Oct 4, 2023; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Detroit Red Wings center Dylan Larkin (71) moves the puck against Pittsburgh Penguins right wing Avery Hayes (85) during the third period at PPG Paints Arena. Detroit won 2-1.
Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports And away we go. There will be hockey this week, and the Pittsburgh Penguins should soon announce their rookie practices and roster for this weekend’s prospects tournament in Detroit.
In anticipation of the Penguins’ season, we looked at the best road trips for fans, though the NHL clipped you and me by lumping the best cities together into two long road trips. In the NHL rumor mill, there’s a bit of chatter about the LA Kings waiting on Elias Pettersson’s price to drop, and a leading candidate for the Detroit Red Wings GM gig removed himself from the process.
Yes, I’m very much looking forward to the tournament this weekend. If the weather is nice, I might even two-wheel it, but the terminally straight roads of central Ohio are less fun to ride through than watching Mr. Beast count to 100,000 after you know the ending.
But while we wait for real hockey, I did a documentary dive Monday after mortgaging my great-grandchildren’s future college funds to buy a small French fry boat of pulled pork with a side of mac ‘n cheese at Ribfest. For my true crime friends, absolutely avoid Bigfoot Took Her on Hulu.
Despite the title, it had so much promise, but it was ultimately a pair of incompetent wannabe investigators, including a real-life “Bigfoot hunter,” bumbling around on a 40-year-old murder case that really had some meat if the right people bothered with it. Anyone who watched all three episodes can consider themselves owed three hours of their life back.
Onward… Pittsburgh Penguins Pittsburgh Hockey Now: Skipping past the easy road trips that many fans have taken, we looked at the Penguins’ schedule for the best road trips to take this season.
Yeah, unless you absolutely love the California sunshine, this weary traveler recommends skipping the LA trip, but picking up a leg or three of two trips. Here are the best roadies for fans, plus some good places to eat and stay for this year’s Penguins schedule.
Steelers Now: The more things change, the more they stay the same. Alan Saunders gives direct, critical predictions for the upcoming Steelers season.
NHL Trade Talk, News, & National Hockey Now Detroit Hockey Now: Detroit Tigers executive Jeff Greenberg was immediately on the shortlist, even when the search firm took over the process, but breaking news Sunday night was that Greenberg pulled out to stay with the Tigers, and the Red Wings GM search lost a prime target.
Sportsnet: An interesting column on the eve of the season. One thing to remember for each team as training camp approaches.
TSN: Pittsburgh native Vincent Trocheck got his long-awaited trade call this summer and landed in Utah. He’s settling in, getting comfy and getting a look at living in Salt Lake City.
It’s a bit different, he seems to be enjoying it. NHLtraderumors.me: It seems the LA Kings were the team interested in Elias Pettersson this summer.
A few more teams would jump in but the cost is still Pettersson’s full boat salary at $11.6 million for six more years. If Vancouver fudges the ask, the rumors posit that LA is buying.
New Jersey Hockey Now: A pair of extremely polite former Penguins are going to duke it out in training camp. Who will be the third line center for the New Jersey Devils?
San Jose Hockey Now: There would be good reason. Sheng Peng asks a serious question, is this the most excited San Jose Sharks fans have been for a season?
