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Revisiting five curious Penguins players

Revisiting five curious Penguins players

Before the season started, I wrote about five players I was most curious to see. Now that the dust has settled, let’s check in on how that all went. Owen Pickering It was nice to see Pickering earn some NHL time (to the tune of 25 games) in his rookie season, but his NHL stint […]
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NHL sets official 2026-27 salary cap limits

NHL sets official 2026-27 salary cap limits

The NHL announced their salary cap limits for 2026-27, and as widely expected, the league has trended toward maximum growth of a $104 million ceiling, up 8.9% from this year’s $95.5 million limit. This cap is right in-line with league estimates from as far back as January 2025, meaning that the finances are likely on […]
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Evaluating the Penguins attempt to get younger in 2025-26

Evaluating the Penguins attempt to get younger in 2025-26

Nothing about the 2025-26 Pittsburgh Penguins went as anybody expected it to go. When offseason began early in the summer of 2025, there was a belief that the team would not only be bad, but that it would be one of the worst teams in the NHL. There was a common theme nationally that there […]
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Pens Points: First off-season re-signings

Pens Points: First off-season re-signings

Catch up on some of the latest hockey headlines in today’s Pens Points.
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Pittsburgh Penguins Re-Sign Connor Dewar and Ilya Solovyov

Pittsburgh Penguins Re-Sign Connor Dewar and Ilya Solovyov

Pittsburgh Penguins Re-Sign Connor Dewar and Ilya Solovyov
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Pens Points: Salary Cap Set

Pens Points: Salary Cap Set

Pens Points opens your Thursday with a fresh batch of Penguins news.
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Pittsburgh Penguins Extend Contracts for Connor Dewar and Ilya Solovyov

Pittsburgh Penguins Extend Contracts for Connor Dewar and Ilya Solovyov

Pittsburgh Penguins Extend Contracts for Connor Dewar and Ilya Solovyov
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Examining two different Evgeni Malkin takes

Examining two different Evgeni Malkin takes

Whatever decision that Kyle Dubas and the Penguins make about the status of Evgeni Malkin could be the most important or telling one of the whole offseason. Bring back the 40-year old player and that sets a pretty clear course to try and make the 2026-27 season look a lot like this past year where […]
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Pens Points: Offseason Mode

Pens Points: Offseason Mode

Pens Points rolls on into the offseason.
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Pens Points: Malkin discourse shows no signs of slowing

Pens Points: Malkin discourse shows no signs of slowing

Here are your Pens Points for this Wednesday morning… As the debate to re-sign Evgeni Malkin continues to be the dominant news item (and figures to remain that way until a decision is made), two opposing views on Malkin’s future with the Penguins win out above everything else: one argument is that he’s still productive […]
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AHL Playoffs: Rutger McGroarty’s OT goal wins WBS a crucial Game 3

AHL Playoffs: Rutger McGroarty’s OT goal wins WBS a crucial Game 3

The Wilkes-Barre Penguins won a pivotal Game 3 in their best-of-five series against Hershey last night. Rutger McGroarty came up huge by redirecting a goal in overtime to send WBS up 2 games to 1 over the Bears with a huge road win. There were a lot of important and encouraging names for Pittsburgh all […]
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What should the Penguins do with their salary cap space this offseason?

What should the Penguins do with their salary cap space this offseason?

The Pittsburgh Penguins have a lot of salary cap space and some notable trade assets. So let’s talk about that.