I audibly groaned at this I suppose it would be best time for an extended absence considering Olympic break is only 4 games away They would have about 25 days off But I hate seeing Malkin on a post like this He's been so damn good I'd feel better if had a contract extension already in his pocket

I went around the league and looked at the other 31 rosters then came up with six trade targets for the Pittsburgh Penguins based on their need of a depth defenseman hockeyhotstove.com/defensive-tr...

What a fun Penguins season so far. I have to imagine it has exceeded even the most optimistic people's expectations. It hasn't been a fluke. There are a lot of players who understand their role and go out and do it on a more often than not basis.

Sounds like the Penguins are looking for a right handed defenseman. I searched around the league and found some potential options hockeyhotstove.com/defensive-tr...

The Blue Jackets did what every team usually goes out of there way to avoid. The dreaded trade a guy in division and watch him turn into a player. Thanks, Columbus Chinakhov is so cool

Sounds like the Penguins are looking for a right handed defenseman. I searched around the league and found some potential options hockeyhotstove.com/defensive-tr...

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I thought the Joe Brady press conference was the first normal public facing thing the Bills have done since the playoff loss. He came off well. Actions are louder than words so we shall see how it goes. It's all moot if the pass catching options aren't dramatically improved

My only concern would be if Brazeau can keep up. He's a lumbering player. I do think once the puck is deep and in the corners that he and Sid can play off of that with Brazeau having really good hands and a good mind.

A 2,000 word trade target piece is incoming

Perhaps some hockey journalists could make the very obvious and out in the open connection that the Florida Panthers are getting preferential treatment from DOPS because Colin Campbell still has a high up position in NHL and his son is assistant GM for the Panthers hockeyhotstove.com/rust-suspend...

Bryan Rust deserved a suspension for what he did in a competent hockey league. He did not deserve one in the NHL and that is because the NHL's Department of Player Safety is corrupt and biased with no consistency. Their standard is fake and random My thoughts: hockeyhotstove.com/rust-suspend...

Another part of Crosby's career where he got boned. 34 year old Kris Draper making the team over him in 2006 was completely ludicrous (Canada did not medal). Then the NHL stopped sending players to the Olympics for 2018 and 2022. Should be Sid's sixth appearance at the Olympics

Sounds like Penguins will be looking for a bottom pairing defender on the right side CHI has some Shea Weber guy who isn't getting a lot of ice time. He's a UFA and the Blackhawks aren't playoff bound. He's even scored 23 goals a couple of times Food for thought! www.nytimes.com/athletic/700...

Bryan Rust deserved a suspension for what he did in a competent hockey league. He did not deserve one in the NHL and that is because the NHL's Department of Player Safety is corrupt and biased with no consistency. Their standard is fake and random My thoughts: hockeyhotstove.com/rust-suspend...

As an educator Im here to say this is unfortunately true. They are also not technologically savvy The extent of their curiosity is to put prompts into AI, but they arent good at defining their prompts, either They dont have base knowledge to fact check bogus AI They are algorithm pilled It is grim

The Bryan Rust suspension shows how fake and inconsistent the Department of Player Safety is. They are corrupt hockeyhotstove.com/rust-suspend...

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Never good when your team is featured in a What Not To Do PR Case Study.

Emil Pieniniemi, previously suspended by the Penguins this year for not reporting to Wheeling, has reported (12/31) and played 10 games. For me, he is one to keep an eye on. I think he is a more interesting prospect than Owen Pickering Had a point per game in his age 19 season in OHL (60pts/60gp)

Pretty valid point to bring up when discussing the consistency of these rulings. The Penguins lost a playoff series because of a Trouba headshot to... it says here the league's most recognizable player, Sidney Crosby

I've got no issue with the league suspending Bryan Rust for three games in a bubble. He hit him in the head. They should treat it more seriously HOWEVER That is definitely not the standard they've set for the league this year and certainly not the Florida Panthers of any recent year.

I'd turn into Buffalo sports radio right now but they have the state run media crew on there now. Bring on the morning or afternoon guys who will actually have something real to say about it

So Terry has his yes man GM for the Bills and the GM has his yes man coach. Masterful gambit

C'mon man

It is really tough to watch what Minneapolis went through and how hard they rallied together to then see this is what the side supposedly supporting them could come up with. Weak and feckless. Abolish this fake ass cosplaying department

Victory is when ICE is abolished in addition to Bovino, Noem, and Bondi found guilty and punished for their crimes

There are some Shane Wright rumors out there. Should Dubas be in on that? hockeyhotstove.com/is-shane-wri...

She's only one in room who thinks she was hired b/c she's a good journalist there to do "good" journalism Nah Bari, you're Ted Nolan on his 2nd run with Sabres You're there because you're incompetent and the org. wants you to be a disaster and break it all Except CBS wont even get a Jack Eichel

As Steve Kerr said yesterday we are being divided by media for profit These people intentionally ignored reality and sane washed all warning signs b/c business was good Now its gone too far to ignore thus, tone change Same reason all those companies ditched their lgbtq support past few years

The Penguins won't be buyers in the classic sense at the deadline. They won't be buying rentals, might even be selling some. What about another Chinakhov trade? Is the Wright guy in Seattle? hockeyhotstove.com/is-shane-wri...

NEW: Is Shane Wright Or Wrong For Penguins? hockeyhotstove.com/is-shane-wri...

Thought SEA had a pretty great game on offense. Klint Kubiak stock certainly didn't go down after this game Bills would have to wait two weeks to talk to him. Might sound risky, but the other open jobs are the Raiders, Browns, and Cardinals I'd wait to speak with him unless Udinski blew them away

The Penguins won't be buyers in the classic sense at the deadline. They won't be buying rentals, might even be selling some. What about another Chinakhov trade? Is the Wright guy in Seattle? hockeyhotstove.com/is-shane-wri...

NEW: Is Shane Wright Or Wrong For Penguins? hockeyhotstove.com/is-shane-wri...

With Seahawks going to the Super Bowl how about a hockey article related to Seattle?

Down 11 you can't be running on 2nd and 15 with Puka and Davante

STUART SKINNER GAME-SAVING STOP 😳 Shades of Marc-Andre Fleury in the 2009 #StanleyCup Final??

I was just saying that and then Ray Ferraro said it.

The Penguins swept their road trip (SEA, CGY, EDM, VAN) going 4-0. They have earned 12 out of their last 14 standings points. They now have 63 standings points, four clear of the third place Islanders with the same amount of games played

Skinner pulling out the MAF Game 7 save to preserve the lead was a dude battling to secure the victory. Among some other terrific saves during the sequence. Great job

You haven't played since Thursday, Muse is using all 4 lines. Get your legs moving on however many shifts you have left, no excuses

Regretfully, on the same day the Patriots have earned a Super Bowl berth I must admit that Tom Brady has gotten markedly better at his commentating job

Ben Kindel AGAIN 😱 The kid from Coquitlam, BC has his second of the night!

Ben Kindel who had been on a 19 game goal drought now has two goals tonight in front of 180 family and friends in his hometown. Very cool.

How about the spin by Chinakhov on the breakout to free up Novak. From there it is a 2v1 with two slick customers. This line rules

Rashid Shaheed went for a 4th and 5th round draft pick this year. Some of Brandon Beane's 4th and 5th round picks: Vosean Joseph Siran Neal Jake Fromm Tommy Doyle Justin Shorter Edefuan Ulofoshio Sedrick Van Pran-Granger Jordan Hancock Jackson Hawes Wyatt Teller Thank you, Brandon

Dan Muse's choice to go with Silovs in Edmonton and not Skinner was good coaching. Skinner has been hot and there's just way too much baggage in that Edmonton game that could have derailed the confidence.

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Including playoffs, tonight marks the 1,000th game played together by Sid, Geno and Letang, a truly incredible number and one that seems unlikely to be matched in the NHL, given how player movement from team to team is now so common.