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A quick, and perhaps messy, transcription of Penguins C Sidney Crosby’s post-practice media scrum today at St. Pete Times Forum. He spent about 35 minutes on the ice with teammates, followed by approximately another 15 to 20 working out individually. He participated in all drills and was worked into a power-play rotation. Q: Did you [...]

See the previous blog entry for a roundup of other NHL rankings. The Pens are near the top for USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/nhl/2011-03-29-canucks-power-rankings_N.htm My ballot: 1-      VAN 2-      PHI 3-      PIT 4-      SJS 5-      DET 6-      BOS 7-      WSH 8-      PHX 9-      NSH 10-   NYR 11-   LAK 12-   CHI 13-   ANA 14-   TMP 15-   MTO 16-   [...]

About 90 minutes before the Penguins and Flyers meets for the final time this regular season, with no less than perhaps the inside track on the East’s No. 1 seed at stake tonight at Consol Energy Center. = This is the Penguins’ penultimate home home, and they leave Wednesday for a two-game swing through Florida. [...]

Penguins LW Matt Cooke has received the longest suspension in franchise history and is now the fourth player in NHL history to be suspended for the rest of a season. The official release from the NHL after a long hearing between Hockey Operations and Cooke in Toronto this afternoon: TORONTO (March 21, 2011) — Pittsburgh Penguins forward Matt [...]

What Penguins and Red Wings players/coaches had to say about controversial LW Matt Cooke, who was having a disciplinary hearing today at Toronto for his elbow to the head of Rangers D Ryan McDonagh Sunday in the Penguins’ home loss to New YOrk. CRAIG ADAMS  = On Cooke putting in a teammates in a tough [...]

Greetings from a flight back to Pittsburgh, dear readers. These GM meetings have come and gone without a firm abolishment of headshots – no surprise, though still a disappointment. Check out Thursday’s print edition for a couple of stories, including an analysis detailing what Penguins GM Ray Shero was up against at these meetings. Also, [...]

Greetings from Boca Raton, Fla., dear readers. Busy day with a ton of news. In Pittsburgh, C Sidney Crosby, has resumed skating, hitting the ice for a 15-minute workout. He hadn’t been on the ice since Jan. 5. As that news broke NHL GMs were meeting here, and I’ve gathered their reaction to the headshot/concussion [...]

About to hit the ACC for the Leafs-Pens AM practice. A bit cold here in lovely Toronto, which actually feels more like home than Pittsburgh lately. Anyway, before I get to the rankings, a link to the behind-the-scenes video at the Trib about what deadline period is like for at least one beat boy: http://bcove.me/v53iznj0 [...]