Kyle Dubas

Penguins free agency day one has come and gone The Penguins made a few signings, and an intriguing trade. No one notable left the roster and none of the RFA’s have signed a contract. Analytically, all of the signings look to be solid bets. Shea was allowed to walk, so too were Acciari and Clifton....

NHL free agency opens in mere hours. However, absolutely no needle movers are available. Due to this, the NHL is experiencing one of the first true offseason trade booms of our lifetimes. Teams have little reason to spend big today, and historically it’s been a terrible way to build a team. The only real way...

The NHL may have just experienced its craziest day in recent memory, and if you’ve been following Penguins trade rumors, things are about to get real. About a decade ago we got the famous 1-for-1 deals involving Larsson for Hall and Subban for Weber but yesterday may have been even more explosive. Many pundits have...

Holy shit, do we have a great final on our hands. Both games were incredible theatre. Both games were one by one goal with the most recent game reaching OT. So far, this series has been everything you could ask for as a hockey fan. Oh, and a Dylan Larkin trade request just came out...

During the season ending presser, GM Kyle Dubas spoke extensively about the team getting younger. He also spoke about the team acquiring someone of elite talent in the mid 20s age range. For the latter, we have spoken about a few players who fit that category (i.e. Jason Robertson). The Pittsburgh Penguins prospects developing in...

The Pittsburgh Penguins offseason 2026 started to take shape a couple days ago when GM and POHO Kyle Dubas gave his season-ending presser to local media. For the TLDR people here is quick summary: The biggest talking point to come out of the Dubas presser was that he would love to have Evgeni Malkin back...

The Kyle Dubas press conference everyone’s been waiting for finally happened. Outside of signing Connor Dewar and Ilya Solovyov, all has been quiet on the Penguins front since losing game 6 in overtime. Wilkes Barre and Wheeling have both been blazing through their respective playoff series which has generated some buzz for potential prospects eventually...

On Friday, the Penguins locker room cleanout in Cranberry took place, and outside of Edmonton, I think this was the most interesting cleanout day across the league. Several storylines came out of the player sessions with the media, and we’re going to get into the ones that matter. Ben Kindel’s first season came to a...

What an absolutely perfect video from the Penguins PR staff last night. Moments after the Penguins defeated the New Jersey Devils by a score of 5-2 the Penguins put out this video: All year the team has been asked about the script that was seemingly pre-written about them. Every period of sustained success early in...

On Monday and Tuesday, the Penguins in the thick of a playoff run had two huge games against teams in the thick of the race with them. The Penguins rifled in a total of 13 goals and largely dominated both the Islanders and Red Wings. Dubas had his hands all over the blueprint of those...

Evgeni Malkin is back, but his team never wavered without him. His addition only helped ignite an already potent offense. During Geno’s five game suspension the Penguins went 2-1-2. Goals weren’t hard to come by during that stretch either. Three of those games were during the team’s most brutal road-trip. Before the season, people looked...

Angry Geno is typically the best version of Geno. Think the slapshot breakaway goal against the Flyers all those years ago. Dubas might have been trying to unlock this version of Geno when he stalled, maybe balked, contract extension talks. What Dubas may have forgot to factor in is that Angry Geno is also prone...

The last 24 hours have produced quite the bit of content for the Pittsburgh Penguins. To begin with, GM Kyle Dubas did it again. Early in the afternoon yesterday Dubas sent Brett Kulak for Sam Girard and 2028 2nd round pick. This deal extends the return for Tristan Jarry to the following: Sam Girard Stuart...

Before I start talking about anything else, let me just say that yesterday was one of the greatest days of hockey (from a results standpoint) that I can ever remember. You had Canada down late, won in overtime. Finland scored twice in the final five minutes to send the game in overtime where they ultimately...

The non-Olympians return to practice today. While the trade freeze is still in effect, that doesn’t mean deadline plans are not being put into place. The Penguins, and the rest of the NHL, will only have a few days after the freeze is lifted to construct their teams for the rest of the season. The...

Thursday night was the final game before the Olympic break in the NHL. The Penguins had one game remaining on their schedule against the red-hot Buffalo Sabres. Blake Lizotte’s wife went into labor forcing him to miss the game. Then Noel Acciari got sick forcing him out of the lineup. This was no big deal...

A day after the worst performance of the season, the Penguins traveled to Long Island to play one of their biggest games yet. The effort level was significantly better. The overall performance was significantly better than the night before too. Hell, the Penguins thoroughly outplayed the Islanders last night. Yet the Penguins ended up losing...

The NHL is 37 days away from the official trade deadline. However, there are only seven days until the Olympic roster freeze, which may also act as a secondary trade deadline. The Penguins have shifted perspective on their team. Before the season, the Penguins were thought to be the only true seller in the league....