The Pittsburgh Penguins Blog

As leaves begin to change, and temperatures are projected to dip to normal cooler temperatures, the reality of October has come over us. Not Buctober, but October. Buctober didn’t last 24 hours. Let us be realistic. The season is over, and in depressing fashion. Fitting the norm of mid 20’s pop culture, social media, especially […]

Any spring that doesn’t end with a Stanley Cup parade being held in the city of Pittsburgh leaves many questions, as well as, a few months of tremendous disappointment. Holding a commanding 3-1 series lead over the New York Rangers in last year’s Eastern Conference Semi Finals, the last thought in anyone’s mind was the […]

The Major League season is winding down and the playoff races are heating up. The NFL Preseason is in full swing with the regular season right around the corner. Just after the first kickoff of the NFL season, NHL teams will open up their training camps in preparation to chase Lord Stanley’s Cup. This is […]

A few weeks ago the Pittsburgh Penguins traded James Neal to the Nashville Predators for Patric Hornqvist and Nick Spaling. Hours earlier the Pittsburgh Pirates sent Jason Grilli to the Anaheim Angels in a swap of underperforming former closers, acquiring Ernesto Frieri. This got me wondering, what are the best trades in Pittsburgh sports history? […]

If there is one thing that can be certain about new Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford, it’s that the man isn’t afraid of change. Rutherford has already made some serious changes in an attempt to make the Pittsburgh Penguins into the perennial Stanley Cup contenders that many thought they would be following their jubilant 2008-2009 […]