Sidney Crosby believes Pittsburgh's Stanley Cup window is still open
This off-season was a big one for the Pittsburgh Penguins with two key unrestricted free agents in Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang. Ultimately, both players re-signed with the Penguins. Malkin inked a four-year deal, while Letang penned a six-year contract.
With those two under contract, the Penguins will look to make a deep playoff run next spring. Captain Sidney Crosby believes that Pittsburgh's window to win another Stanley Cup and that this coming year isn't a "Cinderella story".
Beyond the big three, the Penguins depth, for the most part, remains in tact. On the blue line is where the biggest change comes, with the additions of Jeff Petry, Jan Rutta and Ty Smith. With those additions, the Penguins also lost a pair of reliable defenders in Mike Matheson and John Marino.
On forward, the biggest lost for the Penguins is Evan Rodrigues, who signed a one-year deal with Colorado nearly two weeks ago. Drake Caggiula and Josh Archibald, who both signed one-year contracts on the opening day of free agency, will help fill out Pittsburgh's bottom-six forward group.
Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins will begin their pursuit of a sixth Stanley Cup in franchise history at home on October 13th against the Arizona Coyotes.
Source: NHL.com
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Mikko Rantanen | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Jake Debrusk | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Dylan Guenther | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Ivan Barbashev | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Jack Eichel | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Brock Nelson | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Valeri Nichushkin | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Clayton Keller | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Anthony Cirelli | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Jonathan Drouin | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Roman Josi | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Kirill Marchenko | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Kyle Palmieri | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Sebastian Aho | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Leon Draisaitl | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Matt Duchene | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Samuel Girard | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Claude Giroux | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Oliver Kylington | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
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| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 21 | 17 | 4 | - | 34 | |
Wild | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 30 | |
Devils | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 30 | |
Hurricanes | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 29 | |
Golden Knights | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 28 | |
Capitals | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 27 | |
Flames | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 27 | |
Stars | 19 | 13 | 6 | - | 26 | |
Maple Leafs | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Rangers | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 25 | |
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