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Slowly but surely the Penguins injured birds are returning to the waddle. First Evgeni Malkin, then Max Talbot and Sergei Gonchar...and finally tonight, Brooks Orpik.
Orpik, who was cleared for contact earlier in the week, has been practicing with the team and is ready for action. There was a ...
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Pittsburgh Penguins
Evgeni Malkin
Brooks Orpik
Atlanta Thrashers
Sidney Crosby
Marc-Andre Fleury
Cue the cavalry music! I think that it is pretty appropriate when you consider how depleted the Penguins line-up has gotten... but that starts to change tonight in Ottawa.
Max Talbot and Sergei Gonchar will officially make their triumphant returns to the Penguins line-up. Unfortunately, as has ...
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Pittsburgh Penguins
Sergei Gonchar
Evgeni Malkin
Bryan Murray
Sidney Crosby
Daniel Alfredsson
There was a movie out recently called "The Box." I haven't seen it, but the commercial shows a couple who is given the opportunity to procure $1,000,000 dollars by doing nothing more than pressing a red button that sits in a box. Sounds like a great idea... however, as with anything in life, ...
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Pittsburgh Penguins
Sergei Gonchar
Mark Eaton
Ottawa Senators
Max Talbot let it be known last night that he would more than likely be ready to give it go on Thursday night in Ottawa. That wasn't officially confirmed as of yet, though the team's actions seem to speak to the fact that he is indeed ready... (Talbot's comments were that he "hoped" to return ...
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Pittsburgh Penguins
Ottawa Senators
Sergei Gonchar
In the immortal words of Weezer.... "Saaaay it ain't soooo!" I knew that they were wearing their thirds tonight, but seeing them hit the ice in them and knowing the injury situation just doesn't give me high hopes! We can hope that some of the momentum generated with Saturday's late game heroics ...
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Pittsburgh Penguins
Anaheim Ducks
Sergei Gonchar
Chris Kunitz
Marc-Andre Fleury
Sidney Crosby
As expected, Alex Goligoski will be out for 2 to 3 weeks with what is being called a lower body injury. If this had been lingering, he seemed to aggravate it on Saturday night when he fell awkwardly and struggled back to the bench moments before the Bill Guerin tying goal.
"He's getting an MRI ...
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The Penguins are supposed to update the world on the status of Alex Goligoski this morning, but I think that the writing might have just appeared on the wall.
The team has recalled defenseman and Pittsburgh's own, Nate Guenin from their Wilkes Barre-Scranton AHL affiliate. I am sure it is a ...
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Stanley Cup
Philadelphia Flyers
Bylsma's comment on Goligoski...
"He's been banged up. It was a maintanence day. Monday we'll take a look at him again. Hopefully he's in the same condition but we'll see. We're trying to treat him and get him better. We'll see Monday."
Some good news and some bad coming out of the Penguins ...
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Evgeni Malkin
Sidney Crosby
Sergei Gonchar
Boston Bruins
Chris Kunitz
What a turn of events at Mellon Arena. The Arena press box was in the process of emptying out and we were all on our way down stairs to discuss a fifth consecutive loss with the Penguins players and coach.
I paused in view of the ice with a couple of cronies to see Evgeni Malkin flying up ice ...
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Sidney Crosby
Evgeni Malkin
Boston Bruins
Chris Kunitz
Sergei Gonchar
The situation is actually getting laughable -- the Penguins injury situation, that is. They cannot catch a break these days, as they can barely make it through a game without losing another regular. I mean, you can deal with a four game losing streak, but losing contributor after contributor ...
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Sidney Crosby
Chris Kunitz
Boston Bruins
Evgeni Malkin
Sergei Gonchar
In a move that shouldn't come as much of a surprise, the Penguins today, re-assigned Chris Connor to their AHL Affiliate in Wilkes Barre-Scranton.
Connor, who picked up one assist during his six game stint in Pittsburgh, committed a turnover in the neutral zone that led to the Devils third ...
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Extra, Extra.... read all about it! Pens Injury News...
The Penguins finally updated the world on the status of Brooks Orpik this morning and it was sort of the company standard... 44 will be out for roughly two weeks with what is being called a "lower body injury." That was the same timeframe ...
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New Jersey Devils
Evgeni Malkin
Sidney Crosby
Maxime Talbot
Martin Brodeur
The Penguins MASH unit doesn't actually grow by the day, but it certainly seems like it! The regularity with which their players are being hurt makes it feel almost as if it is something that is supposed to happen. Wake up, shower, eat, tape sticks, hit the ice and get hurt.
Brooks Orpik is the ...
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Boston Bruins
Sidney Crosby
Bill Guerin
Marc-Andre Fleury
Marc Savard
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It is as if the Penguins hot start has summoned some sort of force from the dark side, as they just can't seem to escape the injury bug as of late. The injuries are continuing to mount and there doesn't seem to be an end in sight.
Sure, many on the Penguins injured list are moving towards the ...
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Evgeni Malkin
Boston Bruins
Sidney Crosby
As I twittered out earlier, the Penguins recalled defenseman, Deryk Engelland.
Here is the official release...
The Pittsburgh Penguins have recalled defenseman Deryk Engelland from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League, it was announced by Executive Vice President and General ...
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San Jose Sharks
Joe Thornton
The tour of playing against former Penguins continues tonight as the Penguins face-off against the Los Angeles Kings in sunny California. It seems that the boys have been struggling through a grueling couple days of checking out the sites and sounds of their beachfront hotel, but its back to ...
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Pittsburgh Penguins
Los Angeles Kings
Evgeni Malkin
Sidney Crosby
Anze Kopitar
Ryan Smyth
Pittsburgh is an interesting sports town to live in. First of all, when things are going well for a stretch or a player gets hot, it or he is the best in history. On the contrary, whenever there are slight bumps in the road, or we experience the regular peaks and valleys of a season, mass ...
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Pittsburgh Penguins
Evgeni Malkin
Sergei Gonchar
Sidney Crosby
Anaheim Ducks
The Penguins didn't make it easy on themselves, but they were able to roar back in the third period and secure another victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Penguins spent most of the first two periods taking ill timed penalties and turning the puck over to an attacking Blue Jackets team. ...
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Sidney Crosby
Columbus Blue Jackets
Marc-Andre Fleury
Petr Sykora
Evgeni Malkin
Per Jonathan Bombulie in Wilkes Barre-Scranton - Chris Conner and Mark Letestu get the call... both were amongst the final training camp cuts. I personally thought of Bayda and Jeffrey based on their NHL experience...
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Isn't it supposed to be the other way around?
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