When noon strikes tomorrow, Sidney Crosby will sign a 12 year, $104.4 million deal to remain a Pittsburgh Penguin for the rest of his career. Staying true to his superstitious nature, Crosby's cap hit will remain $8.7 million despite the player cap increasing by $4 million since Crosby signed his first contract extension in 2007. […]

The disappointment express that is the Pittsburgh Power season continues to rumble down the tracks towards the end of the season. The Power now sit at 3-11 on the season, and will try to end what is essentially an 8-game losing streak against the Iowa Barnstormers (5-9) Saturday night. Pittsburgh's only win in the last […]

The 2012 NHL Free Agency period is set to start on Sunday, July 1st and for most people in the city of Pittsburgh it is like Christmas in July. Fans go crazy at this time and cannot wait to see what big addition Ray Shero will add to the Penguins. And the fans and the […]

Out of everyone in attendance at Consol Energy Center last Friday, Ray Shero became the biggest winner at the draft. Even after Jordan Staal appeared to whittle his trade value down to nearly nothing, Shero was still able to strike a deal with Hurricanes' GM, Jim Rutherford, sending Staal to Carolina for a pick, a […]

The NHL Entry Draft marks the beginning of a career for top prospects across North America and Europe who have dreamt of the day in which one of the thirty NHL teams calls their name. The elite players that have dominated their respective junior teams have entered into a professional league where they must begin […]

Thank you, Evgeni Malkin. Thank you for reminding me and the city of Pittsburgh of how you were once a rookie and spoke no English at all and didn't understand what anyone was saying in this country. Thank you for reminding me on how far you have come and also reminding me on the one […]

After the Penguins fell embarrassingly to the Philadelphia Flyers in the first round of the 2012 playoffs, Ray Shero stated that changes would be made to the team in the offseason. This news was rather unsurprising considering the Penguins severely underachieved with a relatively healthy roster; a roster proclaimed by many across North America to […]

Who is the worst Pirate to play at PNC Park? This follows up on our OPS+ conversation from an earlier blog post, where we used the sabermetric "Adjusted On Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage." OPS+ uses ballpark effects and league effects with OPS and SLG to put a player's offensive hitting prowess (base-running aside) on […]