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Hearing scuttlebutt from ESPN insiders that NHL asked to move the Vegas-EDM game to 8pm ET.
Hearing NHL asked ESPN to move baseball to ESPN2, but ESPN declined. Same rumor is that ESPN also declined to trade games with TNT.
For now, only a rumor inside ESPN.
Can confirm from people who have spoken with Sidney Crosby over the last several days -- he is NOT leaving but instead invested in turning this around.
My opinion is that the stuff you're seeing out there is pretty irresponsible if not absolute nonsense.
Per Penguins source, the reason for the trade holdup:
The Penguins have been unable to reach Patric Hornqvist to make sure he approves the trade to Florida.
The Pirates went for it.
The Pens are better than last year.
Pitt has a pair of rock star coaches who have the school on the right track.
The Steelers will be very good.
Can we get back to hating other cities and their teams instead of each other for a bit?
Lindgren went high on Rakell. Knocked him out.
Trouba was hunting Guentzel and Crosby.
But I’m sure it was all just coincidence. To go after the three hottest Penguins scorers.
It’s all good. It’s the Cup.
St. Louis has been around as long as the Penguins.
They’ve never had a player as great as Jaromir Jagr, let alone Sidney Crosby, or Mario Lemieux.
Pittsburgh has won 5 Cups.
St. Louis about to win
#1
.
Appreciate just how blessed you are Pittsburgh.
When they raise the jersey to the rafters tomorrow -- the reason Jaromir Jagr chose No. 68 was because 1968 was the year Russia (Soviet Union) sent troops into Czechoslovakia.
The parallel to current events is significant.
If you’re comparing Sidney Crosby wrestling with Konecny (which the Flyers broadcast was chuckling about) to Tom Wilson, you don’t know hockey. Full stop. And stop.
That the NHL sent TOM WILSON to the All-Star Game instead of SIDNEY CROSBY probably tells us everything we need to know about the league’s willingness to protect and promote stars…
And I like Tom Wilson.
What we're hearing the Penguins are very close on Erik Karlsson. Believed to be two teams, and Penguins are one.
Still tons of moving parts, don't buy your EK jersey yet.
So, you're telling me the Penguins got a top notch center for a goalie who may or may not play in the NHL in 3-4 years, a defenseman they weren't going to re-sign, and a first-round pick which figures to be 29, 30 or 31st.
Yeah, Jim Rutherford got 'em again.
Florida has vaccinated nearly 600,000 people by using grocery stores and pharmacies. North Dakota is
#1
. They’re enlisting CVS.
PA has vaccinated just 305k (only 33% of vaccines received) 600,000 vaccines have not been distributed.
Good job, Gov!
It's impossible to criticize Penguins for trading ZAR, he was part of the Rickard Rakell deal.
But there is a team full of recent Penguins bottom-six forwards in the playoffs:
ZAR
Lafferty
Frederick Gaudreau
Stefan Noesen
Evan Rodrigues
Brandon Tanev
Jared McCann
If I told you...
The Penguins have the 2nd best faceoff percentage in the league..
The Penguins are tied for fewest goals allowed in the first period.
The Penguins are second in the NHL with 35 shots per game...
You'd think they would be cruising, yeah?
The Penguins are up 3-0, beating one of the best teams in the league. And you're chanting Fire Canada?
Seriously, put some energy into the Penguins? I hate that the Steelers dominate this town. FFS.
On behalf of Pittsburgh Hockey Now and NHN, I'd like to extend our deepest sympathies to Adam Johnson's family, his teammates past & present, and all of the lives he touched. Our interaction was too brief. We share in the sadness as the hockey world is a little bit less today.
I've waited to get this one off my chest. Yes, Jeff Carter has not scored, and we know why.
But those who bashed him for being in the lineup for a final game in LA are petty with a capital F. His career deserves a few moments like tonight. And the locker room would agree 100%
Sidney Crosby leads the NHL in even strength points.
Just imagine if the Penguins could figure out the power play. Crosby would be on the Hart shortlist and in the running for Art Ross.
Can confirm Patric Hornqvist is with the team. Looking and sounding good. His hair is a little longer than it used to be.
He also thinks the Penguins got the right guy
Mike Sullivan stops the morning skate with a little kick in the pants:
"A lot of you are going through the motions. We're not going to be out here long. Get your bodies moving."
I wonder if the Rangers sent Boston a gift basket for laying down against the Capitals (the penultimate win that put them in the playoffs), so the Rangers didn't have to play the Penguins.
The Penguins would be putting up a much bigger fight.
I live in the city. Have done so for 12 years.
Crime and drugs around me are out of control. I watch the deals and drops offs daily.
Now a lunchtime shooting.
Where the (bleep) is our mayor? It’s time for a major crackdown but I’ve not even seen a public promise. Political
The Rangers were dominated by the Penguins.
They rallied well against Carolina.
But They’re about to find another world waiting for them with Tampa.
Of course, Stamkos and Kucherov may want to stay aware of Trouba or another “legal” hit could alter that series, too.
Looks like the line this morning when I referenced the Penguins GM, whomever "he or she will be," upset some people
The idea of a female GM seems to trigger some
I might start writing "whoever she will be," just to piss off people who I can only assume still use outhouses
He’s here. I can definitively say after 4 minutes of practice that he will undoubtedly be the greatest Russian goalie who ever lived. Or the best one on the ice today.
Draft prospect Matthew Wood (UConn): “My favorite player was always Malkin. That’s why I wear 71.”
The power forward will probably be there at 14. Just sayin’
On the ice right now for the Penguins is Rutger McGroarty, Vasily Ponomarev and Owen Pickering
This is easily the best prospects team they’ve iced in about 10 years
Canucks J.T. Miller is available, but sources say the price is equal to the Coyotes asking price for Jakob Chychrun. A team will have to part with a No. 1, a blue-chipper/former No. 1, and a player.
I said to Magnus Hellberg after the cameras were off--We didn't get to see how you are in shootouts.
He patted my shoulder & said, "I'm pretty good!"
The big man has a great personality. From a selfish standpoint, I wouldn't mind if he stuck around. I think fans would love him
Childish.
I always try to put myself in the shoes of people to whom I ask questions.
This is a 100% fair and necessary question. Tomlin's reaction is theater. He knew it was coming. He planned this.