Penguins buck trend with lead scout from Europe

Looking at his biography, there is the temptation to suggest that the main Penguin manager, Jim Rutherford, is an old-fashioned hockey player.

He played in the NHL in 1970. He was the champion in the league since the birth of many of his players. Last year last year, he named the classic heavyweight chief at Ryan Reaves.

Do not be fooled, the head of the Penguin warned Patrik Allvin. Rutherford is just as forward-thinking as they are.

Jason Mackey's Penguins chat transcription

Jason Mackey: Hi, people. Happy thursday. Today in the office, so I thought we would talk. He'll be back at 1 in the afternoon. to answer all your questions. As always, thank you for spending time here.
Jason Mackey: Okay, let's do it. Sorry for being late. He spoke with Linda Parker, an assistant editor for P-G, the nicest person in the world and perhaps the biggest fan of Marc-Andre Fleury in the world. So, let's do it ...

Steven: Did Rutherford meet any RFA agent to your knowledge?
Jason Mackey: Yes. These are in progress. I expect all NHL guests to come back.
Jason Mackey: Just like on the side, people: we ended up with "daddy" stuff. It's unproductive and has its course. These questions in the queue will not be pushed through. Thanks, management.

Phil Kessel: On the trading block again

Phil Kessel, note. These are Mike Sullivan's penguins.

Penguins from Pittsburgh once belonged to superstars. That's what Mario Lemieux, Jaromir Jagr wanted, even Sidney Crosby. As a matter of philosophy, the team satisfies the best players. Perhaps the world has changed. Perhaps only the organization, but Penguins no longer satisfy their best players.

Sullivan helped, pushed and eventually transformed penguins from an emotionally sensitive, perhaps immature team into a professional jug. His "Just Play" mantra was the antithesis of years of stupid retaliation and dissipation through physical play. Sullivan led to the penguins becoming hardened veterans resisting disturbing attempts at opponents.

You know the result. Return to the Stanley Cup Championship.

However, the fastest way out of Pittsburgh is to get a residence on the wrong side of Sullivan. When Sullivan settled, he had more control over the plan. Based on his mentor, John Tortorelli, known for shaping graphics with preferred players and punting undesirable players, Sullivan increasingly emphasized his talent for the band.

If Kessel hopes to remain a Penguin, the anger of the coach is not the way to go. In the past, the breakup with the star had a Penguin trainer in a hot seat.

Now the player has to worry.

The government between Cole and Sullivan had many versions told in different corners. Read one of several stories of Pittsburgh Hockey. Now here, "Mike Sulivan, Ian Cole must sew, now."

Ryan Reaves, who was also in turn with Cole in the deadline, was the highest-ranked member of the fourth Penguin line. Despite the transaction of the day for the acquisition of Reaves, in which the Penguins were withdrawn from the first round, the role of Reaves dropped throughout the season. It gives up the ice time soaked up to about five minutes a day, or was a healthy basis before trading.

It took some time, but coach Gerard Gallant from Vegas Golden Knights put in and took advantage of Reaver's presence.

We do not have to repeat again for 10,000 in the playoffs in 2016, it was Sullivan's preference, then goalkeeper Roka Murray, against Marc-Andre Fleura, who effectively made the goalkeepers' choice in Penguins.

That Fleury, Cole and Reaves were great personalities and jokesterami, and Sullivan is an intense, serious coach, perhaps it is an interesting point of discussion for the next day and something to be observed in terms of future movements.

It burned penguins.

Kessel decided to play, even after the playoffs he was almost assured, but he was a nightmare in the playoffs even with strength. Penguins CEO Jim Rutherford provided protection to Kessel during a transparent, daily press conference, delineating his results in the cumulative effect of injuries.

Sullivan did not provide the same protection. In fact, Sullivan blew up Kessel's place.

Because Kessel decided not to talk to reporters after the season, Sullivan's rating became the official record.

"It was not significant, I can tell you," said Sullivan.

Treating the star Kessel probably came to an end. If he hopes to become a Penguin, he can start with concessions to the boss. Like the rest of us.

The Penguins’ Stanley Cup defense is over

The Vegas Golden Knights could win the Stanley Cup in its first year of existence. That's largely thanks to a group of players who abandoned the last Cup winner.

With the Penguins out of the playoffs since the Capitals beat them in the second round, a group of former Penguins - led by their goalkeeper over a decade - has been critical in the historic Vegas race for the Cup final.

If the Golden Knights defeat the capitals, Fleury will win the Conn Smythe Trophy as MVP of the playoffs. Even if the Knights lose, there is a chance that Fleury will win that honor.

Pittsburgh Won Its First Stanley Cup

Twenty-seven years ago, the Pittsburgh penguins ended the Stanley Cup drought for two and a half decades in a decisive victory in Game 6 against the Northern Star of Minnesota.

Game 6 was played in the capital's sports center in Minneapolis on May 25, 1991. Pittsburgh came out at the beginning of the first period and never gave pressure from the struggling northern stars (the predecessor of the Dallas stars).

With nine seconds left on the power game, Ulf Samuelsson scored just two minutes in the first period to give the penguins an advantage. Shamuelsson's successful work eventually gave Pittsburgh a win in the game; The pens closed the North Stars in three play periods.

Keeping Murray was always the right decision

June 21, 2003 The Pittsburgh Penguins have chosen goalkeeper Marc-Andre Fleury with the best overall pick in the NHL project in 2003 in Nashville. Over the next 14 years, Fleury became one of the cornerstones of the Penguins franchise, which included Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. Together, the trio won three Stanley Cups, and Fleury became the leader of the franchise throughout the time in almost every major statistical category for the goalkeeper.

Accelerate for nine years until June 23, 2012. Entry to the NHL is held in Pittsburgh, where the Penguins chose another young goalkeeper, this time in the third round. His name was Matt Murray, and he quickly grew into an unthinkable prospect.

The Steelers, and their fans, can take a lesson from the Penguins

Watching the recent attempt at the playoffs of the Pittsburgh penguins, the efforts rudely shattered in front of the noisy house crowd in Steel City, I was amazed not only by the monumental challenge faced by the Runes to win three consecutive NHL championships, but also a subtle and sometimes decisive role, which luck can play in the quest team championship.

Just imagine, if the Steelers began preparing for the next season of 2018 on the wings of two consecutive league titles - exactly where the penguins stood at the beginning of this season of hockey. We can easily imagine overestimated rhetoric and harsh conversations about the new Steelers dynasty, which extends to the sports media of Pittsburgh. But this happens with human psychology - when we are at the top, we feel unstoppable and inclined to reject the obvious, but undesirable seeds of our inevitable fall from grace.

Kris Letang trade rumor update: still a bad idea for the Pens!

Mike Sullivan likes to say that his team plays best with a "defensive conscience". A quick glance at the numbers seems to indicate that during the entire 2017-18 season, penguins did not do as much as in the past.

They gave up 3.02 goals per game, their average season in the average for Sullivan. In October and November, the problem of dropping too many strange aspirations was a problem, and he returned to bite them again in the postseason, which ultimately led to their elimination of the playoffs.

When looking at the defenders and goalkeepers, the results were a bit mixed bag. There were many positive moments to take away, but, ultimately, the inability of penguins to keep the puck out of their own network is the main reason they no longer compete for the third consecutive Stanley Cup.

For example, this year the defenders remained remarkably healthy. Justin Schultz sat from 19 games due to injury, but Chris Lathang, Brian Dumulin and Olli Maatt missed five combinations between them.

Brassard’s cap hit for next season is the most redeeming quality about his acquisition

Penguins received 42 goals and 98 points from Yevgeny Malkin, his best offensive result from 2011 to 2012. Phil Kessel finished the regular season with 92 points in his career. Patrick Hornqvist scored 29 goals, the second-largest career, while the penguins were one of eight teams with five or more 20 points.

Nevertheless, after reaching the Stanley Cup playoffs in the second round, it is difficult to sum up the Penguin forwards and come to some final conclusion. Yes, they were prolific. But their five-fold insult to start the season was terrible, and their secondary result was unsuccessful in the playoffs.

Jake Guenzel, Conor Sheri and Karl Hagelin were on the map. Dominic Simon, Zach Aston-Rees and Daniel Sproung showed flashes, but that's really all they turned out to be. Derik Brassard received incomplete information in his card, while Kessel played on the hook in the postseason.

Could the Pittsburgh Penguins sign John Tavares?

Recent NHL Rumors link the Pittsburgh Penguins to the future free agency center of John Tavares. Is it plausible to afford them?
The Pittsburgh Penguin quest for three consecutive Stanley Cups came to an end. It was a noble attempt, but eventually the Washington capitals received the best of them in six games in the Eastern Conference semifinal. CEO Jim Rutherford says there will be changes. The latest NHL rumors suggest that you can come to a huge, in the form of the soon emerging free agent center of John Tavares.

In his last article 31 Thoughts, Elliott Friedman notes this possibility.

Assuming that [Lou Lamoriello] really wins, it probably means a new step to save John Tavares. The captain did a very good job to stay under the radar ... Someone we do not expect will come out of nowhere to run for him. This is purely a guess, but Penguins GM Jim Rutherford is the guy with whom I could see the night when I figured out how to do it.

Penguins say goodbye at locker clean-out day

After keeping the list largely intact over the past few seasons, Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford said Wednesday that there will be changes in the offseason.

The changes will not affect the core of the team, which saw its dreams of the third regular Stanley Cup on Monday in Washington, DC, but Rutherford said the change is necessary.

Our group discusses the risers and dildos of this postseason, along with the best trade deals, the final Stanley Cup finals that we want to see and much more.

There is only a shy championship, no doubt, it will be painful, but in fact it can be the best scenario for the expansion club.