Penguins top prospect Brayden Yager on Saturday was named this season's winner of the CHL Sportsman of the Year Award, awarded annually to the most sportsmanlike player in Canadian major junior hockey.
He has played 178 career NHL games so far along with 441 career appearances in the AHL.
The Penguins made some progress in bolstering their prospect pool over the last year. From drafting 14th overall in last year's draft to acquiring three significant prospects in the Jake Guentzel trade, the pool has grown deeper over the course of the season.
SAGINAW, Mich. — The top forward prospect in the Pittsburgh Penguins system, Brayden Yager, saw his Moose Jaw Warriors’ season come to an ugly end Friday night in the semi-final of the Memorial Cup.
Pittsburgh might be moving on without two low-level prospects The Penguins have until 5pm today (June 1) to sign defenders Thimo Nickl and Nolan Collins or will lose their rights, per CapFriendly.
Brayden Yager and the Moose Jaw Warriors saw their season come to an end with a 7-1 loss to the host Saginaw Spirit in the semi-final round of the Memorial Cup on Friday night.
Nineteen seasons in and Sidney Crosby is still doing Sidney Crosby things. Player: Sidney Crosby Born: August 7, 1987 (Age 36 season) Height: 5’ 11” Weight:
The 2023-24 season was supposed to be a bounce-back year for the Pittsburgh Penguins. A frustrating 2022-23 season where Sidney Crosby and the Penguins missed the playoffs for the first time since Sid’s rookie season led the Penguins to make some much-needed changes on and off the ice.
The Pittsburgh Penguins are running out of time. Assuming that hasn’t already happened, of course. While the wisdom of trying to transform an aging group
The Pittsburgh Penguins season ended 43 days ago, and we are now less than one month away from the 2024 NHL Draft and closer to the start of NHL free agency on July 1 than we are to the end of the regular season.
Comments from a twitch stream go viral and provide internet with something to talk about regarding the Penguins today. Thank you, Bryan Rust! First of all, let’s begin with a shout out to Bryan Rust for delivering a topic in the news cycle at the thirstiest time of year possible regarding the Penguins.
We did not see much of him this season, but what we saw is pretty much what he has done throughout his NHL career. Player: Jesse Puljujarvi Born: May 7, 1998 (26 years old) Height: 6-foot-4 Weight: 202 pounds Hometown: Alvkarleby, Sweden Shoots: Right Draft: 2016 first-round (No.
Bryan Rust said that he would have liked to "be all pissed off" when the Penguins' season ended, turned hockey off on his TV, and stopped watching until next season.
Seeing teams go deep into the playoffs on the strength of strong power plays is a frustrating thing to watch. Of all the things that went wrong for the 2023-24 Pittsburgh Penguins, the constant failure of the power play was one of the most significant.
Who is safe to return next year, and who could be on the move? Let’s find out! May is about to give way to June, which is one of the most important months of the NHL season.
The Pittsburgh Penguins are once again watching the Stanley Cup Playoffs from their living rooms after missing the postseason for the second year in a row.
Guentzel’s game-winning goal was the Penguins’ first shot on goal in 37 minutes. Seven years ago today, Jake Guentzel was the hero for the Penguins in Game 1 of the 2017 Stanley Cup Final.
Under Sullivan, the Penguins were responsible for what was the longest active playoff streak in North American sports before last spring.
The Pittsburgh Penguins missed the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 2023 for the first time in 16 years. This is in spite of incredible performances from aging stars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin.
David Molinari of Pittsburgh Hockey NOW: The Pittsburgh Penguins search for potential players that can make a difference via unrestricted free agency. Now, the problem with Pittsburgh is that aging window.
The Pittsburgh Penguins could reunite with former NHL legend Jaromír Jagr.
With the Pittsburgh Penguins finding themselves with two second-round picks thanks to the Jake Guentzel trade with the Carolina Hurricanes, they should have a solid chance to pick two players (if general manager Kyle Dubas keeps both picks) that could end up making an impact in the NHL lineup in the coming years.
If he were to have a productive training camp this upcoming September, he could earn a spot on the team’s bottom pairing.
While the Pittsburgh Penguins were unable to see the ping-pong balls bounce their way in the 2024 Draft Lottery (they had a very slight chance of hanging onto their pick), they do have two second-round picks in their asset chest to use.
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