PensBurgh: for Pittsburgh Penguins fans SB Nation

It looks like the Pittsburgh Penguins are rounding into form at just the right time. Head coach Mike Sullivan is pressing all the right buttons and his players are responding by racking up the points in the division standings. With just six games to go now before the playoffs begin, including a two-game series starting tonight against the Washington Capitals that will likely decide the East Division champion, the Penguins could not be in a better spot.
Add into the mix an Evgeni Malkin that is set to return from injury, and we may have the final ingredient of the recipe for a team that is ready to go on a deep playoff run.
Or will they?
This week’s PensBurgh Podcast examines the likelihood that the Penguins will run out of gas when it matters most—during the Stanley Cup playoffs. With games being played at a breakneck pace since February, will the grind of a truncated, 56-game schedule in five months catch up to these Penguins?
This week’s mailbag also sees Robbie and I discuss a potential Evgeni Malkin trade, our favorite goals in franchise history, best and worst first-round matchups, and much more.
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The Pittsburgh Penguins have delivered a bit of a mixed bag over the last seven days. A shootout loss to the Philadelphia Flyers, a regulation loss to the Buffalo Sabres and an almost legendary collapse at the hands of the New Jersey Devils shows that these Penguins are not perfect.
However, the team still sits in third place in the East Division with nine games to go before the playoffs begin. And players like Kasperi Kapanen and Evgeni Malkin are inching closer to a return.
This week’s episode highlights goaltender Tristan Jarry, and whether or not the 25-year-old’s recent play warrants any kind of skepticism as the team’s number one netminder with this squad looking to make another long run through the postseason.
The mailbag segment sees Robbie and I delve into the world of professional sports chants, reminiscing about other collapses throughout franchise history, talking about the expansion draft, and wondering what next year’s Penguins team might look like.
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The 2021 NHL trade deadline is in the books. The Pittsburgh Penguins did add to their often injury-plagued squad, acquiring longtime Los Angeles Kings forward Jeff Carter, a familiar face for GM Ron Hextall.
While the Penguins added a new piece to their group, so too did the other teams throughout the difficult East Division.
The PensBurgh Podcast is here this week to recap the trade deadline and to see where the Pens stand with 13 games to go before the playoffs begin.
This week’s mailbag segment sees Robbie and I touch on some of the Penguins’ biggest rivals over the years, wondering what former GM Jim Rutherford would have done differently, and figuring out who would win a battle royal. It got personal.
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The Pittsburgh Penguins have experienced a bit of a downswing over their last few games. Giving up a combined 15 goals over the span of two games is never a good thing.
Why have the Pens looked a little leaky lately? Does it come down to bad defensive positioning? Shaky goaltending? A combination of these and other factors? Or, as GM Ron Hextall recently said in an interview, are we all overrating to a simple blip on the radar?
In addition to the recap and main segment, the mailbag is absolutely loaded this week, with eight participants, 11 total questions, and a whole variety of unique answers. What fictional hockey players would help this current Penguins squad? Could Mike Matheson get a shot playing on the wing? What would it take for the NHL to ban Tom Wilson? Answers to these questions, and many more, in this week’s PensBurgh Podcast.
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Following the completion of the season series against the New York Islanders on Monday, the Pittsburgh Penguins are back in action later tonight with another two-game set against the Boston Bruins.
Jason Zucker has returned to the lineup following his one-month absence (good!), but now Tristan Jarry’s status is up-in-the-air after being unexpectedly pulled from the game after completing the first period of Monday’s contest (not so good!).
With this episode of the PensBurgh Podcast, Robbie and I analyze the importance of Zucker’s return, how that might take some pressure off other forwards, and whether or not GM Ron Hextall’s best trade deadline move may be to make no move at all.
This week’s mailbag segment also sees us discuss our other favorite teams, hockey jerseys, the Mighty Ducks, and much more.
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Winners of three out of their last four contests, the Pittsburgh Penguins sit pretty comfortably in third place in the East Division. Granted, the last five games being against the New Jersey Devils and Buffalo Sabres means the Penguins have likely been heavy favorites, but they will take points wherever and whenever they can get them. Injuries have (once again) ravaged this team. What else is new?
With so many forwards lost to longer-term injury, now including Kasperi Kapanen, it has been nothing short of a miracle that this current Penguins team is collecting any kind of points.
Now with Kapanen set to miss an extended period of time, what can the Pens do to ensure they don’t freefall out of a playoff spot?
In addition to tackling this question, a loaded, six-question mailbag has new co-host Robbie and I ranking the Reverse Retro jerseys, talking about goal songs, and much more:
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