Hey, I told you this series was far from over. Game 3 was just another example of the resilience of this Penguins team. From top to bottom, the Pens’ roster is filled with talented hockey players. Eventually, the players like Kris Letang, Ruslan Fedotenko and Evgeni Malkin were going to wake up. After three frenetic games, this series is starting…
Penguins Nation, if you spent Tuesday morning staring vacantly at your coffee mug or gazing into the abyss of your Geometry book searching for answers to Monday night’s stunning Game 2 loss, you are not alone. It’s okay to be bummed out. When Alexander Ovechkin careened into the Penguins’ zone, used Sergei Gonchar as a screen and sealed the game…
When Max Talbot raised his finger in defiance to the raucous Wachovia Center crowd and told them to Sshhh, admit it: you thought it was a dumb move. And as Daniel Carcillo, the mulleted grinder who had just dropped the mitts with Talbot, whipped the home crowd into hysteria by telling them to get the (p)uck up on national…
There may be no defensive player in the NFL more deserving of banking $8.6 million a year than James Harrison. His work ethic is phenomenal, he’s a fantastic rags to riches story, and he’s easily the meanest Steeler since Joe Greene. Mean. But by making Harrison the second-highest-paid player in franchise history, the Steelers essentially mortgaged their future for the…
The playoff beard. An NHL tradition that started in the early 1980s when the New York Islanders threw away their razors in a display of team unity before winning four straight Stanley Cup titles. There have been similar spinoffs on the concept, like the Calgary Flames’ mohawks of 2008, but the classic playoff beard never goes out of style. This…
Imagine for a second that you are Chris Kunitz, winger for the Pittsburgh Penguins. It’s your job is to stand in front of the opponents net and create havoc during power plays. Easy enough, right? Well, I didn’t mention that it’s the end of the second period and your legs are burning. They’re on fire. As you dig your…
If the resurgent Penguins make a strong run in the Stanley Cup Playoffs this spring, one of their biggest fans will be watching alongside Penguins Nation from his home in Pittsburgh. Maybe he’ll even turn to his two kids and say, with his signature quarter-smile and dry cadence, “I told you so.” Shortly after his firing, with the Penguins then…
