The biggest question for the Pittsburgh Penguins coming into the 2010/11 season was how the changes in their defensive ranks would affect the team. Most notably, how would the team recover from the loss of Sergei Gonchar? Not just a scoring threat on the blueline for the Penguins, the veteran Gonchar was the team’s smooth skating…
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Top 5 Reasons the Penguins Will Excel in 2008-09
Over the past month, there has been a lot of chatter that the Pittsburgh Penguins lost their best chance at the Stanley Cup by losing to the Detroit Red Wings this past season. Assertions have been made that the Penguins gave up too much in the off-season to be competitive for the cup again in the…
Penguins Beat the Leafs 6-4
The Pittsburgh Penguins came into Toronto tonight with one thing on their minds…..play desperate. It was a rallying cry put in motion by Coach Therrien’s criticism of the team after Wednesday’s loss to Montreal in which he complained of a lack of desperation. And although the team had a shaky defensive performance through 2 periods tonight, there…
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