Sure, he knows that the Pittsburgh Penguins are one of the NHL’s oldest teams. And, yeah, he’s aware that they have missed the Stanley Cup playoffs for two years in a row and haven’t won a postseason series since 2018.
The rebuild comparison after 20 games and then 36 had some similar returns. Even at 55 games things were similar. So how do Connor Bedard and the Blackhawks stack up against Sidney Crosby and his 2005-06 Pittsburgh Penguins now?
The average NHL fan considers the IIHF World Championship to be an afterthought. It overlaps with the Stanley Cup playoffs, and with many of the game’s biggest stars either preoccupied or just hanging out at home, it’s not a best-on-best competition.
Sportsnet’s Chris Cuthbert and Craig Simpson will be heading west to broadcast the second-round series between the Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks.
It was Cinco De Mika [Zibanejad] at Madison Square Garden on Sunday afternoon. Game 1 was unfamiliar territory for this Carolina Hurricanes team. Thanks to their regular season dominance over the past five seasons, Sunday afternoon’s game would be their first time opening up a series on the road since the 2019 Eastern Conference final.
Sidney Crosby put together an outstanding season for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Sidney Crosby has a passion for hockey with few, if any, equals. Sidney Crosby had an opportunity to extend his season by playing for Team Canada in the IIHF world championships that will begin Friday in Czechia.
The Stanley Cup is the hardest trophy to win in professional sports. Every season, teams must win 16 games to hoist the 132-year-old Silver Chalice, which
Missing the Stanley Cup playoffs for the second year in a row wasn’t the Pittsburgh Penguins’ only disappointment in the 2023-24 season. Just the biggest.
CRANBERRY — The Pittsburgh Penguins traded Jake Guentzel to Carolina on March 7. A few hours after the deal, which netted a package that included Michael Bunting, was announced, the Penguins absorbed a 6-0 loss to Washington at PPG Paints Arena, the by-product of their most dispirited effort of the season.
With the Penguins missing the playoffs for the second straight year and the team potentially heading for some sort of reset, some have wondered if they could consider parting with franchise icon Sidney Crosby.
With one season left on his 12-year, $104.4 million contract, Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby said he plans to approach the team in the offseason about a contract extension.
Crosby has one season remaining on his contract and was the subject of some trade chatter this past winter.
Let’s put this out there: Pittsburgh Penguins center, megastar and team captain Sidney Crosby would not commit to much of anything as he looked ahead after the team missed the playoffs for the second straight season.
The Pittsburgh Penguins are still alive after 81 games. To a player, they have expressed some gratitude in context to how far they’ve come in a short time period and optimism that the hockey gods will accept their extraordinary run to end the season as proper tribute, thus granting their wish to play in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
“What we have to do hasn’t changed for a while now. Our game has been pretty good. We just have to continue to go a game at a time here – and that approach has served us really well and got us to this point.” — Sidney Crosby, April 2024 Pittsburgh’s captain offered the cliché after last Saturday’s thrilling 5-4 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning.
The Pittsburgh Penguins' push to make the playoffs got a huge lift on Thursday night with their 6-5 overtime win against the Detroit Red Wings. But the win is not the only thing they are celebrating.
The 2023-24 annual NHL Players Association Poll, always a fun look into the minds of those who play at the highest level, was released Wednesday. In no surprise, Pittsburgh Penguins center and captain Sidney Crosby received a deserved spot in one of the answers.
For just the third time in his career, Sidney Crosby has scored his 40th goal of the season. Crosby scored early in the first period against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday to reach the mark.
The Pittsburgh Penguins are trying to climb their way back into a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference and their captain, Sidney Crosby, is leading the charge.
It’s always a special thing in sports when a player who is considered a “generational talent” not only lives up to expectations but completely exceeds them.
Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby clinched his 19th consecutive point-per-game season on Monday with a three-point outing against the New York Rangers.
Sidney Crosby is widely regarded as one of the greatest hockey players of all time. He’s already made an indelible mark on the NHL since his debut in 2005.
With the Penguins heading the wrong direction and Crosby nearing the end of his career, speculation has grown regarding the superstar's future.
Having one year remaining on his contract after this season, Crosby will have the option to leave the only team he has ever known in an attempt to finish his career on a high note.
You won’t find many athletes, let alone pro hockey players, with higher standards than Sidney Crosby. He’s the future Hall of Famer working on a 19th consecutive point-per-game season, one of six players with multiple Conn Smythe Trophies, owner of an Olympic gold-medal-clinching overtime goal.
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