Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images The Pens round out their coaching staff The Penguins have announced the hirings for their coaching staff around Dan Muse. Todd Nelson, a recent two-time AHL Calder Cup winning coach with Hershey, will join Pittsburgh as an assistant. Nick Bonino and Rich Clune will join Nelson as assistant coaches. Troy Paquette has been hired the … [Read more...] about Penguins announce Nick Bonino, Todd Nelson among new coaching staff
Crosby/Malkin vs. McDavid/Draisaitl: Examining Stanley Cup supporting casts
Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images Have Connor and Leon gotten enough help? In the aftermath of Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers failing once again to capture the elusive Stanley Cup, online discourse has popped up about the age old hockey debate of individual contribution to what is a team-based achievement. Great players are judged by how many Cups they win, but … [Read more...] about Crosby/Malkin vs. McDavid/Draisaitl: Examining Stanley Cup supporting casts
Hopefully the Hockey Hall of Fame gets it right this year on Sergei Gonchar
Photo by Gregory Shamus/NHLI via Getty Images Let’s hope this is the year We did it in 2023, and in 2024 and now it’s time again to keep the spotlight on in 2025 the Hockey Hall of Fame to make the overdue call to induct Sergei Gonchar when announcements come out on Tuesday. The good news is that it seems like Gonchar’s candidacy is trending in the right direction, per … [Read more...] about Hopefully the Hockey Hall of Fame gets it right this year on Sergei Gonchar
Lessons to take from Panthers’ emerging dynasty
Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images They have built the best team in the NHL. Now everybody will try to duplicate it. The NHL, like all professional sports, tends to be a copycat league. When one team finds success, and especially sustained championship success, other teams are going to try and duplicate that approach. When it comes to the Florida Panthers, who … [Read more...] about Lessons to take from Panthers’ emerging dynasty
Worst case scenario for the Penguins in the draft?
Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images Talking about uncontrollable but unfortunate situations Something popped out in a lot of mock drafts that have been out there, but in best graphical form on this one from The Athletic. The expected top-six is what it is (Schaefer, Misa, Frondell, Desnoyers, Martone) for players that can’t be expected to last very long. But a bad … [Read more...] about Worst case scenario for the Penguins in the draft?