by Neal McHale | Jun 26, 2019 | Homepage, NHL, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals
Not only did the St. Louis Blues title help end the franchise’s 52-year Cup drought, it also returned the Stanley Cup to the Central division, regular keepers of it during Chicago’s three in six modern day dynasty. The Metro, which occupied it from...
by Angie Carducci | Feb 25, 2019 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
If the Penguins’ Stadium Series appearance Saturday in Philadelphia had turned out differently, perhaps GM Jim Rutherford would have taken a different approach to Monday’s NHL trade deadline. As it was, in the course of a few seconds late in the first period of the...
by Angie Carducci | Feb 1, 2019 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
If the NHL trade deadline is approaching, you can rest assured that Penguins GM Jim Rutherford is going for it. “It,” of course, means only one thing for the Penguins’ franchise, where a season that ends with anything less than hoisting the Stanley...
by Angie Carducci | Nov 14, 2018 | Homepage, Inside Hockey, Pittsburgh Penguins
Penguins GM Jim Rutherford is nothing if not transparent. So, when he went public with his disappointment in his team’s subpar start on the GMJR Show last week – and threatened changes if things didn’t improve – the Penguins could officially consider themselves put on...
by Angie Carducci | Feb 24, 2018 | Homepage, Inside Hockey, Pittsburgh Penguins
Jim Rutherford got his third-line center. And he’s just as surprised as anyone that he made it work. “I’ve been asked by different people are we in on [Derick] Brassard, and the answer’s always been no, because we really didn’t think we...