First-round preview: Pittsburgh Penguins versus Philadelphia Flyers
Days before the actual drop of the puck heralding the start of this cross-state playoff series between the Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins...
View Article2012 NHL Playoffs: How Pittburgh Penguins feel about being most-hated team in...
The Penguins have suddenly become one of the most-hated teams in the league. How did that happen and how do they feel about it? Scott Burnside takes a look.
View Article2012 NHL Playoffs: Pittsburgh Penguins are choking away their Stanley Cup...
Forget the mayhem, the bottom line is that the Penguins are choking away a great chance at what many thought could be another Stanley Cup win.
View Article2012 NHL Playoffs: Former Pittsburgh Penguin Max Talbot is putting...
Max Talbot is putting friendships aside for the Philadelphia Flyers while shutting down the Pittsburgh Penguins, writes Scott Burnside.
View ArticlePittsburgh's centers far from cowardly
PHILADELPHIA -- One of the local Philadelphia papers had a picture of Sidney Crosby dressed up as a lion with the headline The Cowardly Penguin. Not...
View Article2012 NHL Playoffs: The Pittsburgh Penguins know they need to get their...
The Penguins' penalty-killing unit needs to get its act in gear, writes Scott Burnside.
View Article2012 NHL Playoffs: Jordan Staal unlikely hero emerging from Pittsburgh...
Playing behind Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin on the depth chart hasn't hurt Jordan Staal, who has emerged as the sudden hero for the Pittsburgh Penguins, writes Scott Burnside.
View Article2012 NHL Playoffs: Pittsburgh Penguins left with questions as Philadelphia...
The distance between the two locker rooms at Wells Fargo Center is maybe 30 yards. But the distance on this Sunday afternoon, with the Philadelphia Flyers celebrating their opening-round victory over...
View Article2012 NHL Playoffs: The Pittsburgh Penguins need to consider five key moves...
After a surprising first-round exit, the Penguins have to consider making five changes in order to get back to the dance, writes Scott Burnside.
View ArticleSecond-round preview: Philadelphia Flyers versus New Jersey Devils
It took the New Jersey Devils perhaps longer than many expected to dispose of the Florida Panthers -- into double overtime of Game 7 on Thursday night...
View Article2013 NHL season preview: Five players we could have lost to lost season
Scott Burnside previews five players we could have lost to lost season.
View ArticleThey don't take away points for ugly
PHILADELPHIA -- Hockey came home Saturday afternoon. It came home to the familiar chants of "Crosby sucks!" from the largest crowd -- 19,994 -- to ...
View Article2013 NHL playoffs - Burnside: Five reasons Pens are the faves
The Penguins are more than Sidney Crosby and a dynamic offense, and that is just one of five reasons Scott Burnside cites for Pittsburgh being the favorite going into the playoffs.
View Article2013 NHL playoffs - Penguins still await Crosby's return
The Penguins still do not know whether they will be without Sidney Crosby in Wednesday's playoff opener against the New York Islanders, but there's no panic in Pittsburgh, writes Scott Burnside.
View Article2013 NHL playoffs - Burnside: Are the Pittsburgh Penguins choking, or are the...
The Bruins-Penguins series is unfolding much like the 1997 Stanley Cup finals, in which an underrated Detroit team swept Philadelphia, writes Scott Burnside.
View ArticleFree agency brings out Team Redemption
The free-agent class of 2013 might lack the star quality of last summer, when Ryan Suter and Zach Parise captivated the hockey world right through Ind...
View ArticleFirst-round preview: Pittsburgh Penguins versus Philadelphia Flyers
Days before the actual drop of the puck heralding the start of this cross-state playoff series between the Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins...
View ArticleNHL - 2014 Stanley Cup playoffs preview: Pittsburgh Penguins versus New York...
The last time these two teams met in the playoffs, in the second round in 2008, the Penguins were an emerging force and the Rangers&nbs...
View ArticleNHL -- Scott Burnside: Questions surround the coaching carousel
Why would Willie Desjardins opt to coach the Canucks rather than the Penguins? Scott Burnside delves into that, where the Penguins go from here, shrewd moves by the Blue Jackets and Canadiens, and more.
View ArticleNHL -- How the teams would look under proposed Ryder Cup-type international...
What would the teams look like for the proposed Ryder Cup-type format for the NHL's international series? Scott Burnside picks them.
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