Bigger surprise for Penguins: playoffs or last place?

PensBurgh 9/16 3:33A Jim Rixner

For how some people are wired, today could be considered the last day of summer. Unofficially, of course, but from the pro hockey perspective it’s here. The Penguins report tomorrow for their first...

Sidney Crosby says he wants to be in Pittsburgh, isn’t a fan of tanking

PensBurgh 9/15 9:25A Mike Darnay

The 2025-26 NHL season is less than one month from getting underway and Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby spoke Monday about how he wants to be in Pittsburgh and says he does not support the...

Penguins/Buffalo game thoughts to finish up the Prospects Challenge

PensBurgh 9/15 8:33A Jim Rixner

The annual Prospects Challenge ended for the Penguins today in Buffalo with a game against the home Buffalo Sabres. The Penguins stack the deck and load up with about the best team and combinations...

Penguins/Blue Jackets prospect game thoughts

PensBurgh 9/14 12:21P Jim Rixner

The Penguins took care of game No. 2 out of three in their prospects challenge event in Buffalo on Sunday, against the Columbus Blue Jackets. Pittsburgh used these combinations: Ryan Miller Tristan...

Ranking The Top-10 Defensemen in the Metropolitan Division For The 2025-26 NHL Season

PensBurgh 9/14 12:08A Jim Rixner

There’s an interesting mix of defensemen in the Metropolitan Division, and a changing of the guard. Noah Dobson has been traded out. Brent Burns slumped away and left as well. Kris Letang was a top...

More on Sidney Crosby and the future

PensBurgh 9/13 3:33A Jim Rixner

Admittedly, seeing a franchise’s biggest current icon plant seeds to angle towards an exit is not a potential topic that’s fun to think about, let alone give spotlight to. After this week, one can’t...

Over/Under for the Pittsburgh Penguins secondary players this season

PensBurgh 9/10 8:59P Adam Gretz

Even though the start of training camp and the 2025-26 NHL season is just around the corner, it still seems like there might be another trade or two to happen with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Will Erik...

Pat Brisson opens door to more Sidney Crosby speculation

PensBurgh 9/9 5:42A Jim Rixner

Sidney Crosby spoke to the media in Las Vegas during the NHL’s annual preseason, and hoo boy, the result wasn’t very settling for Penguins’ fans. Sidney Crosby on his Penguins future, on speculation...

Metro Moves: 2025-26 Washington Capitals preview

PensBurgh 9/8 3:40A Jim Rixner

Continuing south down the lovely, traffic-congested I-95 corridor, we depart from Philadelphia (after tagging up the NYC area recapping the summers of the  Devils ,  Rangers  and  Islanders ) and head...

The five Penguins players I am most curious about, 2025-26 edition

PensBurgh 9/7 2:51A Jim Rixner

The influx of new players has slowed for the Penguins. Kyle Dubas brought upon sweeping changes when he first took over in the spring of 2023, bringing in eight new players for 2023-24. That number...

Metro Moves: 2025-26 New Jersey Devils preview

PensBurgh 9/5 3:09A Jim Rixner

Sticking in the great New York City area to complete the Metro part of the Metropolitan Division after completing previews on the Rangers and Islanders , today we turn to the New Jersey Devils. The...

Shady Side Academy reaffirms decision to withdraw from Clairton game despite WPIAL penalty notice

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (High School) 9/4 9:21A Matt Press / Pittsburgh Post-Gaz

Penguins to giveaway ‘Big Three Legacy’ series of bobbleheads this season

PensBurgh 9/3 7:47P Mike Darnay

The Pittsburgh Penguins have announced three bobblehead giveaway nights for the upcoming season that will feature the team’s “Big Three Legacy” players on the roster. The team announced the plans...

Metro Moves: 2025-26 New York Rangers preview

PensBurgh 9/3 2:23A Jim Rixner

September is the month that the NHL starts lurching back to life, and with so much of our focus centered around the Penguins, we’ll take the next week or so to look into the Pens’ biggest rivals. How...

Rushed up CBA changes that could impact the Penguins

PensBurgh 9/2 11:06A Jim Rixner

The NHL and their players have agreed to a new CBA to begin in September 2026. But that wasn’t quick enough of a start date for some of the changes and the two sides have agreed to make a variety of...