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Well, dear readers have flooded my email with requests for an update on injured C JORDAN STAAL, who has experienced setbacks after surgery during the playoffs to repair a severed tendon in his right foot. I've been in touch with several people I trust, and this is what I can report as of early Tuesday afternoon:
= Staal [...]

Photos from Haiti

It struck me today upon entering Consol Energy Center that, essentially, Sir Paul McCartney was an opening act for the Arena Football League this week.

Longtime PA announcer for Penguins home games John Barbero died Monday after a long and spirited battle with a brain tumor.

OK, so a lot of the dear readers need to calm down about the Penguins plan for an "Ice Crew" for the first season at Consol Energy Center. Actually, a better suggestion is for dear readers to actually read what the Penguins are planning; because judging from some comments on this site and others, not to mention a couple of dozen emails on the subject, I am convinced a minority of fans are taking a stance against something that will not exist.

Greetings on a dreary Friday, dear readers. Figured I'd file a quick update with so little actually going on regarding the Penguins and free agency.
• GAGNE > PENS
Actually, that should read Gagne > Pens' cap space.
Over the past few days, I have received several e-mails asking about the possibility of the Penguins trading for and/or [...]

Well, dear readers, as far as the Penguins are concerned the first-day frenzy has pretty much passed.

OK, dear readers, some thoughts on what has been a busy Hockey Day in Pittsburgh. First, though, the details of the deals:

— Want your thoughts (hockeyday@tribweb.com), but I love the signing of D Zbynek Michalek to a four-year deal worth $20 million, with a limited no-movement clause.
I identified him in today's print story—- http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/s_688427.html — and he is, essentially, a defensive-minded D man with big upside at 27, somebody that can block shots and who possesses [...]

Some notes on D Sergei Gonchar's deal with Ottawa Senators:
— The Penguins never offered a three-year deal, and I'm told they didn't offer a raise on his previous $5 million annual salary.
— Team management awoke today expecting to lose Gonchar. Hopeful he'd return, but not at all optimistic.
— No-trade clause wasn't on the table, either.
— [...]