Gameday 29: Have Your (Desert) Dogs Spayed or Neutered

The Penguins tonight play host to the Arizona Coyotes in their first of two meetings this season.  The two teams split their get-togethers last season – Arizona won at home 2-1 in October, Pittsburgh with the 6-0 rout on Leap Year Day this year – but the Penguins have generally had their way with the franchise, with a 42-29-3 record all-time against the Jets/Coyotes. Continue reading

Third Off-Day Thoughts: 11/29/2016

Hi! I’m throwing this out there as we wait for Wednesday, when the Penguins will be playing in Brooklyn’s terrible hockey venue against the listing Islanders.  The Islanders are tied with the Arizona Coyotes for the worst record in the League, and yet somehow their head coach, Jack Capuano, is still employed whereas the Florida Panthers just fired their head coach Gerard Gallant — literally kicked him to the curb, in fact — regardless of their middle-of-the-Atlantic-division record.  As for the Isles, they are 3-4-3 in their last 10, though they did snatch a 2-1 overtime victory over the Calgary Flames last night.  Former Penguin Thomas Greiss has played three of the last four for New York, so in spite of the Penguins having seemed to have figured out their Jaroslav Halak problems, it stands to reason that Capuano might tab Halak for the start tomorrow night. Continue reading