Penguins
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Friday Insider: Dupuis 'won't hide' illness again
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 12:02 AM August 28, 2015CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — “The smile would be there either way, even if I was just with my family and not playing hockey. It’s just that it’s a little wider...
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Kovacevic: Rutherford kills it with quiltwork
at Consol Energy CenterPOSTED: 7:08 PM July 28, 2015NHL general managers tend to be judged, at least from what I've read and heard, on their individual trades. Or the accumulation thereof.
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Kovacevic: Toughness, hello?
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 2:43 PM July 17, 2015Jim Rutherford and his associate GM, Jason Botterill, have seen plenty they’ve liked at the Penguins’ development camp, which wound through Day 3 Friday at Consol Energy Center. And most...
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Friday Insider: Mario will make his money
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 12:01 AM July 17, 2015The primary objective of the Penguins’ sale, according to two sources involved in the process, is this simple: Get Mario Lemieux the payday of his lifetime. And that means, according...
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Kovacevic: Sprong’s skill set stands out with a snap
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 1:10 PM July 15, 2015The Penguins invested the better part of Day 2 of their development camp Wednesday in an array of 3-on-3 scrimmages separated by rubber bumpers on the Consol Energy Center ice,...
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Kovacevic: Pouliot mans up
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 6:48 PM July 14, 2015Derrick Pouliot pinched his biceps. “Look at that,” he was showing and telling me Tuesday after the opening of the Penguins’ five-day development camp at Consol Energy Center. “What is...
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Penguins, Dumoulin go two years
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 1:59 PM July 9, 2015News: The Penguins just re-signed defenseman Brian Dumoulin to a two-year contract with an average annual value of $800,000. Views: This was academic, of course. Almost all RFA signings fall...
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Friday Insider: Rutherford shows who’s boss
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 12:01 AM July 3, 2015Jim Rutherford had a boss kind of week. And not just because of the Phil Kessel trade, though it’s become almost universal consensus continent-wide that he pulled off an absolute...
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Kovacevic: Kessel ‘just so excited, man … I really am’
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 2:48 PM July 2, 2015Spoke with Phil Kessel just a bit ago by phone. Outstanding conversation. Can’t say enough about how professional, fun and genuinely moved he sounded to be coming to Pittsburgh. The...
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Kovacevic: Rutherford crushes it, top shelf
at Consol Energy CenterPOSTED: 6:31 PM July 1, 2015It's a minor miracle that the Penguins and Maple Leafs consummated this Phil Kessel trade Wednesday, one of the most seismic in both franchises' histories.
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Penguins wrap up Russian winger Plotnikov
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 3:04 PM July 1, 2015The Penguins have signed Russian winger Sergei Plotnikov to a one-year, entry-level contract. His background was covered in great detail on our site last week.
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Penguins acquire Kessel for prospects, pick
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 12:59 PM July 1, 2015The Penguins have acquired star winger Phil Kessel from the Maple Leafs for two prospects, right winger Kasperi Kapanen and defenseman Scott Harrington, and a draft pick. The pick hasn’t...
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Penguins lose Martin, Comeau, Downie, more
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 11:14 AM July 1, 2015NHL free agency opens at noon, and the Penguins’ clear plan is to allow all of their players in the unrestricted category — notably Paul Martin, Christian Ehrhoff and Blake...
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Penguins stuck with Flyers only four times
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 12:16 PM June 25, 2015The Penguins’ full 2015-16 schedule is out, and it is a bad, bad schedule. Unless, of course, one can come up with another way to describe their annual visit to...
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Lemieux exploring sale of Penguins
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 5:53 PM June 3, 2015BY DEJAN KOVACEVIC AND JOSH YOHE Mario Lemieux and Ron Burkle have hired the financial firm Morgan Stanley to explore a sale of all or part of the Penguins, according...
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Friday Insider: The sad story of Penguins, Saad
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 12:01 AM May 29, 2015BY DEJAN KOVACEVIC SAN DIEGO — Roundup of a lot of randomness from a lot of time around our teams … • So, how did Brandon Saad, once again a...
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Kovacevic: Rutherford stronger than ever
at Consol Energy CenterPOSTED: 2:11 PM April 28, 2015Jim Rutherford never looked or sounded stronger. Sure, the Penguins' general manager made his share of mistakes in his first season in Pittsburgh.