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Most sports fans have heard the statement, " Hitting a fastball is the hardest task to do in sport". I tend to disagree with that sentiment. I believe the hardest task to do in sports is being an NHL goalie. Hitting a ball is extremely hard but so is stopping a 100 mile per hour slapshot. With that said, the Pittsburgh Penguins have had a number of good to great goalies ...

The magic man Ray Shero amazed us all once again by scouting and acquiring a player the Penguins were in desperate need of: a scoring, top-six forward. This deal came in the form of Luca Caputi and Martin Skoula for Alexei Ponikarovsky. Pony made his Pens debut on Saturday in an energetic win over the Dallas Stars. The raw stats don't speak to the impact of the power forward. It was ...

With the emotions from the gold medal game still pumping through the blood, Ray Shero begins the trade deadline fun with the acquisition of Jordan Leopold of the Florida Panthers, as reported by NHL.com. Leopold, the 29-year-old defenseman, was a second-round pick in 1999 by the Anaheim Ducks. This would appear to be Shero's way of adding bulk and size to the blue line by acquiring the 6'0", 200 lbs defenseman. ...

With the quartfinals of Olympic hockey being played today, the gold medal game is soon to follow. With the trade deadline looming, Ray Shero will be expected to "catch lightning in a bottle" again as he has the previous two years. The first of these impact trades being the acquisition of Marian Hossa from Atlanta two years ago, then the acquisition of Bill Guerin for a third round pick. Will ...