Gameday 1 Pens vs Islols.  Fuck.  Nevermind.  Go Pens anyways.

Jordan Staal Traded

Jordan Staal was traded to Carolina for Brandon Sutter, Brian Dumoulin and the 8th pick that they used to draft Derrick Pouliot.

Classic case of making the best of a bad situation.  Staal's earlier rejection of the extension Shero offered pretty much signaled that he did not want to be in Pittsburgh for the long haul.

This move clears up about $2 million in cap space, which allows the Pens to be active in free agency.  There are also rumors going around that the Pens are looking to move Martin and possibly Orpik to clear up more space.  Parise city.

Thanks for the cup

What You Need to Know About Sidney Crosby's Next Contract

Nothing can be done until July 1.

Picture via @rick_city

Playoff Game 1.2

Corporate Entitlement Center

7:30

ROOT Sports and some NBC Channel

The Pens look to bounce back after losing in a vomit inducing way to Philly on Wednesday after blowing a three goal lead.

The win has allowed Philly to gain home ice advantage for the series.  The old mantra is that a series doesn't start until a road team wins a game.  So hopefully that wakes the Penguins up.

The are rumors circulating that the Penguins will go with the split up powerplay, with Malkin leading unit A and Crosby leading unit B.  Long time overdue move in our opinion.  

No major lineup changes for the Pens or Flyers noted today.  Marc-Andre Bourdon is out for Philly tonight.

Playoff Game 1.1

Game 82 - Flyers at Penguins

Game 82.  The final game of the regular season.  While from a standings point this game means nothing, it is worth noting that Malkin is going for his 50th goal this year, Marc-Andre Fleury is going for win 43 which would break Tommy B's franchise record, and Kris Letang is going for a career high in goals.  It would also be nice for the Pens to beat the Flyers in CEC and get that monkey off their back.

Go Pens

Flood Warning for New York City

John Tortorella was fined $20,000 for his rant after Thursday night's game. 

Wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Larry Brooks, Rangers homer reporter, didn't like it.

Not sure what Brooks is trying to say here, other than Gary Bettman <3 Mario.

We found some exclusive live footage of Manhattan:

WAHHHHHHH