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  Friday Insider: ‘Time running low’ for trade plan

  BY DEJAN KOVACEVIC CALGARY, Alberta — Roundup of a lot of randomness from a lot of time around our teams … • The NHL trade deadline is March 2, which...

  at Highmark Stadium

  POSTED: 12:01 AM February 6, 2015
• Penguins

  Kovacevic: No tale touches that of Letang

  Kris Letang had a choice. Check that: He used to have a choice. Now, it's been decided in advance.

  in Edmonton, Alberta

  POSTED: 12:35 AM February 5, 2015
• Penguins

  Kovacevic: Penguins, Oilers contrasts in ‘luck’

  Stay away, Connor McDavid. Because this is the place, young man, where fine young hockey players such as yourself come not to thrive but, rather, to throw away all their...

  in Edmonton, Alberta

  POSTED: 6:00 AM February 4, 2015
• DK'S GRIND

  Kovacevic: Could Pitt still Dance?

  For one winter's afternoon at the snow-capped Petersen Events Center, Pitt basketball was Pitt basketball again. And it was wonderful to watch.

  at Petersen Events Center

  POSTED: 5:37 PM January 31, 2015
• Pirates

  Friday Insider: Lambo ‘beyond excited’ for chance

  BY DEJAN KOVACEVIC Weekly roundup of a lot of randomness from a lot of time around our teams … • The reason the Pirates traded Travis Snider to the Orioles...

  at Highmark Stadium

  POSTED: 12:01 AM January 30, 2015
• Penguins

  Kovacevic: Penguins reclaim the center lane

  "They came right at us. No, actually, they went right through us." Those were the words of Bryan Little, the Jets' No. 1 center, in an otherwise vacated Winnipeg locker...

  at Consol Energy Center

  POSTED: 12:32 AM January 28, 2015
• Penguins

  Kovacevic: Bury the blocked shot, NHL

  It's genuinely impossible to tell when Jonathan Toews, the Blackhawks' superlative two-way center they call Captain Serious, is joking.

  in Columbus, Ohio

  POSTED: 10:23 PM January 25, 2015
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  Penguins

  Kovacevic: NHL best not bow out of Olympics

  It's immensely ironic that Gary Bettman orders a news-free moratorium to all 30 NHL teams over the All-Star Weekend, then each year takes to a podium to generate all kinds...

  in Columbus, Ohio

  POSTED: 10:06 PM January 24, 2015
• Steelers

  Friday Insider: Worilds, Steelers not worlds apart

  BY DEJAN KOVACEVIC Weekly roundup of a lot of randomness from a lot of time around our teams … • I’m more convinced than ever, based on conversations in the...

  at Highmark Stadium

  POSTED: 12:01 AM January 23, 2015
• Penguins

  Kovacevic: Five ideas to propel Penguins

  The big idea, ever since Mario Lemieux and Ron Burkle turned the Penguins upside down and shook out all remnants of playoffs past, has been to change the season's final...

  at Consol Energy Center

  POSTED: 12:49 AM January 22, 2015
• Penguins

  Kovacevic: No, it’s not just another loss to Flyers

  I'll be honest here: I don't care in the slightest that a puck slipped loose from Thomas Greiss' sweater after he'd just made a spectacular stop.

  in Philadelphia

  POSTED: 12:08 AM January 21, 2015
• Penguins

  Kovacevic: Penguins’ Metro grade still a flat F

  Marc-Andre Fleury was scorched by yet another early short-side goal. Marcel Goc declined to hit the deck for a block that would have prevented another.

  at Consol Energy Center

  POSTED: 4:59 PM January 18, 2015
• Penguins

  Friday Insider: Do refs really hate Penguins?

  BY DEJAN KOVACEVIC Weekly roundup of a lot of randomness from a lot of time around our city’s teams … • The NHL’s referees, in general, hate the Penguins. I...

  at Highmark Stadium

  POSTED: 12:01 AM January 16, 2015
• Penguins

  Kovacevic: This could have been you, Penguins

  The door to the visiting coaches' room at Consol was closed, crammed with Minnesota front-office officials and the crumbling remains of Mike Yeo's tenure as the Wild's coach.

  at Consol Energy Center

  POSTED: 12:03 AM January 14, 2015
• Penguins

  Kovacevic: How to fix Penguins’ power play

  There's a reflexive response when examining the Penguins' recently putrid power play to gloss right over the most glaring problem. Or, I should say, problems.

  at Consol Energy Center

  POSTED: 3:12 PM January 12, 2015
• Penguins

  Kovacevic: Malkin headlines superlative first half

  The Penguins' 2-1 overtime victory Saturday in Montreal marked not only one seriously uplifting moment in the 2014-15 season but also the 41st game and precise halfway point.

  at Consol Energy Center

  POSTED: 5:10 PM January 11, 2015
• DK'S GRIND

  Kovacevic: This is Pitt basketball?

  Cam Wright's voice fairly cracked as he spoke. "They kicked our tails. They wanted it more than we did."

  at Petersen Events Center

  POSTED: 6:13 PM January 10, 2015
• Pirates

  Friday Insider: Pirates’ front office transformed

  BY DEJAN KOVACEVIC Weekly roundup of a lot of randomness from a lot of time around our city’s teams … • Spring training is still several weeks away, but the...

  at Highmark Stadium

  POSTED: 12:01 AM January 9, 2015