Penguins – Red Wings Fall Out

‘Everybody’s Losing’ In a four-point game where a regulation loss would have sunk the Penguins nine-points behind the floundering Detroit Red Wings who entered the night 1-7 in their previous eight games, Pittsburgh controlled the game from start to finish with an impressive 6-3 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday night at PPG Paints Arena. Pittsburgh will now enter the week in the same position they were in entering the weekend — five points out of a wildcard spot as the once surging New York Islanders had quite the rough week going 0-3-1 following a six-game winning streak. — Penguins – Red Wings Fallout What the Penguins did in their win over Detroit was put their foot on

Breaking: Steelers trading for Justin Fields

Kenny Pickett Out: Russell Wilson, Justin Fields In……… The Pittsburgh Steelers have completed a major overhaul of their quarterback room acquiring quarterback Justin Fields from the Chicago Bears in-exchange for a conditional sixth round pick. The sixth round pick turns into a 4th rounder based on Fields playing in 51 percent of plays this season, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Do the Steelers have their quarterback for now in Russell Wilson and the future in Fields? The Steelers have made it clear to Fields, a favorite of Mike Tomlin coming out of the 2021 draft, he will be coming in as the backup and there will not be a competition. The move though solidifies the Steelers significantly upgrading their QB

Breaking: Kenny Pickett traded to Eagles

The Pittsburgh Steelers have traded 2022 first round pick QB Kenny Pickett to the Philadelphia Eagles as it is now officially the Russell Wilson era in Pittsburgh. The Steelers receive a 2024 [hide] third round pick (No. 98) and two 2025 7th-round picks in the deal. The Eagles receive Pickett and a 2024 fourth round pick (No. 120). [/hide] The Steelers are quickly leaking word Pickett did not [hide] handle the Russell Wilson signing well and months later confirming behind the scenes Pickett refused to dress in week 17. For Pickett he goes to the team he grew up rooting for as a kid but even more so now as the clear No. 2 behind Jalen Hurts. For Pittsburgh the

Pens-Sharks Fallout: .516 PT%? & Penguins suddenly have a meaningful next three games to get up for….

NOT DEAD JUST YET? Pittsburgh’s 6-3 win over the woeful San Jose Sharks was about as uninspiring it could get. Pittsburgh trailed 2-1 after one period and were involved in a tied hockey game after forty minutes. Facing a goaltender with a Goals Against Average heading towards the 5.00 range who couldn’t control a rebound all night, the dam was eventually going to break open and for the Penguins thankfully did in the third period as the Penguins outscored the Sharks 3-0 in the final frame for the win. Pittsburgh’s play without the puck had moments where again the team looked disinterested and was quite alarming against the caliber of opponent, especially in the first period. Overall, in the game

West Cup Contender believes they offered better roster player for Guentzel? Carter back in 24/25?

~Newsworthy Tidbits from Kyle Dubas Weekly GM Show with the Penguins~ Dubas had high premium on getting an impact roster player back for Jake Guentzel Prior to completing deal with the Carolina Hurricanes last Thursday, the Penguins during the early part of that day made one last play to shop the Hurricanes offer around, most notably to Vegas, Vancouver, Colorado and the New York Rangers. A team or two believes they put a better prospect on the table than Koivunen who the Penguins love but one thing that got overlooked by so many others is the Penguins trying to play this window of competing next season put a higher premium on getting a top-9 roster player with a little bit

Steelers Free Agency Grades: Patrick Queen a Home Run Signing

LB Patrick Queen | Grade: A | 3 years, $41 Million [hide] [/hide] Buzz: [hide]No organization loves linebackers like the Pittsburgh Steelers especially when comes to not only valuing outside linebackers but also inside backers. Pittsburgh secured the signing of the top inside linebacker on the market in Patrick Queen and what to love about Queen is that he’s only 24 years old. And the Steelers made the signing on their terms with how it’s structured, essentially a one-year deal, though, the team envisions Queen roaming the middle of the field for years to come. Queen posted a 25.5 pressure rate in 2023, good for sixth among linebackers and his explosiveness with quick pressures is off the charts. A huge

Latest Pens Buzz: Organization went into Sens game still thinking playoffs? Support for Sullivan waning & More Buzz

An overtime loss to the lowly Ottawa Senators Tuesday night saw the Penguins playoff chances actually make a jump going from 5% to 7% according to Latest Money Puck Odds. Losers of four straight and seven of eight, Pittsburgh’s odds at the #1 pick are currently about the same as playoff odds which gives this organization a good dose of reality. However, this is not comedy in that the Penguins power brokers in the organization actually went into this week believing if they could run up some wins against the lowly Senators and Sharks and beat a team in front of them in Detroit Sunday night, there was a chance to build up some momentum to play some meaningful hockey

Steelers send Diontae Johnson to Carolina after ‘soft target request’

Diontae Johnson [hide] after giving the Steelers a soft trade request around the combine after the team approached the veteran wide receiver about a possible extension, is officially out the door. The Steelers this evening have agreed to trade Johnson and a 2024 Seventh-Round Pick in exchange for 29 year-old cornerback Donte Jackson and a 2024 Sixth-Round Pick.[/hide] [hide]Following the release of Patrick Peterson, the Steelers believe Jackson can play a prominent role in the secondary and the details are in the team taking on his contract. Jackson is due a $4 million roster bonus on Friday and Pittsburgh takes on around a $15.8 million cap hit with the trade. Jackson started all 16 games for the Panthers in 2023,

Rumors: Ottawa approached Pittsburgh in February about an Erik Karlsson Return

Penguins General Manager Kyle Dubas has stated he is all-in on Erik Karlsson for the future repeatedly lumping Karlsson in with Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang and behind the scenes pushing for the team to market Karlsson with those four and better in the future. It wasn’t an accident Karlsson was on the cover of the Team Yearbook given out a few weeks ago. A Dubas bluff? Don’t think so but [hide] the Ottawa Senators seeking a PR win, had a conversation with the Penguins last month about Karlsson and have put it out there to Pittsburgh this is something we’re willing to do in the summer and rival teams believe Ottawa is willing to move significant futures to

Latest Pens Buzz: Crosby Camp aware of Summer Aggressive Plan/Targeted List of players

Following Penguins 4-0 loss to the Edmonton Oilers Sunday Afternoon, Pittsburgh has not lost six of seven games and outscored 15-1 over their last three games. Watching Penguins in person closely it’s a different perspective than on TV. The caliber of teams on the ice Sunday was night and day. Edmonton is who the Penguins used to be six, seven years ago. Everyone knew that coming in. What’s striking is just how mentally the Penguins in a span of 7-10 days have become a hockey club that just knows they can’t win and yesterday’s game it didn’t matter if the Penguins put up 70 shots on goal. It just felt watching the teams body language, no matter what they were