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I follow fans of the Penguins on Twitter and have read countless articles as well as Q&A's from fans about the "revised" Penguins.    Now as a fun use of free time, I'm going to give my opinions on questions a lot of Penguin fans want to ask.    Why does Shero want to combine Staal and Geno?   Staal is ready for a top 2 line year.  He has served as center of what has ...

With the new addition of Nikolai Zherdev and the need for a starting goaltender, the money-tight Philadelphia Flyers have decided the Simon Gagne is their most expendable piece and have been exploring trades for the injury-plagued winger. The reasoning here appears to be to clear $5 million off the Flyers' cap giving them the opportunity to re-open talks with goalie Marty Turco and have enough cap space left to re-sign one, ...

Someone asked me an interesting question recently. They asked what I thought of Brian Burke as a GM and my immediate response was “so far, so good.” My friend responded by telling me that that summation wasn't fair because it left the door open for me to change my mind if Burke screwed anything up. He was right, it does. It got me thinking though. I understand Brian Burke has won a ...

If one position has redefined itself in the five post-lockout NHL seasons, that position is goaltender. Previously, goaltending was the crux of an NHL team; having a marquee goaltender in net was a must for any team to have any reasonable chance of success. The 10 seasons from 1995 through 2004 only saw five different NHL teams hoist the Stanley Cup; Colorado (1996, 2001), Dallas (1999), Detroit (1997, 1998, 2002), New ...

This past week the NBA changed sports forever.  LeBron James conspired with Olympic friends Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh to join forces on one powerhouse team in the NBA—the Miami Heat. This event was hyped to new levels, which included an hour long ESPN special where LeBron announced where he would be calling home from now on.  How will this affect the NHL going forward?   This will be looked at in two ...

The World Cup is over, and I'm not that big into baseball, so the only thing I can cling to sports wise right now is the Kovalchuk saga—but it's safe to say most want this story to end (the New York Post even reported a Canadian national TV outlet has proposed a LeBron-esque one-hour special as to where he will play, but this is the same post that reported Kovalchuk ...

The Pittsburgh Penguins prospect development camp will kick off this coming Monday, July 12, and run until July 17. The development camp is a chance for the Penguins coaching staff and management to get a good look at the prospects who they just drafted and those currently in the minor league system. Players’ performances could determine how they will rank in the prospect depth system, or, if they’re far enough along, ...

With talks still swirling regarding the Boston Bruins and Marc Savard's future with the club, he is still, to date, a Boston Bruin. Every story that the Bruins are coming up with, you'll find a Marc Savard comment in there somewhere. Now that center David Krejci is coming back in schedule with his recovery from the wrist dislocating hit at the hands of Mike Richards, some are saying ...

Disclaimer: This was written all in good fun. If you take this seriously, then you need to lighten up. When you walk into a hockey arena, ready to enjoy a fast-paced, hard-hitting NHL game, take a good look around. These people are no plain, ordinary sports fans. Hockey may not be a well-represented sport worldwide, but it isn't a knock on its loyal supporters. They are just as passionate as the soccer fans currently ...

When long time goaltender Evgeni Nabokov defected to mother Russia, it left the San Jose Sharks with a gigantic hole between the pipes. Coming off one of his best seasons, the 35 year old net minder put up a 44-16-10 record with three shutouts. He had a goals against average of 2.43 and a save percentage of .922. Both were improvements on his previous year’s totals. San Jose, meanwhile, puts $6 million ...