Tag Archive | "Pittsburgh Penguins"
Penguins think the kids are alright
The Pittsburgh Penguins offseason strategy mostly relied on acquiring defenseman and getting younger. Now that Sidney Crosby looks a bit more like a veteran and wears a ring he represents the main leadership group as the team allowed Sergei Gonchar, Alexei Ponikarovsky, Ruslan Fedotenko and Bill Guerin to leave via free agency. Top prospect Eric [...]
Continue reading...Slot Jordan Staal next to Evgeni Malkin
Sunday, August 22, 2010
We have heard the rumors all offseason as the Penguins failed to add scoring wingers. Bill Guerin remains a free agent while Alexei Ponikarovsky will try his hand on the West Coast. While the team still may maintain interest in Guerin, putting Jordan Staal on the left side of Evgeni Malkin would certainly make sense. [...]
Continue reading...Fantasy Season in Review: Pittsburgh Penguins
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Offensive Corps: The 2009-2010 season ended in disappointment after the team won the Stanley Cup the season before. If it wasn’t for captain Sidney Crosby and his sudden goal scoring touch the Penguins very well could have finished lower than their 4th seed and 2nd round playoff exit. As previously mentioned, Crosby posted career highs [...]
Continue reading...Top Five Reasons Why Dan Hamhuis Increased In Value
Sunday, July 4, 2010
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Over the past few weeks, Dan Hamhuis went from Nashville to Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and finally Vancouver. Was he worth a 7th round pick? Was he worth a third round pick? Was he worth Ryan Parent? The Canucks believe him to be worth a massive 4.5 million cap hit, 250K more than shot-blocking machine Anton Volchenkov. [...]
Continue reading...Pens Land Much-Coveted Michalek, Martin
Thursday, July 1, 2010
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All of a sudden, losing Sergei Gonchar doesn’t seem so bad. The Penguins, after parting ways with Sergei Gonchar and possibly Jordan Leopold and Jay McKee, the Pens made a splash landing one of the biggest free agent defensemen in Zbynek Michalek at $4-million a year over 5 years. Michalek has come close to the [...]
Continue reading...Sergei Gonchar Ends Ties with Pittsburgh
Thursday, July 1, 2010
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Today, the Ottawa Senators signed free agent defenseman to a three-year deal with a 5.5 million annual cap hit. At 36-years-old the contract definitively counts under the 35+ rule, meaning even if Gonchar retires or is demoted he will count against the cap. This past season the veteran missed 20 games after missing all but [...]
Continue reading...Draft Review: Penguins Trade for Rights to Hamhuis
Monday, June 28, 2010
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The Pittsburgh Penguins traded a third-round pick to the Philadelphia Flyers for UFA defenseman Dan Hamhuis. We were bullish on his offensive side finding a new home but thought he would be stuck in a similar situation in Philly to his most recent with the Nashville Predators. With Sergei Gonchar likely to not re-sign with [...]
Continue reading...Sergei Gonchar Likely Done with Penguins
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
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According to TSN’s Darren Dreger, Sergei Gonchar may be looking at the open market. At 36, the veteran defenseman seems unlikely to accept a decrease in salary after posting 50 points in 62 games. Since we live in a cap era a contract for a 36-year-old warrants caution. Over the past seasons he missed 83 [...]
Continue reading...Forgettable 2009-10 Fantasy Seasons: Part 5/5
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
It’s always a difficult process making player projections at the start of a fantasy season but what happens when we think the world of a player and he falls completely short of his lofty expectations? When making preseason projections, analysts take everything into account – past trends, a previous season’s playoff performance, their team, their [...]
Continue reading...Forgettable 2009-10 Fantasy Seasons: Part 2/5
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
It’s always a difficult process making player projections at the start of a fantasy season but what happens when we think the world of a player and he falls completely short of his lofty expectations? When making preseason projections, analysts take everything into account – past trends, a previous season’s playoff performance, their team, their [...]
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Sunday, August 29, 2010
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