The Pittsburgh Penguins and Edmonton Oilers recently made an interesting trade, swapping forward Filip Hallander for defenseman Spencer Stastney. The trade’s timing was unusual, as Hallander was finally starting to resemble an NHL player after years of setbacks.
The Pittsburgh Penguins appear ready to make room for their next generation, even if that means moving established players out of the lineup. During Saturday Headlines on October 17, Elliotte Friedman outlined Pittsburgh’s willingness to trade a veteran forward for future assets.
A teardown may finally be iminent for the Pittsburgh Penguins. After a 3-5-1 start to the 2026-27 season, Pittsburgh has shared their desire to move out veteran forwards to create space for promising youngsters, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman shared on the latest Saturday Headlines.
Pittsburgh Penguins winger Egor Chinakhov sat out of Friday night’s loss to the Colorado Avalanche with a lower-body injury sustained during practice. There is currently no timeline for his return per Josh Yohe of The Athletic.
How many of the 22 players in NHL history with at least 600 career goals can you name in five minutes?
A four-game road trip has gotten off to a rocky start for the Pittsburgh Penguins, who followed a 5-3 setback at Chicago on Tuesday with a 5-2 loss at Colorado on Friday night.
People love a good mid-round draft pick that pans out, and in the NHL you used to see those fairly often, but that’s obviously partially luck. If the Red Wings thought Nicklas Lidstrom was going to become a top-five defenseman in history, they wouldn’t have waited until the 53rd pick to take him.
Sidney Crosby’s start to the 2026-27 season might not be as productive as hoped, but his legend continued to grow on Friday night, as he rose up the NHL’s all-time assist list. The Pittsburgh Penguins captain posted the 1,110th assist of his illustrious career against the Colorado Avalanche in a 5-2 loss.
In the same game that Pittsburgh Penguins icon Sidney Crosby advanced on another all-time list, further cementing his place as a legend of the game, a member of the Colorado Avalanche reached a career milestone of his own.
Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby is one of the best playmakers the NHL has ever seen, and even as he plays into his late 30s, that is still very obvious.
Hockey has a funny way of working. A young player can spend years trying to convince people he deserves a bigger opportunity. Then he gets one, starts scoring, and somehow finds himself right back where he started.
Now through seven games of action, the Pittsburgh Penguins are right in the mushy middle. They're lucky their division doesn't appear to be the strongest in the league, otherwise they would be on a sinking ship early in the season.
Some NHL fans have been wondering if Father Time had finally caught up to “Sid the Kid” after a slow start to the 2026 season, but the legendary Pittsburgh Penguins center demonstrated his vintage greatness during the Frozen Frenzy.
People will talk about the “Mount Rushmore” for a franchise, which is to say the four people, usually four players, that most define the franchise. Not always the four-best players, but the four that evoke the essence of the franchise.
With the Pittsburgh Penguins being in limbo that past couple of years, many hope that they can turn the corner back to relevancy this season. If the club has any potential to become legit Stanley Cup contender, they must count on the many prospects in their system who could help out their NHL roster.
The Pittsburgh Penguins face four road trips of at least four games this season. Tuesday's visit to the Chicago Blackhawks marks the beginning of the first.
The Buffalo Sabres and Pittsburgh Penguins completed a trade entirely involving defensemen on Monday, as the Sabres acquired Caleb Jones and Daniel Laatsch in exchange for Ryan Johnson, the teams announced.
The Buffalo Sabres dealt defenseman Ryan Johnson to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday in exchange for defensemen Caleb Jones and Daniel Laatsch. Johnson, 25, was a first-round draft pick in 2019 (No.
The Pittsburgh Penguins announced that have acquired defenseman Ryan Johnson from the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for Caleb Jones and Daniel Laatsch.
A veteran blueliner is going to miss some time due to injury. On Monday, the Pittsburgh Penguins announced that the team has placed defenseman Trevor van Riemsdyk on injured reserve.
Veteran defenseman Matt Dumba has retired from the NHL after 13 seasons with five franchises, ending a career that included 748 regular-season games and the 2020 King Clancy Memorial Trophy.
Veteran defenseman Mathew Dumba announced his retirement on Friday after 13 NHL seasons. A first-round selection (seventh overall) of Minnesota in the 2012 NHL Draft, Dumba played 10 seasons for the Wild.
The Pittsburgh Penguins have placed defenseman Ilya Solovyov on waivers, a move that reflects the familiar roster churn of an early-season NHL depth chart.
A young rearguard looks to be returning to the minors. On Friday, the Pittsburgh Penguins placed defenseman Ilya Solovyov on waivers, making him available to the other 31 teams in the NHL.
Even though the NHL season is a grind, a slow start can still be a cause for some concern. Especially when it is a start as bad as the one the Philadelphia Flyers are off to at the beginning of the 2026-27 season.
It is a harsh reminder that only Father Time is undefeated in sports. He comes for everybody eventually, no matter how great that player is, and he is unforgiving when he does.
Here’s the trade worth starting with: Kyle Dubas picked up Nick Robertson from Toronto for a fourth-round pick, and in Pittsburgh’s opening-night 7-0 blowout over Philadelphia, Robertson scored twice.
Kuzmenko signed a one-year, $5M contract to join the Penguins this past July, and he is slated to be part of the team’s third line.
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