Until a few more teams get real and begin swapping a few proposals, it appears both the NHL free agency market and the NHL trade block are frozen. Teams are settling into the reality that what they’ve got is how they will start the 2024-25 NHL season. In some cases, that’s a definite “Yikes.” We looked at the Pittsburgh Penguins’ potential for free RFA gold. The Carolina Hurricanes suffered at least one broken heart watching their UFAs bolt for greener pastures, the New York Rangers are in salary cap hell and facing a breakup next summer, and Sportnet listed the most interesting arbitration cases.
The live chat was fun yesterday. I hope Yinz enjoy them. I often wonder why readers and Penguins fans join in such high volume (we’re usually at 1500 per week and 400-500 live participants), but then I perused YouTube and Facebook videos. I guess I get it–when did your “media” options become two guys with no professional or sports experience just sitting in their bedroom firing off opinions?
I suppose I get it. Sports radio has gone to hell in an eight-minute commercial block basket, and sports TV is either two ex-athletes playing yuk-yuk over jokes that aren’t funny or guys constantly firing off over-the-top hot takes while a smiling woman looks on, clearly regretting her life choices to be a part of it.
Where have you gone, Stan & Guy?
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Pittsburgh Hockey Now: There is gold in them hills. Will the Penguins and president of hockey operations/GM Kyle Dubas break the bro code and swipe a team’s restricted free agent? We think he should, and there are two prime targets among the players to watch. The potential Penguins RFA targets.
I was able to fix most of the sound issues. So, from a little nugget on Sidney Crosby’s contract talks to the prospect camp and the one UFA the Penguins should sign — Here is the Penguins Live Chat.
PHN+: In case you missed it, here is the FULL accounting of the Penguins prospect camp. Who stole the show, who looked good, and who was disappointing? It’s a PHN+ feature, so use the code Dan10 to save $10 for a full year of ad-free PHN coverage. Here is the Penguins prospect camp analysis.
I don’t know where the Dubas tenure will take us, but I’m pretty confident that if he’s ever not a PoHO/GM, he’ll be a helluva scouting director. The Penguins invited a superior level of talent to this camp compared to years past.
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