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Igloo Insider: Pittsburgh’s Poni Ride Begins Today

Saturday, March 6, 2010

After being acquired from the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday in exchange for Luca Caputi and Martin Skoula, Alexei Ponikarovsky is expected to make his debut today in a Pittsburgh uniform. It could be said that “Poni” was the biggest name traded in the last week, in a Trade deadline that saw just how little [...]

Igloo Insider: Pens struggling at mid-way point

Sunday, January 3, 2010

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Igloo Insider: Pens struggling at mid-way point

Happy New Year hockey fans! I hope you all had a great holiday, but there’s been no rest on or off the ice, as it’s been an especially entertaining week for us all. The Olympic rosters were announced, the World Juniors got under way in Saskatchewan, and most would say the Winter Classic lived up [...]

Penguins Lose Another Defenceman

Monday, November 16, 2009

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The Pittsburgh Penguins will be without every one of their top 4 defencemen when they take on the Anaheim Ducks tonight. Alex Goligoski is expected to miss 2-3 weeks with a lower-body injury and will join Sergei Gonchar, Brooks Orpk, and Kris Letang in the pressbox. Goligoski has had a fantastic start to the season putting [...]

Prime Waiver Wire Pickup: Lubo

Thursday, October 22, 2009

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As Kevin mentioned in his Gonchar injury post, Lubomir Visnovsky is only owned in 37% of Yahoo leagues, making him the 50th most owned defenceman in hockey. This is absolutely preposterous. The man has 4 points and is +7 thus far in eight games while playing reduced minutes as the Oilers break him in slowly [...]

Gonchar Out 4-6 with Broken Wrist

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

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Penguins defenseman Sergei Gonchar sustained an injury during the game against the St. Louis Blues last night and did not come out for the third period. Turns out Gonchar has suffered a broken wrist and is expected to miss up to six weeks. Gonchar is tied for second in team scoring with eight points in nine games [...]

Bruins Lose Another: Savard Breaks Foot

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

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Earlier this week Bruins winger Milan Lucic was placed on IR with a broken index finger and is expected to miss 4-6 weeks. Now Bruins leading scorer Marc Savard will join him after breaking his foot. Savard is expected to miss 4-6 weeks as well. Savard, who has four goals and three assists, has led [...]

Notable Contract Year Players

Monday, September 21, 2009

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It’s now become common knowledge that players playing in their final year of their contract often perform extraordinarily well (see: Daniel Briere) when the potential to earn top dollar on the free agent market is there. Looking at the 2009-10 NHL season, we try to pick out players who are in the final year of [...]

Pittsburgh Penguins 2009/10 Season Preview

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

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Pittsburgh Penguins 2008/09: 45-28-9 (2nd in Atlantic, 4th in East) Arrived: Michael Rupp (NJ), Jay McKee (STL), Brent Johnson (WSH) Departed: Hal Gill (MTL), Rob Scuderi (LA), Petr Sykora (UFA), Philippe Boucher (Retired), Mathieu Garon (CBJ) What a year it was for the young Penguins. They secured a core of young stars and won a Stanley Cup after Marian [...]

Exposing Yahoo’s Fantasy Hockey Draft Rankings

Friday, September 11, 2009

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Don’t get me wrong Yahoo is probably the best free place to host your fantasy league. In the past they weren’t offering their fantasy hockey participants the same features as the other fantasy sports, such as keeper leagues and free live scoring, but hockey now seems to be on par with the others. That being [...]

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