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NHL AWARDS RECAP Well, dear readers, don’t blame me for the Penguins’ disappointing evening at the NHL Awards Show at The Palms Hotel Las Vegas on Thursday night. I had C SIDNEY CROSBY atop my Hart Trophy (MVP) ballot and C JORDAN STAAL atop my Selke Trophy (defensive forward) ballot. A quick recap of the [...]

QUICK UPDATE Around this date every offseason, I feel compelled to warn dear readers that a significant amount of misinformation will find its way onto various Internet sites between now and July 1. I am not one of these Newspaper Guys who believes every website and/or blog can be discredited. Many are informative and right [...]

FLYERS GET GOING EARLY (AGAIN) While speaking with Penguins GM RAY SHERO on Friday he said that regarding free agency the ball is already rolling around the NHL. Even though the FA period opens July 1, clubs are determing which if their players they can realistically considerably keeping and, as evident by the move made [...]

ON THE BEAT ROAD: MIKE YEO The best way I can describe former Penguins ASST MIKE YEO is as a class act. He was always willing to explain his approach and strategy, and I can say I always left a conversation with him understanding better the game-planning in hockey. He was most willing when the [...]

QUICK HITS Well, dear readers, as I detailed in Tuesday’s Tribune-Review, Penguins GM RAY SHERO said talks with those impending UFAs he hopes to retain should head up this week. An update on that story: = A collection of NHL agents, all who represent Penguins and a couple with clients set for UFA status, have [...]

EYES ON THE PRIZE Well, never let it be said Penguins fans don’t care about the Stanley Cup Final. At least, never let it be said a Penguins fan won’t tune in to possibly watch the hated Philadelphia Flyers lose the Cup on home ice. Pittsburgh placed fourth among top 10 U.S. television markets with [...]