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With the NHL regular season right around the corner, TSN. Phil Kessel Penguins Jersey .ca profiles each team leading up to puck drop. Next up are the Pittsburgh Penguins, a Cup contender that wasnt afraid to make changes in the offseason. Catch up on their summer moves and the issues they face this season, as well as Craig Buttons analysis of their top prospect and an analytical breakdown by TSNs Scott Cullen. Division: Metropolitan GM: Jim Rutherford Head Coach: Mike Johnston 2013-14: 51-24-7 (1st in Metropolitan) Playoffs: Lost in conference semifinals Goals For: 242 (5th) Goals Against: 204 (10th) Powerplay: 23.4% (1st) Penalty Kill: 85.0% (5th) That Was Then: On paper, 2013-14 was about as textbook a season as youa€?re likely to see out of the Penguins in the Sidney Crosby era. The team won 51 games to handily take the first ever Metropolitan Division title. Crosby played 80 games for the first time since his Rocket Richard Trophy-winning 2010 season, marking a much-needed return to health after years of battling concussions. Crosby not only returned, but returned to form. The Kid won the scoring race by 17 points, claiming MVP honours from both the writers (winning his second career Hart Memorial Trophy) and the players (winning a second straight Ted Lindsay Award and the third Lindsay/Pearson of his career). Canada also learned Chris Kunitza€?s name as the 34-year-old was selected to Canadaa€?s Olympic team. Questioned by some as a choice of convenience for Sochi, Kunitz still won gold with Canada and dressed in all six tournament games. He finished the season with a new career-high in goals (35, nine higher than his previous best) and points (68). The Pens were pushed in the first round by the upstart Columbus Blue Jackets. Not given much chance by most analysts, the Blue Jackets fought their way to two overtime victories before bowing to the Pens in a thrilling six games. After dropping their second-round opener to the New York Rangers, the Pens looked to have a second straight Conference Final trip booked, winning their next three games by a combined 9-2 score. Marc-Andre Fleury was all world over those three games, posting a 145-minute shutout streak, partly exorcising the demons of his playoff struggles in recent years. The series got away from the Penguins, though. Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist played some of the best hockey of his career and held the Penguins to just one goal in each of the remaining games and lifting his team to the Eastern Conference Final and eventually the Cup Final. The Rangers also rallied around personal tragedy suffered by Martin St. Louis to play an inspired final three. Losing out by a combined 10-3 score, the Penguins were sent packing with Crosby failing to register a point in the last three games. Scott Cullens Analytics Predators 2013-14 Stats by Quarter Games GPG GAA SH% SV% SAF% PTS% 1-20 2.70 2.35 7.4% .913 54.2% .600 21-41 3.38 2.24 8.7% .922 51.2% .833 42-62 3.19 2.81 9.1% .909 48.5% .643 63-82 2.40 2.55 8.0% .926 46.6% .575 NHL AVG 2.67 2.67 7.8 .922 50.0% .562 Key: GPG= goals per game, GAA= goals-against per game, SH%= even-strength shooting percentage, SV%= even-strength save percentage, SAF%= score-adjusted Fenwick percentage (differential of shot attempts faced vs. shot attempts, excluding blocked shots, adjusted for game score), PTS%= percentage of available points. Analysis: Games 1-20: A decent start, despite subpar percentages, thanks to strong possession numbers. Games 21-41: Sensational segment, with all facets of the game working. Games 42-62: Signs of trouble, evident by declining possession, hidden by excellent finishing ability . Games 63-82: Goaltending finished strong, offsetting continued decline in possession. Key 2014 Additions: LW Blake Comeau, RW Steve Downie, D Christian Ehrhoff, G Thomas Greiss, RW Patric Hornqvist, C Nick Spaling Key 2014 Subtractions: RW Chris Conner, D Deryk Engelland, LW Tanner Glass, LW Jussi Jokinen, RW Chuck Kobasew, RW James Neal, D Matt Niskanen, D Brooks Orpik, LW Taylor Pyatt, RW Lee Stempniak, C Joe Vitale This Is Now: General manager Ray Shero and coach Dan Bylsma were handed their walking papers and the message was clear: We expect championships. Enter long-time Hurricane boss Jim Rutherford as GM and Portland Winterhawks coach/GM Mike Johnston behind the bench. Rutherforda€?s resume speaks for itself: The only GM in Hurricanes history up to this season, he took the former Hartford Whalers and made them first into a Cup challenger and then into a champion around a core of Eric Staal and Cam Ward. Johnston has led the Winterhawks to four straight WHL finals, winning one championship. Under his watch, players like Ryan Johansen, Seth Jones and Nino Niederreiter worked their way to NHL regularity while Derrick Pouliot, Ty Rattie, Sven Baertschi and Nic Petan have come through as top prospects. And theyll be charged with getting results out of the Crosby-Malkin-Letang-Fleury backbone with a new supporting cast that features the likes of 30-goal man Patric Hornqvist and uber-pest Steve Downie up front with buyout castaway Christian Ehrhoff chipping in from the point. Any team that has Crosby and Malkin is a near-lock for the playoffs. What lies beyond is the key question for the Pens. DEPTH CHART Forwards Left Wing Centre Right Wing Chris Kunitz Sidney Crosby Pascal Dupuis Kasperi Kapanen Evgeni Malkin Patric Hornqvist Nick Spaling Brandon Sutter Steve Downie Blake Comeau Marcel Goc Craig Adams Beau Bennett Oskar Sundqvist Jayson Megna Bobby Farnham Andrew Ebbett Anton Zlobin Defence Left Right Christian Ehrhoff Kris Letang Paul Martin Olli Maatta Rob Scuderi Robert Bortuzzo Simon Despres Brian Doumoulin Derrick Pouliot Philip Samuelsson Goaltenders Marc-Andre Fleury Thomas Greiss Jeff Zatkoff Craigs List TSN Director of Scouting Craig Buttons Top Prospect: Derrick Pouliot Derrick has the ability to make the game look effortless. With excellent awareness and vision, he is capable of getting the puck to players who can threaten offensively. He combines that with outstanding poise, so he can allow a play to develop. With superstars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, scoring opportunities will be numerous. Mike Johnston, his junior coach, is now the head coach of the Penguins so knowing the capabilities of Derrick is not a learning process for him. Coming off shoulder surgery will delay his debut but his impact in an important area of the game will be welcomed. Fantasy - Cullens Player to Watch - Beau Bennett Its been a rocky road for the 20th pick in the 2010 Draft, who was limited to 21 games with the Penguins last season as he recovered from wrist surgery, then suffered a leg injury in training camp this year and will miss at least a month at the start of the season. Nevertheless, Bennett has contributed 21 points in 47 career NHL games, showing enough flashes of skill to indicate that he may be able to fill a spot in the Penguins top six and thats where the real upside lies with Bennett -- the opportunity to play alongside Sidney Crosby or Evgeni Malkin will present immediate scoring opportunities. This run of injuries is more adversity for Bennett to overcome, but there is enough upside in the 22-year-old winger to make a patient approach worthwhile. Matt Hunwick Penguins Jersey .com) - Virginia is for loving Latrell Scott. Jake Guentzel Penguins Jersey . Mitchell first announced on Twitter that he has signed with the Steelers and his agent Brian Hamilton confirmed the signing to The Associated Press. Financial terms were not released. The Steelers have not announced the addition of Mitchell. http://www.penguinsauthenticofficial.com/bryan-rust-jersey/ . Griffin scored 13 of his 31 points in the final 7:05 and Dudley got 11 of his 20 points in the third quarter, leading the defending Pacific Division champions to a 112-85 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats on Wednesday night. "Dud is a shooter. NASHVILLE -- This time, the shootout win went to the Nashville Predators. Craig Smith scored the only goal in the tiebreaker, leading the Predators to a 4-3 victory over the Washington Capitals on Sunday night. Patric Hornqvist scored two goals and Shea Weber added another for Nashville, which has won two of three. It was the Predators first shootout win since Jan. 16 at Philadelphia and their second of the season against eight losses. Troy Brouwer scored twice and Nicklas Backstrom had the other goal for Washington. The Capitals have lost three straight. "I thought we played better today than yesterday," Washington coach Adam Oates said. "There were moments where we didnt execute, but I thought that as we got into the game, we played better." Nashville goaltender Carter Hutton had 23 saves, and then denied all three Washington shooters in the tiebreaker. Weber gave Nashville a 3-2 lead at 8:23 of the third. Matt Cullen carried the puck into the Washington zone on the right side. Just across the blue line, he left a drop pass for Mike Fisher, who found Weber at the top of the right circle. The captain then ripped a slap shot high to the stick side of Capitals goaltender Jaroslav Halak for his team-leading 21st goal of the season. "The way (Weber) shoots the puck, it is pretty dangerous every time," Cullen said. Washington then used a power play to tie the game again with 7:40 to go. Backstroms snap shot from above the right circle beat Hutton for his 14th of the season. The Capitals went 2 for 4 with the man advantage. They began the day with the leagues best power play, clicking at a success rate of 23.8 per cent. "I thought we deserved the game," Nashviille coach Barry Trotz said. Larry Murphy Penguins Jersey. "I thought 5-on-5, we were much better than they were tonight. We managed the pucks well." Nashville did not get a power play in the game. Brouwer scored the games first goal at 4:17 of the opening period. From the left corner, Backstrom found Mike Green in the right circle. Green made a quick backdoor pass to Brouwer, who beat Hutton with a one-timer. Hornqvist responded at 5:55 of the first. Fisher won a faceoff at the right dot inside the Washington zone back to Weber, where his slap shot was stopped by Halak. On the left side, Hornqvist grabbed the rebound and put it past a fallen Halak for his 100th career NHL goal. "Hes been great for us all year," Hornqvist said of Weber. "Hes our leader. Hes our best defenceman on both sides of the puck and obviously he has a big shot. He showed it tonight." Hornqvist struck again at 18:30 of the first, when a Backstrom turnover at the Washington blue line sent him in on a breakaway. From in close, Hornqvist beat Halak just under the crossbar for his 17th of the season. Just seconds before Hornqvists goal, a sliding Weber knocked the puck away from Alex Ovechkin, who was skating down the right side of the Nashville zone, denying the leagues leading scorer of a solid chance. "There arent enough games left to be too positive about only getting one point," Washington defenceman John Carlson said. "Yeah, it is a point, but its only going to make our road harder." NOTES: Green played in his 500th career NHL game. He is the 10th defenceman in Capitals history to reach that mark with the team. ... Brouwer has points in his last three games. ... Fisher has six points in his last six games. Wholesale NFL T-shirts Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping NFL Jerseys Wholesale China NFL Gear Wholesale NFL Camo Jerseys Cheap NFL Hoodies Camo China NFL Jerseys ' ' '