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Gameday : Free Agency. Christmas In July
Published 7/1/2008 by Pensblog Staff (noreply@blogger.com) at The Pensblog
... Jarret Stoll and d-man Matt Greene. The Thrashers bought out defenseman Alexei Zhitnik. Hmm? [ TSN ] ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: [ Bring Jagr Back ] :: [ Pensblog Giftblog Facebook App ] :: [ Empty Netters ] leap-frogged us and is using 22nd-century technology at ...

1 Hour Til Madness
Published 7/1/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Sam) at Doubt About It
... fans today is the last respite before September training camp. In one hour, a spending frenzy will likely begin that will either result in a moment of panic or relief for the upcoming Penguins' season. We'll be updating with new posts regarding each new signing, as well as where soon to be former Penguins end up. Expect spot on instant analysis and blatant homerism. You probably already know this, but: -Pensblog Liveblog -Faceoff-Factor Liveblog -Empty Netters (Updating throughout the day) ...

Hanging By A Moment
Published 7/3/2008 by Pensblog Staff (noreply@blogger.com) at The Pensblog
... You feel like you want to email Markus Naslund tell him to sign here, maybe even text ol' Double J. Maybe you even make a post on a blog that is the same title as a lifehouse song. So much for a relaxing off season. ::::::::::::::: Pens fans have watched helplessly as the Stanley Cup roster from less than a month ago has been picked apart. We think Seth at [EN] said it best in that MAF, Bing, Malkin, Staal, are the core. Everyone else around them are extras in the show. Hossa's gone. And so is one of the ...

Thank You!
Published 7/3/2008 by Alanah at KK Hockey
... KK traffic stats for the last two days: page views for July 1—1,472,578 page views for July 2—1,077,107 A huge thanks to our readers for their visits and comments, to the mainstream media and others who regularly send us tips to ensure we don’t miss anything, and to the many blogs and websites for their referrals.  Some of those sites include: James Mirtle, The Pens Blog, Seth Rorabaugh at Empty Netters, WDFN in Detroit (and numerous other radio ...

Matt Cooke To The Penguins
Published 7/5/2008 by Paul at KK Hockey
from Empty Netters, The Penguins have signed Capitals agitator Matt Cooke to a two-year deal. Cooke is an agiator in the mold of Sean Avery, Jarkko Ruutu or Steve Ott. In addition to that “skill” he’s also a fairly decent penalty killer. continued

Game-By-Game Reasons To Watch: October
Published 7/22/2008 by JP (noreply@blogger.com) at Japers' Rink
... Warning: shameless rip-off ahead. One of my absolute favorite daily reads out there is Seth Rorabaugh 's Empty Netters blog over at the something-or-other Post Gazette , and Seth is currently in the midst of providing his readers with ...

SITE NEWS
Published 8/16/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (mondesishouse) at Mondesishouse.com
... 'n' Gold Blue Collar Baseball Bucs Dugout: Front Page Posts Bugs & Cranks - Pirates Busted Coverage: Booze, Ladies And Football Can't Stop The Bleeding Center Field Colonials Corner D.C. Steeler Nation Darkness of sport Deadspin Doc Watson's Place Doubt About It Dug E. Fresh's Rants Duquesne Dukes: OnTheBluff.com Headlines Empty Netters EPIC CARNIVAL SPORTS NEWS WITH A TWIST ESPN Radio 1250 ...

The Confluence talks hockey with the Penguins’ Joe Sager
Published 8/25/2008 by Tony Ferrante at The Confluence of the Three Rivers
... say something funny and I’d burst out laughing and then I’d do something to make him laugh.  We’d compose ourselves and then I’d ask a question or not even make it through it and we’d start laughing.  This went on for 10 minutes before I just said, “OK, we’re done” and we never did film it.  It was a fun time. TF:  As you’re probably aware, Penguins bloggers rate amongst the largest number of NHL blogs.  Penguins blogs such as The Pensblog, the Post-Gazette’s Empty Netters, and the Faceoff Factor are regularly linked on dozens of NHL and general ...

2008-2009 Pittsburgh Penguins Roundtable
Published 9/2/2008 by Tony Ferrante at The Confluence of the Three Rivers
... will be; Sean Leahy (SL) - Going Five Hole Matt Bodenschatz (MB) - Faceoff Factor Hooks Orpik (HO) - The Sweater Ted FrankD (FD) - Pensburgh Joe Sager (JS) - Pittsburgh Penguins Director of Content/Publication Chris Yarbrough (CY) - Taking One for the Team Chris Wassel (CW) - The NHL Arena Chris Gates (CG) - Pittsburgh Puck Talk Seth Rorabaugh (SR) - Pittsburgh Post Gazette’s Empty Netters Yours Truly (TF) - The Confluence of the Three Rivers Here we go: ...

Debating Sidney Crosby's wingers and the Penguins' Cup chances
Published 9/2/2008 by Greg Wyshynski at Puck Daddy
Whether or not you're a Pittsburgh Penguins fan doesn't matter: Tony Ferrante of The Confluence of the Three Rivers put together a must-read roundtable discussion with an elite group of guests (including our own Sean Leahy, Seth Rorabaugh of Empty Netters, Hooks Orpik of The Sweater Ted and the Penguins' own director of content and publications Joe Sager) to preview the 2008-09 Penguins. I hope other blogs in NHL cities take note and repeat the idea. It's killer. Two questions in particular were rather revelatory. ...

Senator Palin Gets Pens Jersey, Your Daughter Could Be Preggo
Published 9/3/2008 by Pensblog Staff (noreply@blogger.com) at The Pensblog
... less about this shit, but judging by what politic freak Charlie tells us, everything Palin has done has become a lightning rod for criticism. In the above pic she is holding a Pens Jersey, Obama accused her of diving and padding stats using secondary assists during a debate yesterday. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Surprise, Surprise us late on news. Everyone had this little info, we'll credit [Empty Netters] because we want too. Some of the Penguins have new numbers according to ...

Penguins Roundtable
Published 9/3/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Stephanie) at The Steel City Sports Fan (Penguins Edition)
... pointing this out): Sean Leahy (Going Five Hole) Matt Bodenschatz (Faceoff Factor) Hooks Orpik (The Sweater Ted) Frank D (PensBurgh) Joe Sager, Pittsburgh Penguins Director of Content/Publication Chris Yarbrough (Taking One for the Team) Chris Wassel (The NHL Arena) Chris Gates (Pittsburgh Puck Talk) Seth Rorabaugh (Pittsburgh Post Gazette’s Empty Netters) Tony Ferrante (The Confluence of the Three Rivers) Aside ...

So Chris Simon Is Still A Nutjob
Published 9/4/2008 by Pensblog Staff (noreply@blogger.com) at The Pensblog
... From [Empty Netters] this morning. Chris Simon up to some old tricks in the KHL: What a pyscho. ...

Youth Hockey Winter Classic?
Published 9/5/2008 by Ryan (noreply@blogger.com) at The Goose's Roost
... The Pittsburgh Post Gazette has an excellent Penguins blog called Empty Netters, which had a story on it about, of all things, ...

Training camp start dates
Published 9/17/2008 by James Mirtle (mirtle@gmail.com) at james mirtle
... to the newspaper and Globe on Hockey . James has also written about hockey for The Hockey News , McKeen's Hockey and the National Post . A graduate of TRU and Ryerson, he is originally from Kamloops, B.C. — one of Canada's great hockey cities. View my complete profile [image] hockey blogs Andrew's Stars Page Battle of Alberta Battle of California Covered in Oil Dan Tolensky Deadspin NHL Empty Netters FanHouse Japers' Rink Kukla's Korner Lowetide ...

Schneider clears waivers
Published 9/17/2008 by James Mirtle (mirtle@gmail.com) at james mirtle
... to the newspaper and Globe on Hockey . James has also written about hockey for The Hockey News , McKeen's Hockey and the National Post . A graduate of TRU and Ryerson, he is originally from Kamloops, B.C. — one of Canada's great hockey cities. View my complete profile [image] hockey blogs Andrew's Stars Page Battle of Alberta Battle of California Covered in Oil Dan Tolensky Deadspin NHL Empty Netters FanHouse Japers' Rink Kukla's Korner Lowetide ...

What's in store for Toronto?
Published 9/18/2008 by James Mirtle (mirtle@gmail.com) at james mirtle
... to the newspaper and Globe on Hockey . James has also written about hockey for The Hockey News , McKeen's Hockey and the National Post . A graduate of TRU and Ryerson, he is originally from Kamloops, B.C. — one of Canada's great hockey cities. View my complete profile [image] hockey blogs Andrew's Stars Page Battle of Alberta Battle of California Covered in Oil Dan Tolensky Deadspin NHL Empty Netters FanHouse Japers' Rink Kukla's Korner Lowetide ...

Training camp rosters
Published 9/19/2008 by James Mirtle (mirtle@gmail.com) at james mirtle
... to the newspaper and Globe on Hockey . James has also written about hockey for The Hockey News , McKeen's Hockey and the National Post . A graduate of TRU and Ryerson, he is originally from Kamloops, B.C. — one of Canada's great hockey cities. View my complete profile [image] hockey blogs Andrew's Stars Page Battle of Alberta Battle of California Covered in Oil Dan Tolensky Deadspin NHL Empty Netters FanHouse Japers' Rink Kukla's Korner Lowetide ...

Seen Stamkos? Pens Lose
Published 9/21/2008 by Pensblog Staff (noreply@blogger.com) at The Pensblog
... shoulder. Here is the hit that Koci landed on Gonch, and then the God fight. Not to job BGL, but he didn't go looking for people last year. God will protect you. Hopefully Gonch is okay. Cue the yahoo article by Ross Mckeon cutting the Pens out of the playoffs. Douche. But not has big as douche as these guys: [Thanks to Jaos] :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: [ Empty Netters] has their usual top notch recap. :: Leahy from [goingfivehole] ...

Season Preview: Pittsburgh Penguins, Class of '08-'09
Published 9/24/2008 by Sean Leahy at Puck Daddy
... Bob Errey, who had an unhealthy obsession with Gary Roberts drinking water, does the color. On your radio dial, the always quotable Mike Lange will have you laughing and confused with his wacky sayings, while former Pen Phil Bourque will regale you with stories like how he got his name on the inside of the Stanley Cup. You'll find Penguin blogs everywhere you turn on the Internet.  You've got Faceoff Factor, Confluence of the Three Rivers, Empty Netters, The Sweater Ted, Eddy Spaghetti, Sidney Crosby Show, and ...

Ramble On
Published 9/25/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Eric K) at Experiencing the Evolution
... Empty Netters is the best hockey blog on the internet, no questions asked. Tons of links dealing with the Pens, and even more from around the NHL. ...

Atlanta gets Schneider
Published 9/26/2008 by James Mirtle (mirtle@gmail.com) at james mirtle
... is a regular contributor to the newspaper and Globe on Hockey . James has also written about hockey for The Hockey News , McKeen's Hockey and the National Post . A graduate of TRU and Ryerson, he is originally from Kamloops, B.C. — one of Canada's great hockey cities. View my complete profile [image] hockey blogs Andrew's Stars Page Battle of Alberta Battle of California Covered in Oil Dan Tolensky Empty Netters FanHouse Japers' Rink Kukla's Korner Lowetide ...

fedo-TANK-o & The Return of the Watch Party
Published 9/29/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Eric K) at Experiencing the Evolution
... better offensivley, but the added bonus that he played with Satan on the Island should have a good effect on the chemistry of the line. Lastly, senior writer Bryan Thiel from the Bleacher Report put out his season preview of the 08-09 Pens, with a little added commentary from yours truly. BT is a beast in the NHL Community at Bleacher Report, and put together a solid preview. Check it out. UPDATEEmpty Netters breaks this unfortunate news for the Obama camp's chances of winning the state of ...

Ducks deal O'Donnell to L.A.
Published 10/1/2008 by James Mirtle (mirtle@gmail.com) at james mirtle
... is a regular contributor to the newspaper and Globe on Hockey . James has also written about hockey for The Hockey News , McKeen's Hockey and the National Post . A graduate of TRU and Ryerson, he is originally from Kamloops, B.C. — one of Canada's great hockey cities. View my complete profile [image] hockey blogs Andrew's Stars Page Battle of Alberta Battle of California Covered in Oil Dan Tolensky Empty Netters FanHouse Japers' Rink Kukla's Korner Lowetide ...

GFH '08-09 Season Preview Day 4: Pittsburgh Penguins Preview
Published 10/2/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Going Five Hole) at Sean Leahy's Going Five Hole
... Bob Errey, who had an unhealthy obsession with Gary Roberts drinking water, does the color. On your radio dial, the always quotable Mike Lange will have you laughing and confused with his wacky sayings, while former Pen Phil Bourque will regale you with stories like how he got his name on the inside of the Stanley Cup. You'll find Penguin blogs everywhere you turn on the Internet. You've got Faceoff Factor, Confluence of the Three Rivers, Empty Netters, The Sweater Ted, Eddy Spaghetti, Sidney Crosby Show, and of ...

A hockeydb facelift
Published 10/6/2008 by James Mirtle (mirtle@gmail.com) at james mirtle
... is a regular contributor to the newspaper and Globe on Hockey . James has also written about hockey for The Hockey News , McKeen's Hockey and the National Post . A graduate of TRU and Ryerson, he is originally from Kamloops, B.C. — one of Canada's great hockey cities. View my complete profile [image] hockey blogs Andrew's Stars Page Battle of Alberta Battle of California Covered in Oil Dan Tolensky Empty Netters FanHouse Japers' Rink Kukla's Korner Lowetide ...

On the podcast
Published 10/6/2008 by James Mirtle (mirtle@gmail.com) at james mirtle
... is a regular contributor to the newspaper and Globe on Hockey . James has also written about hockey for The Hockey News , McKeen's Hockey and the National Post . A graduate of TRU and Ryerson, he is originally from Kamloops, B.C. — one of Canada's great hockey cities. View my complete profile [image] hockey blogs Andrew's Stars Page Battle of Alberta Battle of California Covered in Oil Dan Tolensky Empty Netters FanHouse Japers' Rink Kukla's Korner Lowetide ...

Practice? Kris Beech Doesn't Wanna Talk About Practice
Published 10/8/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Eric K) at Experiencing the Evolution
Empty Netters has the scoop on the Pens' final roster cuts before the North American season opener on Saturday night against the Devils. ...

Thrashers go captain-less (for now)
Published 10/9/2008 by James Mirtle (mirtle@gmail.com) at james mirtle
... is a regular contributor to the newspaper and Globe on Hockey . James has also written about hockey for The Hockey News , McKeen's Hockey and the National Post . A graduate of TRU and Ryerson, he is originally from Kamloops, B.C. — one of Canada's great hockey cities. View my complete profile [image] hockey blogs Andrew's Stars Page Battle of Alberta Battle of California Covered in Oil Dan Tolensky Empty Netters FanHouse Japers' Rink Kukla's Korner Lowetide ...

Bloggers in the SBJ
Published 10/9/2008 by James Mirtle (mirtle@gmail.com) at james mirtle
... is a regular contributor to the newspaper and Globe on Hockey . James has also written about hockey for The Hockey News , McKeen's Hockey and the National Post . A graduate of TRU and Ryerson, he is originally from Kamloops, B.C. — one of Canada's great hockey cities. View my complete profile [image] hockey blogs Andrew's Stars Page Battle of Alberta Battle of California Covered in Oil Dan Tolensky Empty Netters FanHouse Japers' Rink Kukla's Korner Lowetide ...

On the air
Published 10/11/2008 by James Mirtle (mirtle@gmail.com) at james mirtle
... is a regular contributor to the newspaper and Globe on Hockey . James has also written about hockey for The Hockey News , McKeen's Hockey and the National Post . A graduate of TRU and Ryerson, he is originally from Kamloops, B.C. — one of Canada's great hockey cities. View my complete profile [image] hockey blogs Andrew's Stars Page Battle of Alberta Battle of California Covered in Oil Dan Tolensky Empty Netters FanHouse Japers' Rink Kukla's Korner Lowetide ...

The Pens Must Be Pregnant, 'Cause They Missed Two Periods. PENS LOSE.
Published 10/12/2008 by Pensblog Staff (noreply@blogger.com) at The Pensblog
... Out. In. Nice touch. [ Empty Netters ] has more pics of the banners. Including the ones for individual-award winners. At the player introductions, we were told to commend Ray Shero up in the press box. The camera decides to focus on the banker from "Deal or No Deal." Marc-Andre Fleury didn't fall coming out of the runway. Signs of good things to come. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: [Micheal B] Anthem ...

The Wings at the White House
Published 10/14/2008 by James Mirtle (mirtle@gmail.com) at james mirtle
... is a regular contributor to the newspaper and Globe on Hockey . James has also written about hockey for The Hockey News , McKeen's Hockey and the National Post . A graduate of TRU and Ryerson, he is originally from Kamloops, B.C. — one of Canada's great hockey cities. View my complete profile [image] hockey blogs Andrew's Stars Page Battle of Alberta Battle of California Covered in Oil Dan Tolensky Empty Netters FanHouse Japers' Rink Kukla's Korner Lowetide ...

BIG WIN
Published 10/15/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (mondesishouse) at Mondesishouse.com
... For more coverage: PG Empty Netters and The Pensblog

Crosby vs. Ovechkin, Round 1: The Penguins' biggest rivalry?
Published 10/16/2008 by Greg Wyshynski at Puck Daddy
... the players themselves will downplay a personal dislike, whether that's Ovie vs. Sid, or even Russian comrades Ovie vs. Geno, those world-class hockey players take it up to even a higher notch when the Pens and Caps get together. Indeed. So in celebration of tonight's game, we've asked two elite bloggers from either side to offer their thoughts on what the Crosby vs. Ovechkin rivalry means to them: JP from the Caps-centric Japers' Rink and Seth Rorabaugh of Empty Netters. By Jon "JP" ...

GAMEDAY [7] -- BRUINS
Published 28 days ago by Pensblog Staff (noreply@blogger.com) at The Pensblog
... why Therrien is the coach and we sell our own pee for cigarette money. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: Whenever you think about pee, you think of the front office of the Edmonton Oilers. Bloggergate continues in the great Northwest, with some dude who no one has heard of jumping to the defense of the Oilers. OILER NATION Our personal take on bloggers and press passes? Seth at EMPTY NETTERS deserves one. We don't. Seth should be the beat writer by now. We'd never ask ...

Edmonton Burning
Published 28 days ago by Pensblog Staff (noreply@blogger.com) at The Pensblog
... To personalize the situation, it would be like Seth at [Empty Netters] getting a press pass for the Post-Gazette, and then doing a live blog for us here at this blog. ...

Catching Up With the Roamers (part 3)
Published 20 days ago by snoopyjode (snoopyjode@gmail.com) at The Sidney Crosby Show
I need to start this post with an apology to good Friend of The Show Alyse. She was the one who provided the recent translations of Mad Max Talbot's RDS blog. I misidentified her in all three parts, and I feel so bad about it ...

GAMEDAY [10] -- SAN JOSE SHARKS
Published 20 days ago by Pensblog Staff (noreply@blogger.com) at The Pensblog
... The Pens are coming in 5-2-2. We all know who they have played. The Sharks are coming in 7-2-0. Three of those wins came at the expense of the 3-4-1 Los Angeles Kings. So don't look at San Jose's record at all. THE CONFLUENCE has a nice preview. EMPTY NETTERS brings home the bacon. The last time the Pens were in HP Pavilion, Cheechoo Hines'd Eaton: If you want to kill yourself, read the game recap that we did for it back in November 2006. It was our 11th recap ...

Good Times Bad Times
Published 15 days ago by Pensblog Staff (noreply@blogger.com) at The Pensblog
... up less goals. Thank you, MAF. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Malkin interview from the Blues Game. ANNA from CBlog comes through...if this is the interview people are asking about. :: Thanks for playing. PENS :: Joe Starkey and Rob Rossi did an unreal breakdown of NHL shootout stats. TRIB :: EMPTY NETTERS is all business with some sweet pics from San Jose. :: Staying with sweet ...

The Case Against Trading Jordan Staal
Published 12 days ago by PenguinsExperience.com (noreply@blogger.com) at Penguins Experience - Pittsburgh Penguins Blog
... And then he started to struggle.  Entering his second season he fell into what many would call a "sophmore slump."  His goal total dropped to 12 on the season  and he spent most of the year centering the team's third line.  And it hasn't gotten much better this year.  Going into tomorrow night's game against Edmonton Staal only has one goal and three assists.  And the goal was an empty netter.  And so the calls for a trade have grown once again.  Even mainstream news outlets are discussing it now.  Dave ...

Red Wings-Penguins post-game wrap-up
Published 6 days ago by George James Malik at Red Wings Snapshots - MLive.com
... word should stick in Wings fans' craws, and this will do: "It feels good," Penguins captain Sidney Crosby said. "The last time we played them, it wasn't the best (feeling). "It's just a regular-season game, but it does feel a little bit better." The Windsor Star 's Dave Waddell and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Dave Molinari wrote superb sans-quote recaps, PittsburghPenguins.com's Sam Kasan wrote an exhaustive analysis of the game as well. Empty Netters' Seth Rorabaugh provides further reading, and the Macomb Daily's Bruce MacLeod and ...

More Random Ramblings
Published 5 days ago by noreply@blogger.com (Sean) at Sean's Ramblings
... Penguins-Detroit Red Wings game was amazing. It's only November but the 7-6 overtime win will be the game of the year. I know there has been a lot of discussion about what to do with Jordan Staal, but if the Penguins are able to keep him at a reasonable price that fits under the salary cap, I think you have to do it. He’s only 20 years old! Of course, if he wants at least $5 million per year as has been reported, I don’t think that will be possible. The Pensblog and Empty Netters have much more about the game and the Penguins in general. I watched exactly ...

Its a Pens sweep. 5-2 and 3-0
Published 2 days ago by Kevin (noreply@blogger.com) at Pesonen and The Pens
... PP with about 9 mins to go.. do I see 2-2 in the future? Miller just spears Staal in the nuts..ouch! Goal Goose(4)!!!! it is 2-2, nice pass from the LIP. Cookie Monster to the Engine(6), Goal!!!! 3-2 Pens Tank(4) Goal!! from Ugly 4-2 the route is on.... Cookie, Staal and Kennedy have been a rockin. MAF has been solid. Staal(7) the MT NETTERS(hey that is one of the best blogs going)5-2 Ugly ...

IN SABOURIN WE TRUST
Published 5 hours ago by noreply@blogger.com (mondesishouse) at Mondesishouse.com
... Win or lose, we'll probably have a new fight between Derek Boogaard and Eric Godard to post tomorrow. As the Empty Netters point out (with lots of video evidence), the two have just a bit of history. ...