NHL Trade Rumors: Simmonds, Cullen, and Goaltenders
In today’s Rumor Rundown, we look at trade options in different positions. From a top-six forward to a depth center, goaltenders and a defenseman, everyone and everything is needed around…
Matt Cullen
Face-Offs Remain Weakness for Penguins
Six games into the 2017-18 regular season, the Penguins continue to struggle on the face-off dot. Although they average the fifth highest number of face-offs per game in the league,…
McClement Makes Sense for Penguins
The Pittsburgh Penguins have invited 34-year-old forward Jay McClement to training camp. With Matt Cullen and Nick Bonino’s departures, the team is in need of some depth down the middle and a…
Wild Sign Matt Cullen
Going out a champion? Not a chance, at least in the case of 20-year NHL veteran Matt Cullen. After winning his third career Stanley Cup with the Pittsburgh Penguins in…
Penguins’ Tumultuous Offseason
Repeating as Stanley Cup champs isn’t easy. In fact, before the Pittsburgh Penguins’ ridiculous 2017 run, it hadn’t been done since before the salary cap era, when the Detroit Red…
3 Remaining Questions for Penguins this Summer
The Pittsburgh Penguins locked up their last remaining restricted free agent, wing Conor Sheary, on Sunday. Pittsburgh and Sheary agreed to a three-year, $9-million deal, giving him an annual cap…
Predicting Penguins Free Agency
What do Nick Bonino, Trevor Daley, Chris Kunitz, Matt Cullen and Ron Hainsey all have in common? They’re likely to leave behind significant holes in the Pittsburgh Penguins’ lineup when…
Rumor Rundown: Bonino, Kunitz, Daley, Cullen All Leaving Penguins
When you win the Stanley Cup, you can safely assume that some of the pieces that got you there are going to ask for raises. When you win it twice…
The Wild’s Free Agent Targets
The Minnesota Wild still need to fill some voids in their current roster. After sending Erik Haula and Alex Tuch to the Vegas Golden Knights, and with Martin Hanzal heading…
Penguins’ Penalty Kill Elevates in Game 6
In the last 10 years, only one team won the Stanley Cup with a penalty kill below average. In fact, from 2007-16, eight of the ten Stanley Cup winners possessed…
Hurricanes Fans Happy for Hainsey
Ron Hainsey is a former Carolina Hurricanes defenseman. For three and a half years he was the anchor on the ‘Canes blue line, often paired with All-Star, Justin Faulk. In…
Have Penguins Found Their Next Matt Cullen?
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ Matt Cullen is 40 years old, and he’s been in the league since 1997. He’s been places. He’s seen things. Cullen has played for eight teams total,…