Over at the NHL’s website they’ve been previewing a team each day. Today is the Penguins’ day, so let’s go ahead and look at the content they’ve cooked up.
A nice general article on the off-season. If you’ve followed every move closely there’s not a ton of new information, but those who might have tuned out a little for the summer can get refreshed on a note or two on the weekend.
The NHL’s Edge data is always fun to poke around with and see some analysis on. This one shows how much Crosby still has left in the tank with his great 2024-25 season. He’s lost some of his burst and rarely takes on 2-3 defenders on the rush like a younger player, but there’s still a lot of power and wisdom in his game that’s leading to strong skating and excellent chance generation.
Are people still big into fantasy hockey? I’ve kinda dropped off on it lately, but that could be a personal thing. Some of those point projections are interesting, a 42-point season from Anthony Mantha would be most welcomed and a really, really good development for the Pens at the trade deadline.
If nothing else it should be fun to watch youngsters like Rutger McGroarty, Ville Koivunen, Owen Pickering and maybe Harrison Brunicke develop at the NHL level this season.
We’ll have more on the three questions tomorrow, for today the Pens get in the summer spotlight on the main page.
