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Ron Cook: Kyle Dubas and the Penguins are still weighed down by Ron Hextall's poor contract decisions

PITTSBURGH — There is nothing wrong with the players the Penguins added last week.

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Sully's staying power: NHL pundits explain why Penguins coach has stuck during regime changes

Among active head coaches, only Tampa Bay's Jon Cooper has been behind the same team's bench for longer than Mike Sullivan.

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Tracking every major NHL general manager available during the 2023 offseason, including Kyle Dubas

The NHL general manager market is a fascinating one this year.

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Analytics have shaped Fenway Sports Group’s other front offices. What might that mean for Penguins?

PITTSBURGH — Penguins fans should know that when Fenway Sports Group executive Dave Beeston said there is “no limit” as to who the team will hire to lead its hockey operations department next, they were far from empty words.

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Gene Collier: Hey, where's that Penguins first-round exit you promised?

Depending on your relative life balance, which is determined by your index of blessings on one side and your various malfunctions on the other, 17 years can be a very long time. I have it on some authority.

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Paul Zeise: Ron Hextall and Brian Burke never made sense for Penguins

PITTSBURGH — The worst kept secret in Pittsburgh sports was that Ron Hextall was on borrowed time as the Penguins general manager from about the trade deadline until the end of the season. The question was never if Hextall was going to get fired, it was always when.

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Penguins fire Ron Hextall and Brian Burke, cleaning house in front office

PITTSBURGH — Frustrated fans who chanted "Fire Hextall!" at PPG Paints Arena during Tuesday's devastating loss to the lowly Chicago Blackhawks got their wish Friday.

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The Penguins have missed the playoffs for the first time since 2006. So what's next?

PITTSBURGH — The Penguins have officially missed the playoffs for the first time since 2006.

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Joe Starkey: People just can't seem to enjoy the Penguins anymore — even on a night like that

I don't write this as a criticism. It's more of a wondering.

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Penguins make two more trades, adding Nick Bonino and Dmitry Kulikov to their supporting cast

SUNRISE, Fla. — The Penguins continued to tinker with their supporting cast Friday with a pair of relatively minor trades before the NHL's trade deadline.

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The winners (Rangers!) and losers (Flyers) of the 2023 NHL trade deadline

Which NHL teams were the big winners (and losers!) at the trade deadline?

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Joe Starkey: Penguins' Kasperi Kapanen disaster had ramifications that will last

Some moves are bad, but soon forgotten. Some reverberate. Some continue to hamstring a hockey team long after they are executed.

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Ron Cook: Penguins remind us of the cold nature of sports business

PITTSBURGH — We spent last football season criticizing Matt Canada. I know I did it as much as anyone. It was easy because his offense was a significant reason the Steelers missed the playoffs. How dare Canada let that happen?

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NHL March power rankings: The East is so loaded as the trade deadline approaches

The arms race in the Eastern Conference has shifted our March power rankings.

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Penguins score 5 goals in less than 5 minutes, cruise past Lightning

PITTSBURGH — The mood inside PPG Paints Arena, pure jubilation after the Penguins exploded for five goals in the span of four minutes, 27 seconds Sunday, could not have been more different than it was inside this building just three nights earlier.

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Joe Starkey: Tristan Jarry owes the Penguins. Time to pay up.

Given the fact that he was either injured or awful the past two postseasons — costing the Penguins two great chances to advance — Tristan Jarry's 2022-23 season was always going to be about playoff redemption.

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Joe Starkey: Penguins GM Ron Hextall better be looking at trading that 1st-round pick

When LeBron James broke the NBA’s all-time scoring record Tuesday, I couldn’t help but think of Sidney Crosby. Their stories have played out so similarly.

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Ron Cook: If Tristan Jarry can't go, Penguins have no hope for postseason success

I should have learned a long time ago not to write off the Penguins' chances of winning a championship without any one player but Sidney Crosby. Before and during the 2017 playoffs, I predicted three different times they couldn't win the Stanley Cup without an injured Kris Letang. Of course,…

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NHL February power rankings: It’s time to jump on the Sabres’ playoff hype train

The Sabres have a real chance to play spoiler to a playoff hopeful this season.

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NHL star back on the ice and 'looking good' after suffering second career stroke

Kris Letang has taken part in 'light skating' since having another stroke, as the 35-year-old had another worrying episode after his first incident back in 2014

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NHL star fighting for career after second stroke as team issues heartbreaking statement

Kris Letang has suffered a second stroke, which explains why he was absent to face Carolina Hurricanes, and the Pittsburgh Penguins have released a statement confirming he will not play any time soon

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Penguins defenseman Kris Letang out indefinitely after suffering another stroke

PITTSBURGH — Kris Letang is out indefinitely after he suffered another stroke on Monday.

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Jason Mackey: What another 'kick at the can' means for Penguins, Sidney Crosby's incredible legacy

PITTSBURGH — Colby Armstrong only saw Sidney Crosby once this summer, but the interaction was a memorable one. And telling. It occurred at Brayden Schenn's wedding, as Armstrong and Crosby flew to Banff, Alberta, for the festivities set in the Canadian Rockies.

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Ron Cook: Mike Sullivan extension shows faith from new Penguins owners

PITTSBURGH — I'm pretty lucky to be working in an amazing sports town. I have covered some incredible coaches and managers, including six Hall of Famers. Chuck Tanner might be the nicest man I ever met in sports. Herb Brooks was a fascinating character, as are Eddie Johnston, Michel Therrien…

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Jason Mackey: Former Penguins GM Jim Rutherford finally discloses why he abruptly left

It’s a question that has been on the minds of Penguins fans since Jim Rutherford abruptly resigned seven games into the 2020-21 season. It’s also one the team’s former general manager has been considering himself more and more lately.

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