
Categories: Around the League, Atlantic, By Teams, Eastern Conference, NHLHS Features, Pittsburgh Penguins Tags: 2010 draft, Beau Bennett, Pittsburgh Penguins, prospects
Atlantic Division Draft Review
NHLHS Corrospondent Mike Murangi, who covered the draft for NHLHS, breaks down the Atlantic Division in his draft review.
Atlantic Division Draft Review:
Coming to Los Angeles, two Atlantic Division teams did not have first round picks. The New Jersey Devils sent their pick to the Atlanta Thrashers in the Ilya Kovlchuk deal, and the Flyers traded their pick to the Anaheim Ducks in the Chris Pronger deal.
One trade worked; one did not.
In this article, I will review the first-round pick or top pick for each of all five Atlantic Division teams, and late-round picks that may be gems. I will release each of the other five divisions over the next few days. I would love to hear feedback about what you think, or if you have a question about your favorite team please email me at MMurangi@nhlhotstove.com .
Here is the review:
Categories: Around the League, Atlantic, By Teams, Eastern Conference, NHLHS Features, New Jersey Devils, New York Islanders, New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins Tags: Anaheim Ducks, Atlanta Thrashers, Beau Bennett, Chris Pronger, Dylan McIlrath, Emmerson Etem, Ilya Kovlchuk, Jonathon Merrill, Kirill Kabanov, Nino Niederreiter
Pittsburgh Penguins Offseason Update
NHLHS Pittsburgh Penguins Correspondent takes a look at the off-season to date for the team.
The Pittsburgh Penguins have had one of the more active and productive off-seasons of the Eastern Conference contenders. Still, with a few holes in the roster and two million dollars in cap space remaining, it’s hard to believe the Penguins are done. While many have suggested that the Penguins could round out their roster via trade, this is the latest from the free agency side of things :
Categories: 30 Team Series, Around the League, Atlantic, By Teams, Eastern Conference, NHLHS Features, Pittsburgh Penguins Tags: Alexei Ponikarovsky, Andrew Hutchinson, Ben Lovejoy, Bill Guerin, Chris Connor, Deryk Engelland, Dominic Moore, Dustin Jeffrey, Eric Tangradi, Evgeni Malkin, Jeff Halperb, Jordan Leopold, Jordan Staal, Mark Letestu, Maxim Talbot, Paul Martin, Raffi Torres, Ray Shero, Tyler Kennedy, Zbynek Miichalek
NHLHS Mock Draft: With the Number Twenty Pick…
NHLHS Mock Draft is our latest feature where we collectively predict the first round of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. The draft is a crapshoot and we will be wrong… …but we thought it would be fun to try.
With the 20th overall pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, the Pittsburgh Penguins select…
Read more…
Categories: NHLHS Features, Pittsburgh Penguins Tags: Pittsburgh Penguins
Pittsburgh Penguins Sign Defenseman Ben Lovejoy to Three Year Extension
The Pittsburgh Penguins have had a lot of discussions about their defensive organizational depth as of late. One player that won’t be heading out of the Pens organization anytime soon is defenseman Ben Lovejoy.
Categories: 30 Team Series, Around the League, Atlantic, By Teams, Eastern Conference, NHLHS Features, Pittsburgh Penguins Tags: Ben Lovejoy, NHL, Penguins, prospect
Eight(h) is Enough
Congratulations to the second biggest underdog to enter the 2010 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs for, what has been thus far, the most amazing Cinderella run since 1993.
For the Montreal Canadiens, the number eight seed was simply enough. Enough to ignite a spark under a team compiled of averaged sized players surrounded in turmoil from every angle except financially.
And to think, luck was on their side in order to squeak into the playoff picture.
Categories: Around the League, Atlantic, By Teams, Eastern Conference, Montreal Canadiens, NHLHS Features, Northeast, Pittsburgh Penguins, Playoff Coverage, Southeast, Washington Capitals Tags: Andrei Markov, Hal Gill, Jaroslav Halak, Marc Andre Fleury, Michael Cammalleri, Ottawa Senators, P.K. Subban, Pittsburgh Penguins, Sidney Crosby, Washington Capitals
One Team’s Mistakes Are Another’s Victory – Pens Drop Game 4 to Even Series
Prior to tonight’s game, one name, Jordan Staal, was on the lips of everyone in Pittsburgh. In Montreal, many questions about the Canadiens’ future were on the mind of Habs fans. After the game, the tables were turned, and one name, Jaroslav Halak, would once again ring throughout the entire providence of Quebec, while Penguins fans were left with an abundance of questions about their team’s own welfare.
If you ask a dozen Penguins fans why Pittsburgh lost last night’s game, you’re likely to get a dozen different answers. Sometimes hockey ends up this way. The simple answer is that the Pittsburgh Penguins allowed Montreal to hang around for a long period of time. The long answer, however, requires a much more grandiose explanation.
Categories: Around the League, Atlantic, By Teams, Eastern Conference, Montreal Canadiens, NHLHS Features, Northeast, Pittsburgh Penguins, Playoff Coverage Tags: Alexei Ponikarovsky, Bill Guerin, Chris Kunitz, Evgeni Malkin, Hal Gill, Jaroslav Halak, Jordan Staal, Marc Andre Fleury, Maxim Talbot, Mike Rupp, Ruslan Fedotenko, Tom Pyatt
Jordan Staal Skating.
NHLHS writer Erika Zimmerman updates the status of Pittsburgh Penguins forward Jordan Staal.
In game 2 of the Eastern Conference semi-finals, P.K. Subban caught Jordan Staal‘s foot on his skate. Staal skated to the bench on his own strength and did not return to the game.
The next day–this past Saturday–Staal had surgery to repair a lacerated tendon. Sources said that he was out for the rest of the playoffs.
Penguins head coach Dan Bylsma said differently. He confirmed the surgery but said that Staal would be day-to-day.
Categories: Around the League, Atlantic, By Teams, Eastern Conference, NHLHS Features, Pittsburgh Penguins Tags: Jordan Staal, P.K. Subban, Pittsburgh Penguins, PK Subban
Pens Regain Series Lead With a Game 3 Shutout Victory
NHLHS writer Joe Depto breaks down game three. A game which we were able to witness the Marc-Andre Fleury we have all grown to know; a playoff monster.
It turns out Jaroslav Halak and the Canadiens aren’t the only playoff team in the Eastern Conference that know a thing or two about slamming the door on opposing team’s offenses.
Pittsburgh goalie Marc-Andre Fleury made the trek to his home providence of Quebec with a significant weight on his shoulders. The NHL’s most extraordinary postseason goalie over the last two seasons had begun to look very ordinary this spring, currently holding the lowest save percentage of any active playoff goalie. With Fleury’s lackluster play being introduced into the fray, so did his wave of critics. Hockey pundits began to question the Flower’s mental meddle, and certain Pittsburgh-area talk shows featured callers suggesting that the Pens play backup Brent Johnson in Game 3.
Categories: Around the League, Atlantic, By Teams, Eastern Conference, Montreal Canadiens, NHLHS Features, Northeast, Pittsburgh Penguins, Playoff Coverage Tags: Alex Goligoski, Brent Johnson, Brooks Orpik, Evgeni Malkin, Jaroslav Halak, Jordan Staal, Kris Letang, Marc Andre Fleury, Mark Eaton, Sidney Crosby
Taking a Split Back Home
NHLHS writer Christopher Nardi recaps games one and two from the Pittsburgh – Montreal second round series.
With two games down in round two of the Capitals, err… Habs – Penguins series (yes, I’m still surprised, who isn’t?), we’re going back to Montreal with the series all tied up at one.
Both teams lost key players in game one and this series is getting more and more virulent and, in my humble opinion, dirty. A few nasty hits seem to have ended the seasons of key players from both teams: Andrei Markov for Montreal and Jordan Staal in Pittsburgh.
Categories: Around the League, Atlantic, By Teams, Montreal Canadiens, NHLHS Features, Northeast, Pittsburgh Penguins, Playoff Coverage Tags: Andrei Kostitsyn, Andrei Markov, Brian Gionta, Jaroslav Halak, Jordan Staal, Marc Andre Fleury, Marc-Andre Bergeron, Maxim Lapierre, Michael Cammellari, P.K. Subban
The Hockey Guys Live Saturday May 1st, 4 p.m. EST
The Hockey Guys are back again this weekend, this time broadcasting to you live on Saturday May 1st from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. EST.
All round two discussion and breakdowns of the games played up to showtime.
Tune in, and join us in the live chat as well by visiting:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thehockeyguys/2010/05/01/the-hockey-guys
We hope to see you all live with us in the chat room. And feel free to call in.
~THG
Categories: Around the League, Atlantic, Boston Bruins, By Teams, Central, Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, Eastern Conference, Montreal Canadiens, Northeast, Northwest, Pacific, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Playoff Coverage, San Jose Sharks, Vancouver Canucks, Western Conference Tags: 2010 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs, 2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs
Halak-ing into the Semi’s
NHLHS Montreal Canadiens Correspondent Christopher Nardi breaks down the overall thoughts from the Habs first round series which they wrapped up last night against the Washington Capitals.
When Montreal began the series with Washington, it was obvious that the number one seed in the league just didn’t have what it takes to beat the Canadiens. The Capitals, with the number one powerplay and the most goals scored in the league really had nothing on the team who’s penalty kill clicked at exactly 83%, good for 12th in the league and who had scored on average, 2.56 goals/game, ONLY 1.26 goals/game less on average than the Caps.
Categories: 30 Team Series, Around the League, Atlantic, By Teams, Eastern Conference, Montreal Canadiens, NHLHS Features, Northeast, Pittsburgh Penguins, Southeast, Washington Capitals Tags: Alexander Ovechkin, Alexander Semin, Hal Gill, Jaroslav Halak, Jose Theodore, Mike Green, Nicklas Backstrom, Semyon Varlamov
