PENGUINS RUMORS & GOSSIP

1991 the first Stanley Cup Finals game was played at the Civic Arena; the Pittsburgh Penguins hosted the Minnesota North Stars (it was a 5-4 loss to the Stars) 1970 Penguins rookie Michel Briere was involved an automobile accident that would leave him in a coma for nearly a year before he died on April 13, 1971 The Penguins selected Briere in the third round of the 1969 NHL Amateur...

If you follow the NHL and the Penguins closely you are no doubt aware of the elephant in the room in the midst of another exciting and unpredictable playoff run (for everyone outside of Pittsburgh…and thankfully now outside of the entire state of Pennsylvania). We aren’t talking about Paul Martin’s season long Robin Hood performance of stealing money from the Pens and giving...

The Pittsburgh Penguins’ American Hockey League affiliate Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins lost in game seven of their second round playoff series with the St. John’s IceCaps (Winnipeg Jets) tonight. The Penguins defeated Dany Sabourin and the Hershey Bears – who had won two of the last three Calder Cups – in five games in the opening round of the playoffs...

from Bruce Arthur of the National Post, Before Game 7 between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Washington Capitals in 2009, one of Sidney Crosby’s teammates walked up to Crosby and told him, “You were born for this.” After Crosby had scored two goals in a 4-1 win, Mario Lemieux waited until the reporters were gone and said to Crosby, “Kid, très bon.”...

We all heard the rumblings. At some point you likely heard Jordan Staal was unhappy in the locker room in the first round of the playoffs. That he wouldn't be happy in his current role for long. Tweets of Staal being sick of playing third fiddle were everywhere. And yet, talking to people in the room itself there was nothing of the sort. Not even off the record could I find...

I was reading the Pittsburgh Post Gazette sports section today when I saw the following poll that made me realize how stupid some sports fans are: First off, why this is even a question to begin with I have no clue. I believe there is zero merit to this. Next, how 16% of Pittsburgh Penguins fans who can read (which is very important because they are supposed to be the smarter Pittsburgh...

Weekend Sidney Crosby notes from around the league & more Follow @JohnToperzer !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="http://www.hockeybuzz.com//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); In...

Sidney Crosby has the day off from hockey because the Pittsburgh Penguins lost in the first round of the NHL playoffs to the Philly Flyers. So, that means Crosby was able to go to the Kentucky Derby. Who knows why the NBC Sports Network chose to tweet this picture of Sid the Kid in such a goofy pose? I’m not sure that anybody does. [@NBCSN]

from Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail, After months of living without meaningful NHL trade rumours, speculation and gossip, finally something to sink our teeth into. Thank you, Jordan Staal - or at least, the people pondering Staal’s future with the Pittsburgh Penguins, given that he is down to the final year of a contract that will pay him $4.5-million, after which he...

Following another disappointing playoff showing in Pittsburgh, Penguins GM Ray Shero is now faced with some tough decisions in the offseason to determine where his team goes from here.In today’s “what have you done for me lately” NHL, the Penguins are quickly gaining the reputation as an ultra-talented group unable to come up big when it counts. Since winning the...

The Pittsburgh Penguins are sticking with coach Dan Bylsma and star centers Sidney Crosby, Jordan Staal and Evgeni Malkin. Other than that, general manager Ray Shero says it's a ''big summer'' for the franchise as it tries to figure out what happened during its first-round implosion against Philadelphia. The Penguins won 51 games during the regular season but...

After the mayhem that was game 3 the Penguins will be without 3 forwards tonight for a critical game 4. James Neal will be suspended for one game after two consecutive hits he placed on Flyers players in the third period on Sunday. Craig Adams will be suspended also for one game for instigating a fight in the third period on Sunday. Aaron Asham will be suspended for 4 games after...

At this particular point in time, the Philadelphia Daily News can pretty much say whatever it wants about the Penguins. Sidney Crosby may not actually be a coward and surprised us all when he got into it with some of the Flyers earlier in the series, but at the moment Philadelphia owns Pittsburgh. Most of us expected the match-up between the No. 4 and No. 5 seeds in the Eastern Conference...

Pittsburgh Penguins James Neal and Arron Asham face disciplinary hearings with the NHL Tuesday for hits during Sunday's physical Game 3 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers. Neal faces possible punishment for a hit late in the third period on rookie Sean Couturier, who had turned his head after passing the puck. Neal received no penalty on the play, but was assessed a charging penalty...

The Penguins announced today that James Neal, Steve Sullivan and Matt Niskanen won’t be playing due to injuries against the Rangers tonight.  All three are expected to be ready for the playoffs. Per #Pens Coach Dan Bylsma: Niskanen upper-body, Neal lower-body, Sullivan lower-body injuries. All will be ready for playoffs, not tonight — Pittsburgh Penguins (@pghpenguins) April...