Penguins
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Kovacevic: Sorry, Scott wasn’t the story
in PittsburghPOSTED: 12:01 AM February 2, 2016John Scott’s rise from aging enforcer to NHL All-Star to the All-Star MVP is so Hollywood that Hollywood itself is seeking movie rights.
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Friday Insider: The jolt that jumpstarted Kessel
at Consol Energy CenterPOSTED: 12:02 AM January 22, 2016Contrary to widespread public perception, the Penguins can be tough on their stars. Oh, it’s not that they’ll outright torment Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin or anyone else in the core. There would...
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Letang’s plan for hand injury: Tough it out
at Consol Energy CenterPOSTED: 12:20 PM January 21, 2016Kris Letang has no intention of being smart about this. “Ha! Never!” he came right back when I raised the topic of his sore right hand following the Penguins’ optional morning...
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Update: Penguins proceed full-steam on sale
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 4:44 PM January 14, 2016Mario Lemieux and Ron Burkle have not called off the sale of the Penguins, a source told DKPittsburghSports.com early Thursday afternoon, contrary to a report hours earlier in the New York Post. I’d caution all...
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Kovacevic: Still time for Penguins to have their Phil
in Cranberry Township, Pa.POSTED: 5:57 PM January 11, 2016"It's been an interesting year, right?" Phil Kessel does that all the time. Ends maybe every other sentence with " ... right?"
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Fleury, Cole hope to return Saturday vs. Isles
in Cranberry Township, Pa.POSTED: 2:02 PM January 1, 2016CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Marc-Andre Fleury and Ian Cole both expressed hope that they could rejoin the Penguins for the next game, Saturday against the Islanders, though Mike Sullivan wouldn’t confirm...
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17.5KKovacevic: My Winnipeg
in Winnipeg, ManitobaPOSTED: 10:58 AM December 28, 2015This place didn't save my life. But it very much gave me life. It was the spring of 1996, and yet there was none of the fresh feel that the...
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Kovacevic: Penguins overpass, underwhelm
in Winnipeg, ManitobaPOSTED: 1:17 AM December 28, 2015There wasn't much for the Penguins to cull from the actual outcome of their 1-0 loss to the Jets Sunday night at MTS Centre. It was an abysmal bore.
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Kovacevic: New Penguins mixing skill, smarts
in St. Paul, Minn.POSTED: 6:44 PM December 26, 2015They're called "hope plays." Or at least they're called that by Mike Sullivan. And he's cited the term so often it's already become essential to the Penguins' lexicon.
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Maatta, Niederreiter move on from ugly hit
in St. Paul, Minn.POSTED: 2:03 PM December 26, 2015ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Penguins returned to the ice Saturday morning after the four-day Christmas break with a triple-jolt of good news: Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang...
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Kovacevic: This pupil nothing like his mentor
at Consol Energy CenterPOSTED: 12:02 AM December 22, 2015Mike Sullivan might never win a Stanley Cup in Pittsburgh. He might not make the playoffs next spring.
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Kovacevic: Penguins’ fix? Try one simple thing
at Consol Energy CenterPOSTED: 11:28 PM December 19, 2015Evgeni Malkin had just skated pretty much the circumference of the Consol Energy Center ice surface.
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Kovacevic: Sullivan runs the bench right
at Consol Energy CenterPOSTED: 12:03 AM December 15, 2015Not much about Mike Sullivan's debut behind the Penguins' bench Monday looked terribly different from far too many games under Mike Johnston.
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Kovacevic: Only the mirror is left now, Penguins
at Consol Energy CenterPOSTED: 8:17 PM December 12, 2015For whatever words Jim Rutherford lacked Friday night when he gave me that terribly telling grunt, the man sure found all the right words the following morning.
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Kovacevic: Misfiring Penguins merely kicking can
at Consol Energy CenterPOSTED: 12:01 AM December 12, 2015The Penguins are playing better. But just to be sure, I put that to a couple of prominent players after the 3-2 shootout loss to the Kings.
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Letang out Friday, maybe more, with injury
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 11:43 AM December 11, 2015The Penguins will be without Kris Letang again Friday night against the visiting Kings, but it’ll be a new issue holding him out. Letang sustained an upper-body injury two nights...
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Kovacevic: Shortest-ever Penguins rant
in PittsburghPOSTED: 12:00 AM December 8, 2015Mike Johnston is still employed ... why, exactly? Man, I won't even make it past three paragraphs with this one, will I?