Tag: Pittsburgh Penguins

NHL Rumors: Trade Talks Picking Up Before The Roster Freeze

Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: Trade talk has increased. The roster freeze goes into effect on Tuesday. "There's no question there's a lot of teams talking and many would like to do something," said a league executive Friday. "The…

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NHL Rumors II: Sens, Pens, Habs, Blues, Stars and Outdoor Games

Darren Dreger: Senators GM Bryan Murray sent a memo to all teams letting them know that Colin Greening is available. Everyone has known that he's been available all year, but the memo takes it to the next level. He'll make…

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Injuries: Crosby, Jackets, Wings, Sharks, Flyers, Sabres, Canes and Leafs

Shelly Anderson: Penguins GM Jim Rutherford on Sidney Crosby: "There is no indication at this time that this is the mumps, but we are going to hold him out (two games) as a precaution. We'll have additional test results in…

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Videos: NHL Highlights From Fri. Dec. 12th 2014

Four games were played last night. Carey Price made 44 saves and the Canadiens put six past Martin Jones on 20 shots.

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Injuries: Leafs, Avs, Sens, Pens, Lightning and Blackhawks

James Mirtle: Maple Leafs assistant GM Kyle Dubas on Leo Komarov's concussion: "Once his symptoms are gone then we'll start the return to play protocol and progress from there." James Mirtle: It will be the middle of December at the earliest…

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Quick Hits: Healthy Scratches and Injury Updates For Tonight

John Vogl: The Sabres will make Cody Hodgson a healthy scratch. Adam Kimelman: Flyers scratches tonight: Michael Del Zotto, Carlo Colaiacovo and Vinny Lecavalier. Brent Wallace: Senators Marc Methot said he's still being bothered by his injury and won't play…

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Consensus NHL Power Rankings – Week Nine

The Blackhawks were ranked first overall by all eight media outlets. Four teams received second place votes. Since we were able to get eight rankings this week, we were once again able to drop the highest and lowest point total for…

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Injuries: Islanders, Penguins, Blues, Bruins, Capitals and Wild

Shannon Hogan: Islanders Jaroslav Halak was a last minute scratch with an upper-body injury. Josh Yohe: Sounding like Penguins Patric Hornqvist and Kris Letang could play on Friday. Olli Maatta's injury is still a mystery. When asked if Hornqvist had…

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Injuries: Isles, Perry, Varlamov, Komarov, Maatta, Hornqvist and Backes

Arthur Staple: Staying behind in New York were Travis Hamonic (upper-body), Johnny Boychuk (upper-body) and Casey Cizikas (upper-body). Anaheim Ducks: Corey Perry (lower-body) underwent tests yesterday and they should know more today. Mike Chambers: Avs Semyon Varlamov is out again…

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Videos: NHL Highlights From Mon. Dec. 8th 2014

Three games were played last night, including Martin Brodeur's 690th career victory. Brodeur's win also netted him an extra $20,000 as he gets $10,000 for every point he helps the Blue earn.

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Quick Hits: Injury Updates and Some Line Combinations

Mark Lazerus: Blackhawks Patrick Sharp will likely return to the lineup tomorrow. Lou Korac: Blues Alex Steen and Carl Gunnarsson won't play tonight. Jay Bouwmeester has only skated once in the past three days. Jonas Siegel: Maple Leafs Leo Komarov…

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Rumors II: Oilers, Stars, Penguins, Flyers, Bruins and Coyotes

Darren Dreger of TSN: A big move by the Oilers may have to wait until the offseason. Teams will have more flexibility to make bigger deals then. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Taylor Hall and Jordan Eberle are not for sale now. Hall,…

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