Dave Molinari

1 week ago | pittsburghhockeynow.com | Dave Molinari

Leo Boivin wore sweater No. 2 during the Pittsburgh Penguins’ first game in the NHL, a 2-1 loss to Montreal at the Civic Arena on Oct. 11, 1967. Since then, no fewer than 22 others have worn that number for the Penguins, and every last one of them was, like Boivin, a defenseman. (Phil Bourque, who won a couple of Stanley Cups as a left winger, was listed as a defenseman for his first four seasons in the NHL, beginning in 1983-84.

1 week ago | sports.yahoo.com | Dave Molinari

Leo Boivin wore sweater No. 2 during the Pittsburgh Penguins’ first game in the NHL, a 2-1 loss to Montreal at the Civic Arena on Oct. 11, 1967. Since then, no fewer than 22 others have worn that number for the Penguins, and every last one of them was, like Boivin, a defenseman. (Phil Bourque, who won a couple of Stanley Cups as a left winger, was listed as a defenseman for his first four seasons in the NHL, beginning in 1983-84.

1 week ago | pittsburghhockeynow.com | Dave Molinari

The Pittsburgh Penguins have traded away a lot of first-round draft choices over the past few decades, but that doesn’t mean they fail to realize how those picks – especially the very early ones – can help to chart the course of a franchise. After all, the Penguins have won five Stanley Cups and the guy who received the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player in each of their title runs was claimed with either the first or second overall pick in his draft year.

2 weeks ago | pittsburghhockeynow.com | Dave Molinari

Predicting what the Pittsburgh Penguins can expect from the prospect they claim with the 11th overall pick next month is almost impossible, if only because no one has hit on a foolproof formula for projecting how teenaged players will develop. That’s why even some can’t-miss guys who are atop their prospects class actually do, well, miss. Winger Nail Yakupov, who went to Edmonton with the first pick in the 2012 draft at Consol Energy Center, is evidence of that.

2 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Dave Molinari

Predicting what the Pittsburgh Penguins can expect from the prospect they claim with the 11th overall pick next month is almost impossible, if only because no one has hit on a foolproof formula for projecting how teenaged players will develop. That’s why even some can’t-miss guys who are atop their prospects class actually do, well, miss. Winger Nail Yakupov, who went to Edmonton with the first pick in the 2012 draft at Consol Energy Center, is evidence of that.