Pittsburgh Penguins Rumors & News

WEEI Boston "Don Cherry joined Dennis & Callahan on Monday morning, and the CBC Hockey Night in Canada analyst said he is sticking with his pick of the Bruins to win it all against the Blackhawks. “They are going to win the Cup,” Cherry said point-blank. “I picked Boston all the way through.” “It’s funny..." June 17

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "He was asked about it several times during the season. So were his coach, his teammates. Now that he has had a little time to reflect, Penguins center Sidney Crosby figures that, yes, he probably did reach the ultra-elite level of play in 2013 that he showed in the first half of 2010-11, when..." June 16

Pittsburgh Tribune Review "Penguins general manager Ray Shero's bold season was rewarded Friday. Shero was named NHL General Manager of the Year in a ceremony in Chicago. Two of his players — center Sidney Crosby and defenseman Kris Letang — have been nominated for awards that will be revealed later this weekend. Shero..." June 14

Pittsburgh Tribune Review "Evgeni Malkin wanted to know he was staying in Pittsburgh before he left for Russia. He got that assurance Thursday. Malkin and the Penguins agreed on an eight-year contract that will pay him $76 million — a cap hit of $9.5 million, highest on the team. “Very happy,” Malkin said. The..." June 13

Yahoo! Sports "The Pittsburgh Penguins' sweep at the hands of the Boston Bruins left the club with a great deal of questions, the foremost of which was the future of coach Dan Bylsma. After another disappointing postseason exit, which came, conveniently, just ahead of contract talk time, would he find himself..." June 12

Pittsburgh Tribune Review "Ray Shero and Mario Lemieux talked all day Tuesday. Ron Burkle was in on the discussions, too. Shero, the Penguins' general manager, met with majority co-owners Lemieux and Burkle to discuss several items, including the future of coach Dan Bylsma and assistants Tony Granato and Todd Reirden. The..." June 12

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "The Penguins and their fan base are beginning to digest the hard truths of the team's stunning departure from the Stanley Cup playoffs. Those have to be going down like a heaping bowl of broken glass. Inside the team offices, it is a time for thoughtful assessments of all that went wrong in..." June 10

New York Post "The call on Dan Bylsma’s future behind the Penguins’ bench may not be Pittsburgh general manager Ray Shero’s to make. Several individuals within the industry have told Slap Shots Penguins chairman Mario Lemieux, distressed by his team’s fourth straight failure to get out of the Eastern..." June 10

Vancouver Province "Canucks fans should have been pulling for the Boston Bruins and Chicago Blackhawks all along. Coaching candidate Dallas Eakins was back in Vancouver this week for his second interview as the Canucks search to replace Alain Vigneault. But he left without an offer, and he wasn’t likely going to..." June 10

Pittsburgh Tribune Review "Keeping Evgeni Malkin is the Penguins' top priority this summer. General manager Ray Shero will move quickly. Negotiations between Shero and Malkin's agent, J.P. Barry, will begin this week — and both parties are interested in working on a deal in short order. Malkin is set to enter the..." June 10

SportingNews.com "While the NHL, NHL Players Association, International Olympic Committee and International Ice Hockey Federation all say a deal to bring players to the 2013 Sochi Olympics will get done, there are still roadblocks, according to Sportsnet's John Shannon. Two of the big ones: the league's desire..." June 10

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Dan Bylsma passed over Marc-Andre Fleury for Tomas Vokoun for most of the Penguins' playoff run, but less than 48 hours after the team was swept in the Eastern Conference final, he backed Fleury in the strongest way. "Marc-Andre Fleury is our No. 1 goalie," Bylsma said Sunday as players cleaned..." June 10

Pittsburgh Tribune Review "Despite being demoted to the third line and seldom seeing playoff time on the first power-play unit, Jarome Iginla wouldn't mind returning to the Penguins next season. Iginla, a future hall-of-famer, will become a free agent July 5 if he doesn't re-sign with the Penguins by then. “I think..." June 10

Pittsburgh Tribune Review "Goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury doesn't know if he will return to the Penguins next season. If he does, Fleury likely will do so under the guidance of a new goaltenders coach. Gilles Meloche is expected to formally request his resignation this week. Meloche, goaltending coach for the past..." June 09

Denver Post "The biggest decision the Avalanche has right now is whom to select with the first pick in the NHL draft June 30. Assuming the Avs don't trade the pick, that is. But the Avs have another serious question to ponder over the next month: Should they buy out the remainder of David Jones'..." June 09

CSN New England "Not too many Bruins fans will forget the day that Jarome Iginla was traded to Boston, and then wasn't. The former Calgary Flames star used his no trade clause to block an initial deal to the B's in order to get himself shipped off to Pittsburgh to team up with the likes of Sidney Crosby and..." June 08

Pittsburgh Tribune Review "They sat side by side in the Penguins' locker room, Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, the two greatest Penguins — and maybe players — of their generation. Crosby sat dignified and quiet, while Malkin sat with his head in his hands for the longest time. They'll forever sit side by side at the..." June 08

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "There is no consistent seating chart for the Penguins when they are on the road. Visiting locker rooms are configured differently. At TD Garden on Friday, centers Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin occupied a small section with just two lockers on one side of the Penguins' locker room. They sat..." June 08

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "As Penguins postseason meltdowns go, the one that ended inside rollicking TD Garden Friday night was slower, deeper and more mystifying than the three that immediately preceded it, and the fallout will be malignant. The Boston Bruins, beaten reliably by these same Penguins in the Penguins'..." June 08

New York Post "The Penguins’ loss could be the Rangers’ gain. For if Pittsburgh general manager Ray Shero — perhaps under orders from team chairman Mario Lemieux — dismisses coach Dan Bylsma in the wake of his club’s sweep by the Bruins in the Eastern Conference finals that was cemented in Boston last night..." June 08

Boston Herald "The Eastern Conference wasn't about Pittsburgh's high-powered offense. Instead, it was about suffocating defense and dominant goaltending. It's why the Boston Bruins are advancing to the Stanley Cup Finals for the second time in three years, after beating the Penguins 1-0 on Friday night at the..." June 08

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "The Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers have had informal discussions about playing a game at Beaver Stadium on the Penn State campus. The talks have been between Penguins CEO David Morehouse and Flyers president Peter Luukko. "It would be great for Pennsylvania hockey," Morehouse..." June 07

SportingNews.com "The last 14 images CBC viewers saw before Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals, set to the wistful tones of Radiohead's "Karma Police," all involved Sidney Crosby. There was Crosby's turnover from Game 2, leading to Brad Marchand's breakaway goal, and then there was sad Crosby, Crosby..." June 07

NHL.com "The comeback, if there is to be one for the Pittsburgh Penguins, starts Friday night (8 p.m. ET, NBCSN, CBC, RDS) at TD Garden in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Final. The Penguins trail the Boston Bruins three games to none in the best-of-7 series that determines who represents the Eastern..." June 07

Pittsburgh Tribune Review "Teams that boast the finest “top four” defensemen usually enjoy considerable success in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Judging by the minutes allocated, it appears the Penguins believe they possess only three defensemen worthy of “top four” time. Kris Letang, Brooks Orpik and Paul Martin are..." June 07

Boston Herald "The Pittsburgh Penguins would not be the butt of any jokes last night. After the Bruins beat the Penguins by a combined score of 9-1 in the first two games of the Eastern Conference finals in Pittsburgh, they encountered a much more competitive, more structurally sound team in Game 3 last night..." June 06

Boston Herald "Since Claude Julien took over as coach in 2007, the Bruins have lived through the gamut of NHL playoff experiences. They’ve been the scrappy underdog and overwhelming favorite. They’ve been derided as chokers and hailed as champions. They’ve stared down ignominious defeat that could have torn..." June 05

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Yes, Dan Bylsma said Tuesday, he knew which goaltender he planned to start tonight in Boston in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference final. The Penguins coach simply had no interest in sharing his decision. Tomas Vokoun supplanted Marc-Andre Fleury for Game 5 of the first round of the playoffs..." June 05

NHL.com "All players entering the NHL beginning next season could be required to wear a visor. The NHL's Competition Committee met Tuesday here. Among its recommendations was a proposal that would make visors mandatory for all players entering the League, starting in 2013-14. Under the proposal,..." June 05

CSN New England "Sidney Crosby has been utterly shut down in two games of the Eastern Conference Finals against Boston. He is scoreless in each of the first two games, and has exhibited frustration while turning pucks over at an uncharacteristically high rate since his little scuffle with Zdeno Chara at the end..." June 05

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Tomas Vokoun will start in goal for the Penguins tonight in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference final against the Boston Bruins at TD Garden. "It's a coaches' decision, and I'm just trying to repay their confidence [in stating me] by having a good game," Vokoun said after the Penguins held their..." June 05

Boston Herald "Tuukka Rask faced 29 shots, many of them high-quality scoring chances, in Game 1 against the Penguins. Yet, he still managed a shutout. Last night, the Bruins goalie had something different to battle: boredom. Thanks to a stout Bruins defense, the once-high-scoring Penguins managed just six..." June 04

Boston Herald "Just about everything went wrong for Sidney Crosby during the first shift of the game last night. It didn’t get any better from there for the Pittsburgh Penguins captain. Crosby went 0-for-2 on faceoffs sandwiched around a routine wrister gloved by Tuukka Rask, before committing a flagrant..." June 04

CSN New England "All it took was a grand total of 53 seconds for Brad Marchand to completely collapse the Pittsburgh Penguins’ hopes for Game 2 at the CONSOL Energy Center on Monday night. The Nose Face Killah enjoyed his best game of the playoffs thus far as he scored 28 seconds into the first period on the..." June 04

TSN.ca "The NHL's Competition Committee has recommended the mandatory wearing of visors be grandfathered in at its meeting in Toronto on Tuesday. The use of shallower nets to be used next season as well as a hybrid icing rule to be tested in preseason were among other recommended rule changes proposed..." June 04

Toronto Star "We know how badly it went for Marian Hossa when he tried to pick which team looked more likely to be a champion. Well, it’s going even worse for Jarome Iginla. Those who viewed his trade to Pittsburgh from Calgary as a wonderful story that would end up with the same happy ending as Raymond..." June 04

Boston Herald "The Bruins entered the Eastern Conference finals as heavy underdogs to the Pittsburgh Penguins, but they weren’t buying into that role. And now we can all see why. The B’s are two wins away from their second Stanley Cup final appearance in three years after a stunningly easy 6-1 victory at..." June 04

Boston Herald "Aaron Ward, former Bruins defenseman and now ace TSN analyst, made the point a week ago about the Bruins-Penguins series: “The biggest thing for me — and this is for both teams — is who has the ability to adjust? If Boston is doing something that works well, how does Pittsburgh adjust?” Well, in..." June 03

CSN New England "While Boston will gladly thank Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby for trying to prove how tough they were in Game 1, the Bruins are not expecting the Penguins to treat Game 2 like a back-alley fight. The Black and Gold know they’re going to receive Pittsburgh’s strongest effort so that the..." June 03

Boston Herald "The Bruins yesterday had their head shots taken by Sports Illustrated before practice, and it was just Patrice Bergeron’s luck. Courtesy of his scrap with Evgeni Malkin at the end of the second period of Game 1, Bergeron was sporting the makings of a black eye, stitches on the bridge of his..." June 03

Yahoo! Sports "Not being one to complain about the quality of officiating in an NHL game, or lack thereof, it was very strange to see the events of Saturday night's Eastern Conference Final Game 1 unfold as they did. The Pittsburgh Penguins are, we would all agree, the better team in the series when it comes..." June 03

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "The sight of Evgeni Malkin -- a former NHL scoring champion, MVP and playoff MVP -- fighting in a playoff game might sound alarms. "Hopefully he doesn't get hurt," Penguins defenseman Brooks Orpik said. "That's the first thing. He's a pretty valuable guy to the team." Malkin's fisticuffs were..." June 02

NESN "Some were expecting Pittsburgh Penguins forward Matt Cooke to receive a call from the league following another controversial play, this time in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference final. Cooke, who has a checkered past with plenty of supplemental discipline, was at the center of attention again..." June 02