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Penguins star center Evgeni Malkin "probably is already ready to go" for the start of next season following recovery from torn ligaments in his right knee, Pittsburgh coach Dan Bylsma said Monday.

Sean Allen takes stock of the best, most surprising and most disappointing forwards of the first half of the season.

Ah those popular Pittsburgh Penguins continue to collect points in the standings and votes in the All-Star voting universe with just one week left in the fan balloting portion of the 2011 All-Star selections. Led by captain Sidney Crosby (how ofte...

Ah those popular Pittsburgh Penguins continue to collect points in the standings and votes in the All-Star voting universe with just one week left in the fan balloting portion of the 2011 All-Star selections. Led by captain Sidney Crosby (how ofte...

Pierre LeBrun has no issues with Sidney Crosby as the runaway leader in All-Star voting, but he doesn't understand the success of the rest of the Penguins. Here's a breakdown by position (* -- denotes write-in candidate; the NHL's results below re...

Pierre LeBrun has no issues with Sidney Crosby as the runaway leader in All-Star voting, but he doesn't understand the success of the rest of the Penguins. Here's a breakdown by position (* -- denotes write-in candidate; the NHL's results below re...

All we need is for Pittsburgh fans to start penciling in Pascal Dupuis or Chris Kunitz and Brooks Orpik and the All-Star Game in Raleigh next month will be an all-Penguin affair. No surprise that captain Sidney Crosby is the run-away leader in vot...

All we need is for Pittsburgh fans to start penciling in Pascal Dupuis or Chris Kunitz and Brooks Orpik and the All-Star Game in Raleigh next month will be an all-Penguin affair. No surprise that captain Sidney Crosby is the run-away leader in vot...

Like the NHL scoring race, Sidney Crosby is beginning to run away with the All-Star fan voting, as well. Updated ballots Tuesday showed the Penguins captain leading all NHL players with 319,809 votes, more than doubling his teammate Evgeni Malkin, wh...

Like the NHL scoring race, Sidney Crosby is beginning to run away with the All-Star fan voting, as well. Updated ballots Tuesday showed the Penguins captain leading all NHL players with 319,809 votes, more than doubling his teammate Evgeni Malkin, wh...

1. The hits just keep on coming for Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin. After failing to lead the 2010 Russian Olympic team past the quarterfinal round in Vancouver (they were ousted by archrival Sidney Crosby and the Canadian team), Ovechkin's t...

E.J. Hradek breaks down this year's playoff field and dissects the most important components of Cup contenders.

Story | Conversation | April 07, 2010

E.J. Hradek breaks down this year's playoff field and dissects the most important components of Cup contenders.

Story | Conversation | April 05, 2010

Steven Stamkos scored his 46th goal to edge within one of NHL leader Sidney Crosby and the Lightning prevented Pittsburgh from gaining ground in the Eastern Conference race, beating the Penguins 2-0.

E.J. Hradek breaks down each of Wednesday's Olympic matchups, including Team USA versus Switzerland and what should be an epic clash between Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin ... er ... Canada and Russia.

Blog | Conversation | February 23, 2010

PITTSBURGH -- Tonight's big rematch between the Capitals and Penguins could be missing some big names. Star blueliners Mike Green (undisclosed) of the Caps and Sergei Gonchar (lower body) of the Penguins are both game-time decisions. Gonchar hasn't...