Penguins Nab Trio of Forwards

from http://post-gazette.com/pg/08197/897126-100.stm
Kris Beech seems to officially have doned “Jason” status.  No matter what the Penguins do, he just keeps coming back.  Maybe this’ll finally be the year where he outperforms Jags at the NHL level.
Judging by the headline, in which the fact that he’s native to Pittsburgh is so prominently touted; we’re guessing not to [...]

28: Atlanta Thrashers, and One Last Hossa Trade Rehash

2008 finish: 34-40-8, 76 pts.  4th Southeastern Division, 14th Eastern Conference.

The Atlanta Thrashers, much like the previously discussed Tampa Bay Lightning, suddenly are linked to the Penguins, after years of mostly merely co-existing.  With that fateful deadline deal of Army, Crusher, Espo (he deserves a played out nickname, too!) and a [...]

29: Los Angeles Kings

2008 finish: 32-43-7, 71 pts.  5th Pacific Division, 15th Western Conference.

Talk about creativity.  Predicting Tampa to finish 30th, again; and LA to finish 29th, again.  Chances of that happening two straight years are pretty slim — and lets be realistic, it probably won’t happen again.  However, to that I say that [...]

Tampa Bay Lightning

I tried.  I really did.  I wanted to just limit myself to one post a day, not shoot my load all at once.  But, alas, I have too many ideas floating around up there; so I can’t help myself.  Day number one gets an apparently not-so-rare double-header of posts.
I’ll try to go team-by-team for how [...]

Welcome!

This is the first post here at the newest Pittsburgh Penguins blog.
Since (hopefully) you’ll be reading for some time to come, let me first give you some background information about myself…
I’m a 22 year-old college student, at the moment, and have been watching the Pens since I was 5 years old, when they won cup [...]