Penguins
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17.3KKovacevic: The extraordinary save is still an option
in Nashville, Tenn.POSTED: 2:30 AM June 6, 2017For more reasons than any follower would care to count right about now, these Penguins need ... not just something extra but something extraordinary.
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Superhero sendoff: The Final showdown!
in Richmond, Va.POSTED: 12:00 AM June 6, 2017So here’s issue #4…I had to work a little harder to find it, and finally tracked it down on eBay.
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14.3KKovacevic: Power play can’t be a passenger on this stage
in Nashville, Tenn.POSTED: 3:29 AM June 4, 2017Jake Guentzel's a cute kid, and I offer that in the most sincere spirit. When he scores, you either want to give him a hug or a pack of Jujubes.
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5.9KHas Rinne rediscovered regular form just like that? ‘I hope so’
in Nashville, Tenn.POSTED: 1:30 AM June 4, 2017Not three minutes of Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final had elapsed, and Pekka Rinne's hole was dug that much deeper.
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11.2KKovacevic: No need to complicate when high-end skill enters equation
in Nashville, Tenn.POSTED: 3:46 AM June 3, 2017Would the Penguins increase their chances of taking Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final tonight by shooting more often? Probably.
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20.0KKovacevic: Penguins pick apart Pekka … as they do with every other goaltender
at PPG Paints ArenaPOSTED: 4:15 AM June 1, 2017If your team's wide receivers run all their routes like Antonio Brown, it doesn't matter in the slightest if the quarterback stinks.
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17.9KKovacevic: Watch tape, burn tape, then go into Game 2 with gusto
at PPG Paints ArenaPOSTED: 3:50 AM May 30, 2017"I'm at a loss. Honestly." That was Olli Maatta. And the most amazing aspect of that assessment was that it didn't follow an actual loss.
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13.0KStaff picks: No rest, no excuses for the weary … one final round of predictions
at PPG Paints ArenaPOSTED: 12:03 AM May 29, 2017The Penguins will have had three days between games, the Predators a week. The Penguins will be without their top defenseman, the Predators without their top center.
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14.5KKovacevic: Many trades boost both teams, but maybe none like Neal-for-Hornqvist
at PPG Paints ArenaPOSTED: 11:47 PM May 28, 2017The text had popped onto my phone most unexpectedly. This was June 27, 2014, in Philadelphia, deep into the evening after the Penguins and Predators had pulled off a trade.
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12.2KCould Guentzel, NHL’s top playoff goal-scorer, get scratched for Game 1?
at PPG Paints ArenaPOSTED: 6:47 PM May 28, 2017If Patric Hornqvist is playing for the Penguins in Game 1 -- and it sure sounds like he is -- then one forward has to come out.
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38.3KKovacevic: No team in franchise’s 50 years has shown greater grit
at PPG Paints ArenaPOSTED: 5:22 AM May 26, 2017This puck, this time, wasn't going to be stopped. It wasn't going to lounge idly in the blue paint for two eternal seconds before finally being swept away.
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12.3KKovacevic: Anderson, Senators emotional after hard fight
at PPG Paints ArenaPOSTED: 4:31 AM May 26, 2017When the fight was finally over, Craig Anderson fell forward to both knees, raised both arms in exasperation and lowered his head.
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20.7KKovacevic: For reasons beyond goaltending, Sullivan should bring back Fleury in Game 7
in OttawaPOSTED: 3:34 AM May 24, 2017It's Marc-Andre Fleury's team, and it's absolutely got to be his team once again for Game 7 of the Eastern Conference final Thursday night back in Pittsburgh.
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15.8KKovacevic: Penguins have one thing to cull from Predators’ clincher
in OttawaPOSTED: 12:00 AM May 23, 2017"No game is harder to win than the fourth." Trevor Daley told me that regarding Game 6 of the Eastern Conference final that takes place here Tuesday night.
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19.7KKovacevic: Some faces are the same, but this script is special
at PPG Paints ArenaPOSTED: 11:19 PM May 21, 2017The Pittsburgh Penguins, the version the city's been anxiously awaiting for a couple of Stanley Cup playoff rounds and change, finally burst onto the scene Sunday.
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35.7KKovacevic: Hey, NHL, is this a hockey play, too?
at PPG Paints ArenaPOSTED: 8:15 PM May 21, 2017The NHL's ledger of seriously lousy hits, checks, hacks and whacks is filled with gray. Some are legitimately accidental. Some come with bad intent.
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21.7KKovacevic: Again, Sullivan splatters egg on us all
in OttawaPOSTED: 3:25 AM May 20, 2017OK, so here's how this works: If Mike Sullivan declares that the Earth is flat, then we burn all our textbooks and begin anew.