
On Tuesday, the Pittsburgh Penguins have an opportunity to finish off the Carolina Hurricanes and head to their second consecutive Stanley Cup Finals. This series was deemed to have been a good chance of requiring a 7th game to decide the winner. However, so far the Hurricanes have just not showed up to play. Whether [...]
As posted earlier by duxrox, the Pens and Ducks were involved in a trade today. The Ducks traded forwrad Chris Kunitz and prospect Eric Tangradi to the Penguins for defenseman Ryan Whitney. I have not had a lot of personal exposure to Kunitz, but from what I have heard he is a top 6 forward [...]
And so it begins…….Anaheim traded Chris Kunitz and prospect Eric Tangradi to the Pittsburgh Penguins for defenseman Ryan Whitney. Now, I am sad to see Kunitz go; I really like watching him play. However, the Ducks are in desperate need of defense and seem to think they’ll get it with Whitney. I haven’t done [...]
The short answer is yes. Jordan Staal, who was to become a restricted free agent at the end of this season, has shown great potential and has still plenty of time to grow into a top-notch center. The more important question however is whether or not the Penguins paid too much for Staal, who’s [...]