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2 days ago | pensburgh.com | Julia Stumbaugh

Photo by Jamie Sabau/NHLI via Getty Images Player: Kevin Hayes Born: May 8, 1992 (Age 32 season) Height: 6’ 5” Weight: 216 pounds Hometown: Dorchester, Massachusetts Shoots: Left Draft: 2010 first round, No. 24 pick by the Chicago Blackhawks Acquired: Traded from the St. Louis Blues on June 29, 2024 2024-25 Statistics: 13 goals, 10 assists, 23 points in 64 games Contract Status: Signed through 2025-26 at a $7.14 million cap hit (50 percent retained by PHI) via Yahoo! The Penguins acquired...

2 days ago | pensburgh.com | Mike Darnay

Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images Sixteen years ago today, the Penguins went into the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. and came away with an easy win against the Capitals in Game 7 of a playoff series between the two teams. The series had featured massive swings with the Penguins falling into a 2-0 hole and then evening things up with two wins at home. Pittsburgh won in overtime in Game 5 before the Capitals forced a seventh game with an overtime win of their own.

3 days ago | pensburgh.com | Hooks Orpik

SetNumber: X74375 TK1 The NHL unveiled the last of their Quarter Century team, 25 players in the 21st century. Marc-Andre Fleury joined Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin on the NHL QC team. That led to the natural conclusion, what about a Pittsburgh Penguins quarter century team? To make it a little more challenging and balanced, we’re not going to put Jaromir Jagr or someone like that on the fourth line, since that wasn’t a fourth line player. So we’ll go with role-specific honorees.

4 days ago | pensburgh.com | Mike Darnay

Photo by Mike Stobe/NHLI via Getty Images 12 years ago today, Brooks Orpik was the hero the Penguins needed in overtime of Game 6 during their series against the New York Islanders in 2013. The Penguins loaded up at the trade deadline before the playoffs, adding Jerome Iginla, Brenden Morrow, and Douglas Murray to their roster.

4 days ago | pensburgh.com | Hooks Orpik

Photo by Joe Sargent/NHLI via Getty Images One of my favorite little offseason features is looking back at last year and seeing the journey that it took for the first-time players in the NHL for the Penguins during that season. Since Pittsburgh didn’t make a lot of top draft picks in the olden days of trying to make runs in the playoffs, often times it wasn’t the traditional young player stories, but good ones just the same. Well the times, they are a’changin in that regard.