Penguins Update: Ricky’s Quickies

Hi all. Not much to see here. But I wanted to point out an excellent article on Pensburgh by Hooks Orpik titled, “Moving the puck should be a vastly improved area for the Penguins.”

Hooks details how the addition of Norris Trophy winner and prize catch Erik Karlsson should dramatically help our ability to transition the puck out of our zone and onto the waiting sticks of our forwards. Which should, in theory, help us play a faster, more potent offensive game.

One of the most interesting features of the article? A chart courtesy of Corey Sznajder that displays the 34 worst defensemen in the league last season in terms of botched retrievals and failed zone exits. No fewer than four black-and-gold blueliners made the list…Brian Dumoulin (13th worst), Pierre-Olivier Joseph (20th worst), Dmitry Kulikov (22nd worst) and Jeff Petry (34th worst).

Yikes! It goes a long way to reinforcing the fire-drill feel to our defense last season.

For the full impact, be sure to read Hooks’ article.

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