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  4.  <subtitle>Pittsburgh Penguins blog for the five time, five time, five time, FIVE TIME Stanley Cup Champions</subtitle>
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  10.    <published>2025-04-04T10:24:00-04:00</published>
  11.    <updated>2025-04-04T10:24:00-04:00</updated>
  12.    <title>Sidney Crosby and Rutger McGroarty could be the duo next season</title>
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  15.    &lt;figure&gt;
  16.      &lt;img alt="Pittsbrugh Penguins v St Louis Blues" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/NG9yDUjnnz_Niml0Cn9lVllvBaA=/0x0:3000x2000/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/74003773/2207779452.0.jpg" /&gt;
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  19.  
  20.  &lt;p&gt;Sidney Crosby and Rutger McGroarty are certainly off to a strong start playing alongside one another in the NHL. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="q44mr6"&gt;No matter what your rooting interests are for the &lt;a href="https://www.pensburgh.com"&gt;Pittsburgh Penguins&lt;/a&gt; over the next couple of weeks, Thursday’s game against the St. Louis Blues was probably one that made you happy.&lt;/p&gt;
  21. &lt;ul&gt;
  22. &lt;li id="WJo1YI"&gt;It ended up being a good game where the Penguins played hard and significantly out-chanced one of the hottest teams in the league, while also rallying late in the third period when it would have been easy to just roll over.&lt;/li&gt;
  23. &lt;li id="YLTVqn"&gt;Sidney Crosby extended his point streak to 11 consecutive games and continued to produce.&lt;/li&gt;
  24. &lt;li id="9PaF1h"&gt;The young guys made a big impression, with Ville Koivunen recording an assist and Rutger McGroarty recording two points, including his first career goal to tie the game late in the third period.&lt;/li&gt;
  25. &lt;li id="95eFn7"&gt;The Penguins still ended up not getting the second point if you are closely following draft lottery standings.&lt;/li&gt;
  26. &lt;/ul&gt;
  27. &lt;p id="oWW2Qb"&gt;Everybody should come away happy. Or at least marginally happy.&lt;/p&gt;
  28. &lt;p id="tqbjMK"&gt;The big takeaway for me out of Thursday is the production from the young guys, because as soon as McGroarty and Koivunen were called up they immediately became the must-see players the rest of the way. They are legitimate, bonafide prospects that not only have a chance to stick around and be long-term players in the NHL, they have a chance to be impact players on the next good Penguins team (whenever that might be). &lt;/p&gt;
  29. &lt;p id="o4rTyQ"&gt;They have also been given a real role (so far) to get a taste of NHL action, and have been impressive.&lt;/p&gt;
  30. &lt;p id="2tx6Ad"&gt;That is especially true with McGroarty who seems to already be finding a home on Sidney Crosby’s wing on the top line. I could not only see this being a thing going into next season, I could see it working extraordinarily well. It certainly has in a limited sampling. &lt;/p&gt;
  31. &lt;p id="5AqoKm"&gt;From a (small sample size) numbers standpoint, the Crosby-McGroarty duo has been fairly dominant in terms of tilting the ice and generating chances. Their shot attempt, expected goal, scoring chance and high-danger scoring chances shares are all well over 65 percent, while they have averaged more than 4.5 expected goals per 60 minutes. &lt;/p&gt;
  32. &lt;p id="f8WihH"&gt;But it is not necessarily the big underlying numbers in a small number of minutes that has me believing in this duo in the short-and medium-term future. It’s about the playing style, the fit and Crosby himself. &lt;/p&gt;
  33. &lt;p id="mELTLy"&gt;McGroarty just seems to have a lot of the traits that have consistently worked well alongside Crosby throughout his career. &lt;/p&gt;
  34. &lt;p id="0RyzkY"&gt;Think of the players that had the most success playing on Crosby’s wing, and the way McGroarty’s skillset fits into that.&lt;/p&gt;
  35. &lt;p id="8kt0pg"&gt;North-south players. Smart players. Players with some defensive awareness. Players with a little bit of grit and sandpaper to their game. &lt;/p&gt;
  36. &lt;p id="pOh3Wo"&gt;Chris Kunitz is obviously the best example. Pascal Dupuis to a lesser (but still successful) extent. Jake Guentzel may not be the prototypical “grit” player, but that man was fearless going to the front of the net and scoring areas, while also always having a knack for being in the right spots. His hockey IQ in the offensive zone was (and still is in Tampa Bay) always off the charts. Bryan Rust is the current example. &lt;/p&gt;
  37. &lt;p id="atB7LA"&gt;I do not want to put too much on McGroarty at this point after five NHL games and in his first season of pro hockey, but you can absolutely see a lot of those traits in his game. &lt;/p&gt;
  38. &lt;p id="e8JyfO"&gt;Crosby has also had a knack for taking younger players under his wing and immediately turning them into productive players. &lt;/p&gt;
  39. &lt;p id="ozIWit"&gt;I am intrigued to see what can happen here with McGroarty. &lt;/p&gt;
  40. &lt;p id="ZftIx0"&gt;This is also why it is so important to not completely tear the organization down to the studs and start over from scratch. Having players like Crosby around to not only provide an example of how to be a professional, knowing what it takes to win in the NHL, still caring, but to also help them find success is going to be a huge part of the development for some of these younger players.&lt;/p&gt;
  41. &lt;p id="nyB2FX"&gt;I have gone to this example before, but it is why I think the Los Angeles Kings were smart to keep players like Anze Kopitar and Drew Doughty around throughout their rebuild. They could have very easily traded them at some point, probably picked up some draft picks and decent prospects. But I am not sure it would have helped them get better, faster. In fact, I am pretty confident it would have only extended the process. Not only because guys like Kopitar can still play and be a part of their resurgence, but because it’s helped some of these guys come along. Quinton Byfield, for example, is going to be a better player faster because of the time he was able to spend playing next to Kopitar between 2022-23 and 2023-24. During those two years more than 75 percent of his ice-time came alongside Kopitar, and he gradually started to produce and improve as a player. This year, he’s running his own line and as the season has progressed has started to become an even bigger impact player.&lt;/p&gt;
  42. &lt;p id="AjcrFH"&gt;I also realize these are not totally apples-to-apples comparisons. Kopitar was a few years younger than Crosby currently is when the Kings rebuild started. Byfield was a No. 2 overall pick and expected to be a top-line player from the very beginning. Maybe he still becomes a good player even without Kopitar. &lt;/p&gt;
  43. &lt;p id="7Alrax"&gt;But my point still stands — having players like Crosby around to play alongside is only going to players like McGroarty become better NHL players, faster. &lt;/p&gt;
  44. &lt;p id="f4KKsU"&gt;There is no reason for McGroarty to start any game this season on a line that is not centered by Sidney Crosby. See how it goes. See how it develops. Then maybe you go into the 2025-26 season knowing you at least have your top line set with a future Hall of Famer helping to develop one of the players that will hopefully take the torch in the years ahead. &lt;/p&gt;
  45. &lt;p id="2PiMGu"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  51.      <name>Gretz</name>
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  54.  <entry>
  55.    <published>2025-04-04T06:00:00-04:00</published>
  56.    <updated>2025-04-04T06:00:00-04:00</updated>
  57.    <title>Pens Points: St. Louis wins 11 straight</title>
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  61.      &lt;img alt="Pittsbrugh Penguins v St Louis Blues" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/fEd4BbJ_19dCzynFTN2MRH7ryVc=/0x0:3000x2000/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/74003200/2207779323.0.jpg" /&gt;
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  64.  
  65.  &lt;p&gt;The Penguins get a clutch first-career goal from Rutger McGroarty to force OT, but come up short in the end.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2 id="CKCItV"&gt;Here are your Pens Points for this Friday morning...&lt;/h2&gt;
  66. &lt;p id="OUvwgT"&gt;The &lt;a href="https://www.pensburgh.com"&gt;Pittsburgh Penguins&lt;/a&gt; visited the St. Louis Blues on Thursday night. Rutger McGroarty recorded his first two NHL points, including a late goal to force overtime, but the Blues got the last laugh to win their 11th straight game. [&lt;a href="https://www.pensburgh.com/2025/4/3/24398121/penguins-blues-recap-st-louis-overcomes-rutgermania-in-overtime"&gt;Recap&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p&gt;
  67. &lt;p id="tCxL0v"&gt;Defender Ryan Shea is now healthy after breaking a finger on his left hand, which sidelined him for almost three weeks. Shea’s pre-injury performance also earned him a one-year contract extension. He said his “confidence was at an all-time high,” and now, Shea hopes to finish the regular season on a similar level he was at before his ailment. [&lt;a href="https://triblive.com/sports/shaking-off-frustration-of-ill-timed-injury-penguins-ryan-shea-eyes-strong-finish/"&gt;Trib Live&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p&gt;
  68. &lt;p id="9iXYFN"&gt;Joel Blomqvist, Filip Larsson, and Sergei Murashov represent a strong goalie prospect pool, which should bode well for the Penguins as the team furthers its rebuild. [&lt;a href="https://triblive.com/sports/penguins-have-no-deficit-of-goaltending-prospects/"&gt;Trib Live&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p&gt;
  69. &lt;p id="lKEpfq"&gt;Speaking of prospects, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins were in Cranberry this week ahead of a weekend series in Cleveland. The team has its sights set on a first-round bye. [&lt;a href="https://www.nhl.com/penguins/news/hard-work-and-high-spirits-wbs-prepping-for-playoffs"&gt;Penguins&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p&gt;
  70. &lt;h2 id="iOurWV"&gt;News and notes from around the NHL...&lt;/h2&gt;
  71. &lt;p id="MgEwTf"&gt;What does the new Rogers-NHL broadcast deal mean for Canadian fans? [&lt;a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/rogers-nhl-broadcast-deal-1.7500505"&gt;CBC&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p&gt;
  72. &lt;p id="9CmTdB"&gt;It appears Commissioner Gary Bettman and Wayne Gretzky will be in attendance for all Washington Capitals games down the stretch as Alex Ovechkin moves within three shy of breaking Gretzky’s all-time NHL goals record of 894. [&lt;a href="https://www.nhl.com/news/alex-ovechkin-chase-joined-by-wayne-gretzky-nhl-commissioner-bettman-with-goals-record-3-away"&gt;NHL&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p&gt;
  73. &lt;p id="PpsCP1"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lighthousehockey.com"&gt;New York Islanders&lt;/a&gt; forward Anthony Duclair will take time away from the team following head coach Patrick Roy’s rather direct criticisms toward Duclair in a media scrum after the Islanders’ 4-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning. [&lt;a href="https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/44520004/islanders-anthony-duclair-steps-away-coach-ridicule"&gt;ESPN&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p&gt;
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  79.      <name>Garrett Behanna</name>
  80.    </author>
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  82.  <entry>
  83.    <published>2025-04-03T22:44:40-04:00</published>
  84.    <updated>2025-04-03T22:44:40-04:00</updated>
  85.    <title>Penguins/Blues Recap: St. Louis overcomes RUTGERmania in Overtime</title>
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  89.      &lt;img alt="Pittsbrugh Penguins v St Louis Blues" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/6R5IWEd76DcTZs6MjjUkcSSiFYw=/0x0:3000x2000/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/74003002/2207763305.0.jpg" /&gt;
  90.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Photo by Joe Puetz/NHLI via Getty Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  91.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  92.  
  93.  &lt;p&gt;Rutger McGroarty gets his first two NHL points and helps force overtime but the Blues down the Penguins&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3 id="Qj7r8t"&gt;Pregame             &lt;/h3&gt;
  94. &lt;p id="QP92u7"&gt;The Penguins bring a similar lineup to what they’ve had recently, Joona Koppanen replaces Emil Bemstrom.&lt;/p&gt;
  95. &lt;div id="gf2h3P"&gt;
  96. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" align="center"&gt;
  97. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Here are the line combos for tonight's matchup with the Blues ⬇️ &lt;a href="https://t.co/0sZv7VBF0h"&gt;pic.twitter.com/0sZv7VBF0h&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/penguins/status/1907940689155088453?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;April 3, 2025&lt;/a&gt;
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  102. &lt;p id="nQUzLk"&gt;The Blues give starter Jordan Binnington the night off and have Joel Hofer in the net.          &lt;/p&gt;
  103. &lt;h3 id="UsJBW7"&gt;First period  &lt;/h3&gt;
  104. &lt;p id="8bF9Ny"&gt;Early on Tristan Jarry makes a great save on a tight chance on the first shot he sees. Later play swings the other way and it’s Pittsburgh who gets on the board first. Rutger McGroarty does well along the boards to keep the puck down low and it ends up being the rookie’s first NHL point because Bryan Rust cuts in from the left side with a great move and tucks in his 27th goal of the season. 1-0 game.&lt;/p&gt;
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  106. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" align="center"&gt;
  107. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;ATTA BOY, RUT!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rutger McGroarty picks up his 1st NHL point with an assist on Rusty's goal   &lt;a href="https://t.co/SIOBTIp4Vr"&gt;pic.twitter.com/SIOBTIp4Vr&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/penguins/status/1907952019739938892?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;April 4, 2025&lt;/a&gt;
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  112. &lt;p id="Dz66JJ"&gt;Ville Koivunen gets his name on the scorecard for the first time, only in the penalty section by taking a holding minor. Pittsburgh kills it off.&lt;/p&gt;
  113. &lt;p id="ftr5s8"&gt;Rest of the period goes by quietly. Shots only 8-4 Pens who take the early lead.&lt;/p&gt;
  114. &lt;h3 id="qYXJUu"&gt;Second period&lt;/h3&gt;
  115. &lt;p id="kU0dcj"&gt;The Blues wake up in the second. Matt Grzelcyk turns the puck over and then on the rush the other way Kris Letang and Grzlecyk can’t handle the St. Louis pressure. Jarry commits to going down and Robert Thomas stays hot with yet another assist, this time for Jake Neighbours to pop it home and tie the game at 1 just 39 seconds into the period.&lt;/p&gt;
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  117. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" align="center"&gt;
  118. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Just like that,we're all tied up! &lt;a href="https://t.co/sGNLmx14BS"&gt;pic.twitter.com/sGNLmx14BS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/StLouisBlues/status/1907962532200923171?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;April 4, 2025&lt;/a&gt;
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  123. &lt;p id="3ZTifp"&gt;The Pens don’t go away and put some pressure in the offensive zone. Erik Karlsson steps up to keep it in, Thomas falls injured and is out of the play for a bit and Pittsburgh gets bodies to the net. Rickard Rakell tries to power it in, Hofer stops him but Connor Dewar is there at the doorstep to jam the puck in. 2-1 game.&lt;/p&gt;
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  125. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" align="center"&gt;
  126. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Connor Dewar's turn!    &lt;a href="https://t.co/s98UIp0sLi"&gt;pic.twitter.com/s98UIp0sLi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— SportsNet Pittsburgh (@SNPittsburgh) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/SNPittsburgh/status/1907964417725145435?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;April 4, 2025&lt;/a&gt;
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  131. &lt;p id="x4ke7c"&gt;The Blues quickly answer back to the Pens’ answer goal. Conor Timmons gives up the puck in the middle of the ice, Kevin Hayes is back in support but not a defender or fleet of foot enough to deal with Pavel Buchnevich scooting by him. Buchnevich scores and it’s back to a tie game at 2-2.&lt;/p&gt;
  132. &lt;div id="opOr9m"&gt;
  133. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" align="center"&gt;
  134. &lt;p lang="cs" dir="ltr"&gt;Pavel BUUUUUUCHNEVICH &lt;a href="https://t.co/RbB9g0rtiS"&gt;pic.twitter.com/RbB9g0rtiS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/StLouisBlues/status/1907964857111978181?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;April 4, 2025&lt;/a&gt;
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  139. &lt;p id="atmT8X"&gt;St. Louis quickly gets another goal to take their first lead of the night. A flip pass from deep in the zone from Cam Fowler goes over the head of Letang and Jordan Kyrou is behind both Letang and Grzelcyk. Not good for that guy to get that chance. Kyrou snipes his 33rd goal of the season on the breakaway. 3-2 Blues all of a sudden.&lt;/p&gt;
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  141. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" align="center"&gt;
  142. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Jordan Kyrou settles down Fowler's fantastic flip pass and tallies on the breakaway, 3-2 Blues!&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/STLBlues?src=hash&amp;amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;#STLBlues&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://t.co/6P8UeIYUbK"&gt;pic.twitter.com/6P8UeIYUbK&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— Hockey Daily 365 l NHL Highlights &amp;amp; News (@HockeyDaily365) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/HockeyDaily365/status/1907965354921365729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;April 4, 2025&lt;/a&gt;
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  147. &lt;p id="B7wJ4A"&gt;The Blues are swarming now. Buchnevich gets another chance on a cross-ice pass but his shot goes wide.&lt;/p&gt;
  148. &lt;p id="2HGvyj"&gt;STL gets behind the defense again, it looked like Karlsson made a good defense play to lift the stick but he got it a little too into the hands for the referee’s liking so the Blues get their second power play of the game with 5:00 even to play. While killing that off, Ryan Shea gets his stick up on Oskar Sundqvist to give the Blues 38 seconds of a 5v3 power play. Sundqvist bleeds and Shea earns four minutes of penalties.&lt;/p&gt;
  149. &lt;p id="j1hKJv"&gt;The Pens get out of the period killing off the penalties but the Blues got the better of the goals that got traded early in the frame and lead 3-2.&lt;/p&gt;
  150. &lt;h3 id="QZDpT1"&gt;Third period&lt;/h3&gt;
  151. &lt;p id="DotAz1"&gt;Pittsburgh kills the short carryover time on Shea’s penalty but the wheels are getting creaky. The Grzelcyk/Letang pair gets pinned deep for a while and Jarry’s rebound control becomes shaky. That group escapes but on the next shift the Blues explode up the ice. Jimmy Snuggerud’s cross-ice pass for Neighbours jumps into the net after the finish. 4-2 to give STL some breathing room.&lt;/p&gt;
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  153. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" align="center"&gt;
  154. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Jimmy Snuggerud's first NHL point was this beauty of a pass to set up Jake Neighbours' goal. &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/stlblues?src=hash&amp;amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;#stlblues&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://t.co/ifcZZWXL4c"&gt;pic.twitter.com/ifcZZWXL4c&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/StLouisBlues/status/1907977932477218944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;April 4, 2025&lt;/a&gt;
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  159. &lt;p id="od3UU5"&gt;Right when it looked like the Pens were all out of aces as Kenny Rogers might have put it, they don’t have to fold ‘em just yet due to earning their first power play of the game mid-way through the third. It strikes, Sidney Crosby bumps over a pass for Rickard Rakell to hammer home for his 33rd goal of the season and Pittsburgh crawls within one. 4-3 game with 8:45 to go in regulation.&lt;/p&gt;
  160. &lt;div id="N5e5BB"&gt;
  161. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" align="center"&gt;
  162. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;A Ricky rocket on the power play!   &lt;a href="https://t.co/IyI8oxvOxf"&gt;pic.twitter.com/IyI8oxvOxf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/penguins/status/1907981908648042526?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;April 4, 2025&lt;/a&gt;
  163. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  164. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  165.  
  166. &lt;/div&gt;
  167. &lt;p id="KMPVNi"&gt;Pittsburgh goes back to Rust-Crosby-Rakell in clutch time, they’re pushing but Hofer holds strong.&lt;/p&gt;
  168. &lt;p id="fPvw6G"&gt;Jarry pulled with about two minutes left. The Pens keep pushing and their two young players combine on the primary points to tie the game with 25 seconds to go! Koivunen hits McGroarty with a pass, Rutger goes to the net and slings it around the leg of the goalie Hofer. 4-4 game!&lt;/p&gt;
  169. &lt;div id="aEUr84"&gt;
  170. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" align="center"&gt;
  171. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;FIRST NHL GOAL FOR RUTGER  &lt;br&gt;FIRST NHL POINT FOR VILLE   &lt;a href="https://t.co/q02wOvXjjD"&gt;pic.twitter.com/q02wOvXjjD&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/penguins/status/1907986752356208833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;April 4, 2025&lt;/a&gt;
  172. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  173. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  174.  
  175. &lt;/div&gt;
  176. &lt;h3 id="4JEWdN"&gt;Overtime&lt;/h3&gt;
  177. &lt;p id="rwkcKo"&gt;St. Louis mostly controls the puck, Kyrou skates around Letang who gives him a little whack and the refs call that one. Letang is apoplectic but they don’t change their minds (they never do).&lt;/p&gt;
  178. &lt;p id="AoU28U"&gt;The Blues take their time with the 4v3 and eventually work it to where Thomas snipes one past Jarry. 5-4 Blues win.&lt;/p&gt;
  179. &lt;p id="XlMmBU"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  180. &lt;h3 id="5DumUJ"&gt;Some thoughts &lt;/h3&gt;
  181. &lt;ul&gt;
  182. &lt;li id="OrRFch"&gt;Kevin Hayes caught an errant stick to the chops from Philip Tomasino in the first that left Hayes bloody. Hayes would return in the second with the full fishbowl cage. Bad luck for him if a late-season trip to the dentist is in tow for him, almost looked like the old Pascal Dupuis situation to pull out a jarred tooth but luckily the evidence wasn’t as ghastly or definitive.&lt;/li&gt;
  183. &lt;li id="tLph1F"&gt;Dewar has four goals in 11 games with Pittsburgh, two of them coming against STL. They’re gonna think he’s one of their native Tkachuk boys if they only see him in games against their team.&lt;/li&gt;
  184. &lt;li id="FOptud"&gt;The Timmins/Karlsson pair has been pretty impressive &lt;a href="https://x.com/bobgrove91/status/1907932122850967722"&gt;under the hood&lt;/a&gt; with possession stats in the four games they’ve been together. That’s been an interesting development, ideally the Penguins need to add more capable left shot defenders ASAP but the experiment born from necessity to put to right shot defenders hasn’t been a bad one. Timmins made a flub that’s been his nature and reputation in the second that led to the Buchnevich goal but all things considered is as worthy as anyone on hand to be in that spot.&lt;/li&gt;
  185. &lt;li id="5d3FaI"&gt;Along those lines, Ryan Shea since coming back from his broken finger hasn’t been much. It was noticeable that more than once he struggles to hold the puck in the blue line on passes. His play against Neighbours on what ended up as the GWG in the third wasn’t tremendous rush defending either, but what can ya do. Less a critique of him so much as an observation that Shea’s form was briefly much higher pre-injury but the magic looks gone for now.&lt;/li&gt;
  186. &lt;li id="eq9a7Z"&gt;McGroarty got his first two career points, the first wasn’t a major play made but it counts. The second last minute goals shows the clutch gene/leadership he’s been known for at lower levels. McGroarty knocked Dylan Holloway out of the game with a hip/butt check along the wall. Unfortunate end result but nice to see the rookie getting involved and making a mark on the game. There’s no need to put too much into a single game from such a young player but this was obviously a great showcase for him.&lt;/li&gt;
  187. &lt;li id="xtvasv"&gt;The Pens got their pound o’ flesh from the Blues tonight. Holloway left and didn’t return, Thomas went the the lockerroom for a while after a collision before the second Pens goal, Sundqvist’s mouth was bloodied and Brayden Schenn was smarting from a cross-check to the back from Ryan Graves. Pittsburgh isn’t known as a physical team but they were battling, several Blues players aren’t going to be feeling great tomorrow morning.&lt;/li&gt;
  188. &lt;li id="r6Qy9m"&gt;With McGroarty and Koivunen up and in featured roles it’s been Tomasino who has gotten lost in the shuffle a little lately. Tomasino is playing with Hayes and Noel Acciari as linemates which isn’t conducive for a lot of help but it’s now five games without a point for Tomasino and only one assist in his last seven.&lt;/li&gt;
  189. &lt;li id="18fwoB"&gt;Buchnevich had the red light special at the start of the second period. First shift: Neighbour’s first goal. Second shift: Dewar scores. Third shift: Buchnevich scores one of his own. &lt;/li&gt;
  190. &lt;li id="RJamPC"&gt;It looked like Crosby’s point streak was about to end with a whimper until he extended it to 11-games with the power play assist in the third. It was the only PP all game long and a quiet night by Crosby standards.&lt;/li&gt;
  191. &lt;li id="urXl0g"&gt;McGroarty’s late goal adds a point to the standings, bad for draft pick but offers a glimpse of improvement and helps him get off the ground which is good for development. Not the worst trade to make.&lt;/li&gt;
  192. &lt;/ul&gt;
  193. &lt;p id="oJezQX"&gt;The Pens stay on the road for the weekend, next stop Dallas on Saturday afternoon.&lt;/p&gt;
  194.  
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  198.    <author>
  199.      <name>Hooks Orpik</name>
  200.    </author>
  201.  </entry>
  202.  <entry>
  203.    <published>2025-04-03T19:45:00-04:00</published>
  204.    <updated>2025-04-03T19:45:00-04:00</updated>
  205.    <title>Gamethread: Penguins @ Blues </title>
  206.    <content type="html">  
  207.  
  208.    &lt;figure&gt;
  209.      &lt;img alt="Pittsburgh Penguins v St Louis Blues" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/3Sz0eOo1bUVrzZYDS_513v1f0v8=/0x0:3000x2000/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/74002842/1737967506.0.jpg" /&gt;
  210.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Photo by Scott Rovak/NHLI via Getty Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  211.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  212.  
  213.  &lt;p&gt;The Pens hit the road&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="wFW2z0"&gt;Talk about the game with Pens fans here!&lt;/p&gt;
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  218.    <author>
  219.      <name>Hooks Orpik</name>
  220.    </author>
  221.  </entry>
  222.  <entry>
  223.    <published>2025-04-03T07:00:00-04:00</published>
  224.    <updated>2025-04-03T07:00:00-04:00</updated>
  225.    <title>Game Preview: Pittsburgh Penguins @ St. Louis Blues 4/3/2025 </title>
  226.    <content type="html">  
  227.  
  228.    &lt;figure&gt;
  229.      &lt;img alt="Pittsburgh Penguins v St Louis Blues" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/WVTaCZNPs3KmDOQKgsNppr_VxRA=/0x0:3000x2000/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/74001082/1737969530.0.jpg" /&gt;
  230.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Photo by Scott Rovak/NHLI via Getty Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  231.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  232.  
  233.  &lt;p&gt;The Pens head out to start a midwest road trip. First stop, St. Louis&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="dYnR4t"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Who: Pittsburgh Penguins &lt;/strong&gt;(30-34-11, 71 points, 7th place Metropolitan Division) @ &lt;strong&gt;St. Louis Blues &lt;/strong&gt;(41-28-7, 89 points, 4th place Central Division) &lt;/p&gt;
  234. &lt;p id="JXCHl9"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When&lt;/strong&gt;: 8:00 p.m. ET&lt;/p&gt;
  235. &lt;p id="jSXdXx"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How to Watch&lt;/strong&gt;:  SportsNet Pittsburgh and FanDuel Sports Midwest in the local markets, streaming on ESPN+&lt;/p&gt;
  236. &lt;p id="0jd9hp"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pens’ Path Ahead&lt;/strong&gt;: Welcome to the last extended road swing of 2024-25. The Pens start a three-game-in-four-day stretch today, heading to Dallas for a 3:00pm eastern Saturday afternoon game and then up to Chicago for a 6:00pm start on Sunday. Pittsburgh welcomes those same Blackhawks to the Steel City for the next home game on Tuesday April 8th.&lt;/p&gt;
  237. &lt;p id="gmOkWQ"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Opponent Track&lt;/strong&gt;: The Blues lost to the Penguins 5-3 back on March 13th. It was a big game for St. Louis and they looked pretty apathetic. Apparently that was their wakeup call, STL hasn’t lost since having reeled off a current 10-game winning streak. That included some dramatics against Detroit on Tuesday night in their most recent game. Jordan Kyrou scored with 29 seconds left in regulation to force OT, Cam Fowler won it for the Blue Notes in extra time.&lt;/p&gt;
  238. &lt;p id="FCWbnR"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Season Series:&lt;/strong&gt; As mentioned above, Pittsburgh took round one 5-3 a couple weeks ago. Tonight is the second and final game.&lt;/p&gt;
  239. &lt;p id="FYefLe"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hidden Stat:&lt;/strong&gt; Per Pens PR, goaltender Tristan Jarry has played in eight career games versus St. Louis going 7-1-0 with a 2.00 goals-against average, .926 save percentage and one shutout.&lt;/p&gt;
  240. &lt;h3 id="VLJCBJ"&gt;Getting to know the Blues&lt;/h3&gt;
  241. &lt;p id="rGlkVK"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Projected lines (from &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://x.com/jprutherford/status/1906742897296261468"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tuesday’s game&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  242. &lt;p id="T3sqQW"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FORWARDS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  243. &lt;p id="TEKIim"&gt;Jake Neighbours - Robert Thomas - Pavel Buchnevich&lt;/p&gt;
  244. &lt;p id="zJrrE9"&gt;Dylan Holloway - Brayden Schenn - Jordan Kyrou&lt;/p&gt;
  245. &lt;p id="SPVRSw"&gt;Zach Bolduc - Oskar Sundqvist - Jimmy Snuggerud&lt;/p&gt;
  246. &lt;p id="A07P5K"&gt;Alexei Toropchenko -Radek Faksa - Sean Walker&lt;/p&gt;
  247. &lt;p id="oOeMrD"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DEFENSEMEN&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  248. &lt;p id="cixgmF"&gt;Cam Fowler / Nick Leddy&lt;/p&gt;
  249. &lt;p id="oorwcH"&gt;Philip Broberg / Justin Faulk&lt;/p&gt;
  250. &lt;p id="TEc6zU"&gt;Ryan Suter / Tyler Tucker&lt;/p&gt;
  251. &lt;p id="XocOx3"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Goalies:&lt;/strong&gt; Jordan Binnington, Joel Hofer&lt;/p&gt;
  252. &lt;p id="3hx7QL"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Scratches&lt;/strong&gt;: Mathieu Joseph, Alex Texier, Dalibor Dvorsky, Matthew Kessel, Colton Parayko&lt;/p&gt;
  253. &lt;p id="I0w3jN"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;IR: &lt;/strong&gt;Torey Krug&lt;/p&gt;
  254. &lt;p id="J9ntNX"&gt;—Snuggerud, a former Rutger McGroarty US teammate and fellow 2022 first round pick, made his NHL debut on Tuesday against Detroit. Hopes are high for this 20-year old after he’s had three very impressive seasons in the collegiate ranks at the University of Minnesota.&lt;/p&gt;
  255. &lt;p id="gqnDQc"&gt;—Put Thomas’ name and number (18) in big bold letters up on the board in the locker-room today as the key player to watch out for. Thomas has 17 points during this 10-game winning streak (2G+15A), second most in the NHL since March 14th (Nikita Kucherov).&lt;/p&gt;
  256. &lt;p id="47DSMc"&gt;—Kyrou with eight goals in the last 10 isn’t too far behind in the attention battle.&lt;/p&gt;
  257. &lt;p id="IDuFoN"&gt;—Many around Bluesland are wondering why Dvorsky, a 19-year old former top-10 pick who has spent most of the year in the AHL, has been called up to the NHL only to become a scratch lately. See, other head coaches “hate” young players too!&lt;/p&gt;
  258. &lt;h3 id="sLE1aI"&gt;Player stats&lt;/h3&gt;
  259. &lt;p id="hleeBo"&gt;(via &lt;a href="https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000362025.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;hockeydb&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
  260. &lt;figure class="e-image"&gt;
  261.        &lt;img alt=" " data-mask-text="false" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/md5Yhhr3kgBda2LRSztefCh2Kks=/400x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25936646/stl.png"&gt;
  262.  &lt;/figure&gt;
  263. &lt;p id="nirw0m"&gt;—Fowler has been coming on strong with nine points (2G+7A) in the last 10 games, including the OT GWG in the last game. The long-time former Duck hasn’t jumped off the page but has settled in here recently with the Blues in a major way. STL only had to give up a second round pick while getting back a fourth round pick for Anaheim to retain some money and leave the Blues with a $4.0 million cap hit for this season and next on Fowler. Not a bad piece of business for them.&lt;/p&gt;
  264. &lt;p id="IRdskL"&gt;—Toropchenko scored &lt;a href="https://x.com/StLouisBlues/status/1900355141657624986"&gt;such a pretty goal&lt;/a&gt; against the Pens a few weeks ago; skating the puck the entire length of the ice, cutting through and around defenders and then making a deft little finish. Hard to imagine that’s only one of four goals he has this season in 74 games!&lt;/p&gt;
  265. &lt;p id="9f68PU"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  266. &lt;h3 id="w3hxde"&gt;And now for the Pens&lt;/h3&gt;
  267. &lt;figure class="e-image"&gt;
  268.        &lt;img alt=" " data-mask-text="false" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/I2PuKZPSRVNjfJ_cxwG97WQHtMw=/400x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25936985/xpyn9zgjnj4zu7utdnbu.jpg"&gt;
  269.  &lt;/figure&gt;
  270. &lt;p id="pwSCwX"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Projected lines&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  271. &lt;p id="uxgiAM"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FORWARDS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  272. &lt;p id="krfT9v"&gt;Rutger McGroarty - Sidney Crosby - Bryan Rust&lt;/p&gt;
  273. &lt;p id="x2TNIv"&gt;Connor Dewar - Rickard Rakell - Ville Koivunen  &lt;/p&gt;
  274. &lt;p id="QzI7AV"&gt;Philip Tomasino - Kevin Hayes - Noel Acciari&lt;/p&gt;
  275. &lt;p id="uPkxx9"&gt;Danton Heinen - Blake Lizotte - Joona Koppanen&lt;/p&gt;
  276. &lt;p id="eHI33m"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DEFENSEMEN&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  277. &lt;p id="0ztQgM"&gt;Matt Grzelcyk / Kris Letang&lt;/p&gt;
  278. &lt;p id="HkfNu8"&gt;Conor Timmins / Erik Karlsson&lt;/p&gt;
  279. &lt;p id="L8Vuit"&gt;Ryan Graves / Ryan Shea &lt;/p&gt;
  280. &lt;p id="oyjexP"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Goalies: &lt;/strong&gt;Tristan Jarry and Alex Nedeljkovic&lt;/p&gt;
  281. &lt;p id="XsbGaE"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Potential Scratches: &lt;/strong&gt;Vladislav Kolyachonok, Tommy Novak (lower body), Evgeni Malkin (day-to-day upper body injury), Boko Imama (bicep surgery, out for season)&lt;/p&gt;
  282. &lt;p id="Z7TA2w"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Injured Reserve: &lt;/strong&gt;P.O. Joseph (upper body)&lt;/p&gt;
  283. &lt;p id="e8s0lA"&gt;—All the time has granted a little rest, the team practiced on Monday and Wednesday and got a day off on Tuesday. Coach &lt;a href="https://x.com/PensInsideScoop/status/1907480767854252224"&gt;Mike Sullivan &lt;/a&gt;said a few players are banged up but still going to try and play, thus the emergency recall of Joona Koppanen.&lt;/p&gt;
  284. &lt;p id="Yo4WWF"&gt;—Speaking of, welcome back Joona Koppanen. Since last game, the Penguins waived the ineffective and often invisible Emil Bemstrom and have shuttled in Koppanen back to the NHL in Bemstrom’s place. As of now, Bemstrom remains on the NHL roster but can be sent back to the AHL at any point down the stretch.&lt;/p&gt;
  285. &lt;p id="5rQetK"&gt;—Joseph and Malkin skated before practice together yesterday, Novak was not out there. One is starting to get the feeling the “day to day” injury for Novak out since March 9th might be more than that with now two weeks left in the season.&lt;/p&gt;
  286. &lt;h3 id="GVNwTV"&gt;Like a fine wine...&lt;/h3&gt;
  287. &lt;p id="7sjJas"&gt;Sidney Crosby eclipsed the 80-point plateau recently, making him one of the few players that age or older to ever do so. That age-37 season is so crazy how it was the last truly great year for players like Sakic, Lemieux and Gretzky. It’ll be very interesting to see how Crosby ages into his senior years as an NHL player. From Pens PR:&lt;/p&gt;
  288. &lt;blockquote&gt;
  289. &lt;p id="o1wTzf"&gt;With his goal against Buffalo on Thursday, Sidney Crosby notched a goal to record his 80th point of the season. He became the 12th player in NHL history to tally 80 or more points in their age 37 season or older. He then followed that up with an overtime winner against the Ottawa Senators on Sunday for his 81st point of the season:  &lt;/p&gt;
  290. &lt;p id="M3sXe2"&gt;Players to Record 80+ Points at Age 37 or Older, NHL History&lt;/p&gt;
  291. &lt;p id="pKz3ON"&gt;Player                                 Age        Year                      Points&lt;/p&gt;
  292. &lt;p id="ds43oe"&gt;Gordie Howe                      40          1968-69                103&lt;br&gt;Joe Sakic                            37          2006-07                100&lt;br&gt;Johnny Bucyk                     37          1972-73                 93&lt;br&gt;Mario Lemieux                    37          2002-03                 91&lt;br&gt;Wayne Gretzky                   37          1997-98                 90&lt;br&gt;Jean Ratelle                       37          1977-78                 84&lt;br&gt;Johnny Bucyk                     40          1975-76                 83&lt;br&gt;Gordie Howe                      39          1967-68                 82&lt;br&gt;Jean Beliveau                     37          1968-69                 82&lt;br&gt;Adam Oates                       38          2000-01                 82&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sidney Crosby                    37          2024-25                 8&lt;/strong&gt;1&lt;br&gt;Brendan Shanahan            37          2005-06                 81&lt;br&gt;Johnny Bucyk                     39          1974-75                 81&lt;br&gt;Joe Pavelski                       37          2021-22                 81&lt;br&gt;Teemu Selanne                  40          2010-11                 80&lt;/p&gt;
  293. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  294. &lt;p id="6IPIZJ"&gt;Only two players (Gordie Howe and Johnny Bucyk) appear on this list multiple times, and both of them were competing in the 1960’s/70’s as older guys, interesting to see how in more modern times that no one has been able to hold up at advanced ages that much against the young bucks as time goes by. Call it a hunch, but I’d bet Crosby joins them.&lt;/p&gt;
  295. &lt;h3 id="wpy3Dh"&gt;Career year for the Rusty Razor?&lt;/h3&gt;
  296. &lt;p id="JzydJJ"&gt;Bryan Rust has been a good player in this league for a long time and frequent linemate of Sidney Crosby, it seems odd that his personal bests are under 30 goals and 60 points in a season. Then again, with his unfortunate penchant to miss large chunks of every year, it makes sense. From the PR department again:&lt;/p&gt;
  297. &lt;blockquote&gt;
  298. &lt;p id="4snDem"&gt;Bryan Rust is having an exceptional year as he is currently just two goals away from matching his career-high total of 28 goals set in the 2023-24 season, and three points shy of tying his career high of 58 points achieved in the 2021-22 season.&lt;/p&gt;
  299. &lt;p id="X9Phhd"&gt;Most Goals, Rust’s Career                              &lt;/p&gt;
  300. &lt;p id="6XA3k3"&gt;Season                 GP         G                          &lt;/p&gt;
  301. &lt;p id="V1FYhr"&gt;2023-24                62          28                         &lt;br&gt;2019-20                55          27                         &lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2024-25                63          26&lt;/strong&gt;                         &lt;br&gt;2021-22                60          24                         &lt;/p&gt;
  302. &lt;p id="ZxkHbJ"&gt;Most Points, Rust’s Career&lt;/p&gt;
  303. &lt;p id="5x5Odu"&gt;Season                 GP         PTS&lt;/p&gt;
  304. &lt;p id="iKgpwR"&gt;2021-22                60          58&lt;br&gt;2019-20                55          56&lt;br&gt;2023-24                62          56&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2024-25                63          55&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  305. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  306. &lt;p id="n2gYv0"&gt;Knock on wood and all but if Rust finishes out all the rest of the Pens’ games this season that will get him up to 71 appearances on the season. He did manage to play in 81 games in 2022-23 but his other career-highs besides that are: 72, 69, 64*, 62 and 60. (*being current).&lt;/p&gt;
  307. &lt;p id="MH85UC"&gt;Rust is also two goals away from 200 in his career.&lt;/p&gt;
  308. &lt;p id="VAKIV6"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  309.  
  310. </content>
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  312.    <id>https://www.pensburgh.com/2025/4/3/24398122/game-preview-pittsburgh-penguins-st-louis-blues-4-3-2025</id>
  313.    <author>
  314.      <name>Hooks Orpik</name>
  315.    </author>
  316.  </entry>
  317.  <entry>
  318.    <published>2025-04-03T06:00:00-04:00</published>
  319.    <updated>2025-04-03T06:00:00-04:00</updated>
  320.    <title>Pens Points: Meet Me in St. Louie</title>
  321.    <content type="html">  
  322.  
  323.    &lt;figure&gt;
  324.      &lt;img alt="St Louis Blues v Pittsburgh Penguins" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/OC_O8gC844UwIa9W3PPS6iRfSX0=/148x0:2853x1803/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/74000973/2204399266.0.jpg" /&gt;
  325.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  326.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  327.  
  328.  &lt;p&gt;Penguins open three game road trip against white hot Blues and Pens Points has all the latest to get you up to speed.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="Cc88eT"&gt;No team in the NHL is hotter at the moment than the St. Louis Blues, winners of 10 straight and looking to make it 11 when the &lt;a href="https://www.pensburgh.com"&gt;Pittsburgh Penguins&lt;/a&gt; roll into the Enterprise Center later this evening. In fact, the last time the Blues lost a game, it was back on April 13th against the Penguins at PPG Paints Arena.&lt;/p&gt;
  329. &lt;p id="M2GQBY"&gt;Tonight’s contest will begin a three-game road trip for the Penguins that will then send them to Dallas and Chicago for a weekend doubleheader.&lt;/p&gt;
  330. &lt;p id="OcbkyC"&gt;Puck drop is scheduled for 8:00 PM and will be broadcast on Sportsnet Pittsburgh.&lt;/p&gt;
  331. &lt;h2 id="s2n1Ob"&gt;Pens Points...&lt;/h2&gt;
  332. &lt;p id="BFt5sJ"&gt;Offer sheets remain a rarity in the NHL, but after the success the Blues had last offseason, maybe that trend will change. With a lot of work ahead of him this summer, perhaps Kyle Dubas is willing to offer sheet some players to improve the roster. [&lt;a href="https://www.pensburgh.com/2025/4/2/24398365/potential-offer-sheet-targets-for-the-penguins-this-summer-nhl-restricted-free-agents"&gt;Pensburgh&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p&gt;
  333. &lt;p id="nOFsAY"&gt;Joona Koppanen is back with the Penguins after being recalled on an emergency basis on Wednesday. Koppanen was recently sent back down to the AHL after a short stint in the NHL where he scored his first career NHL goal. [&lt;a href="https://triblive.com/sports/penguins-recall-forward-joona-koppanen-from-wilkes-barre-scranton-4/"&gt;Trib Live&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p&gt;
  334. &lt;p id="jSZCjB"&gt;Sidney Crosby has signed a new brand deal with a Swiss luxury watch company founded by former teammate Mark Streit and Nashville Predators captain Roman Josi. Crosby has also signed on as a shareholder with the company. [&lt;a href="https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/44496858/sidney-crosby-nhl-watch-company-norqain"&gt;ESPN&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p&gt;
  335. &lt;p id="Lx372A"&gt;There’s still a few months until the &lt;a href="http://www.sbnation.com/nhl-draft"&gt;NHL Draft&lt;/a&gt; and free agency roll around, but for teams like the Penguins, planning for the offseason is already underway. Picks aplenty give Dubas a lot of room to maneuver this summer. [&lt;a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6243538/2025/04/02/penguins-nhl-draft-free-agents/"&gt;The Athletic&lt;/a&gt; $$] &lt;/p&gt;
  336. &lt;p id="M18Kxc"&gt;For all his struggles in Pittsburgh, Tristan Jarry still became just the third Penguins goalie in franchise history to ever record 20 career shoutouts, joining club legends Tom Barrasso and  Marc-Andre Fleury with his shutout on Sunday. [&lt;a href="https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/pittsburgh-penguins/players/penguins-jarry-becomes-fastest-goalie-to-20-shutouts"&gt;The Hockey News&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p&gt;
  337. &lt;p id="ykIpWx"&gt;Some positive news on forward Evgeni Malkin who has missed the last three games due to injury. Malkin will travel with the team on its upcoming three game road trip but his availability for any of those games remains unclear. [&lt;a href="https://triblive.com/sports/injured-penguins-forward-evgeni-malkin-to-travel-for-upcoming-road-trip/"&gt;Trib Live&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p&gt;
  338. &lt;p id="gaCDYM"&gt;Down on the farm, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins have already wrapped up a spot in the AHL playoffs but more work is yet to be done. If they can finish top two in the division, they will secure a first round bye once the playoffs begin. [&lt;a href="https://www.citizensvoice.com/2025/04/02/penguins-pushing-for-first-round-bye/"&gt;Citizen’s Voice&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p&gt;
  339. &lt;h2 id="oJzHHy"&gt;NHL News and Notes...&lt;/h2&gt;
  340. &lt;p id="7igzW4"&gt;A new mega broadcasting rights deal has been reached between the NHL and Rogers for distribution in Canada. The new 12-year deal begins in 2027, running through 2038 and is worth $11 billion Canadian dollars. [&lt;a href="https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-rogers-announce-12-year-rights-deal"&gt;NHL&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p&gt;
  341. &lt;p id="9ktx8N"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  342.  
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  345.    <id>https://www.pensburgh.com/2025/4/3/24399472/pens-points-penguins-blues-crosby-malkin-jarry-dubas-offer-sheet-nhl-ahl-playoffs-draft-offseason</id>
  346.    <author>
  347.      <name>rjnaugle2</name>
  348.    </author>
  349.  </entry>
  350.  <entry>
  351.    <published>2025-04-02T07:00:00-04:00</published>
  352.    <updated>2025-04-02T07:00:00-04:00</updated>
  353.    <title>Potential offer sheet targets for the Penguins this summer</title>
  354.    <content type="html">  
  355.  
  356.    &lt;figure&gt;
  357.      &lt;img alt="St Louis Blues v Pittsburgh Penguins" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/Qh_nCzs-WHj1XT3trgTegHiGXcY=/26x0:2975x1966/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/73998626/2204382424.0.jpg" /&gt;
  358.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  359.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  360.  
  361.  &lt;p&gt;Can the Pens poach talent through restricted free agency?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="X24m2h"&gt;The St. Louis Blues upended the status quo of how NHL teams acquire talent last summer by signing two offer sheets with Edmonton Oilers players. The cap strapped Oilers reluctantly agreed to take the draft pick compensation rather than match a $4.58 million cap hit for restricted free agent defenseman Philip Broberg and a $2.29 million contract for forward Dylan Holloway.&lt;/p&gt;
  362. &lt;p id="tSQtxm"&gt;NHL teams have historically been reluctant to poach one another’s “restricted” free agents, putting emphasis on the first word of the term to the extreme. Offer sheets have been fun in concept, but rarely put into practice in the real world. Only two players — Dustin Penner in 2007 and Jesper Kotkaniemi in 2021 —  changed teams via the practice in the whole salary cap era from 2005 to now. Well, prior to STL’s big splash last year, that is.  &lt;/p&gt;
  363. &lt;p id="eS7llw"&gt;The results for the Blues have been tremendous. In exchange for second and third round draft picks, projected as of now to be 52nd and 86th overall in this upcoming draft, STL added a 23-year old defenseman who has blossomed into top-four caliber (eight goals, 19 assists while playing 20:27 per game) AND a 23-year old forward who has broken out even further with 62 points into a front-line player.&lt;/p&gt;
  364. &lt;p id="fy9xx2"&gt;Many are hoping and expecting that the Blues’ success will encourage other teams to set aside past norms. It wasn’t too long ago when NHL general managers literally challenged one another to &lt;a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/brian-burke-kevin-lowe-lake-placid-barn-fight-181728232.html"&gt;fist fights&lt;/a&gt; over targeting each other’s RFA, which shows how far things have come in not that long of a time for decision makers to consider offer sheets a realistic way to acquire talent.&lt;/p&gt;
  365. &lt;h3 id="rfWcDS"&gt;Offer sheet rules refreshers&lt;/h3&gt;
  366. &lt;p id="foPELl"&gt;Before we begin, some gentle, general reminders:&lt;/p&gt;
  367. &lt;ul&gt;
  368. &lt;li id="mUnaVw"&gt;In order to make an offer sheet, teams must have their own draft picks available in the following year (so for free agency 2025 it’s draft picks in 2026)&lt;/li&gt;
  369. &lt;li id="pgRlSG"&gt;An offer sheet can’t be unilaterally handed out by a team, the player has say in the matter by getting to accept or decline the offer from the new team&lt;/li&gt;
  370. &lt;li id="CuIQNW"&gt;The initial team is given the option to either match the offer sheet and keep the player or decline and get draft pick(s) in return&lt;/li&gt;
  371. &lt;li id="RH7tGj"&gt;The cap hit determines the compensation of the offer sheet&lt;/li&gt;
  372. &lt;/ul&gt;
  373. &lt;p id="CR6yyt"&gt;Below are last year’s compensation levels, via PuckPedia’s &lt;a href="https://puckpedia.com/offer-sheet-tracker"&gt;offer sheet tracker&lt;/a&gt;. It’s important to keep in mind that these numbers will be ticking up along with the salary cap for next year. Since the Penguins carry all of their relevant 2026 draft picks, they are free for whatever they want in this area, as you can see with their logo appearing at every category on the right.&lt;/p&gt;
  374. &lt;figure class="e-image"&gt;
  375.        &lt;img alt=" " data-mask-text="false" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/GBq8GOXqXuK2a4_K1qJWtEQSOjQ=/400x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25934436/off.JPG"&gt;
  376.  &lt;/figure&gt;
  377. &lt;figure class="e-image"&gt;
  378.        &lt;img alt=" " data-mask-text="false" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/-YYf6IuRVapT0HZYcBuA8SF1nqw=/400x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25936192/os2.JPG"&gt;
  379.  &lt;/figure&gt;
  380. &lt;p id="TwHIVS"&gt;The upper limit of the salary cap is set to raise from $88 million to an expected $95.5 million for 2025-26. For our math, we will apply that 8.5% raise similarly and unofficially to the project top-end of the second round compensation at $4.971m (up from the $4.58m from last year and as seen in the detail above). &lt;/p&gt;
  381. &lt;h3 id="Hl5HVV"&gt;Targets and the right strategy&lt;/h3&gt;
  382. &lt;p id="oFfyoT"&gt;Logic dictates that a building team like the Penguins should not part with a 2026 first round draft pick, so we can focus away from the levels that require giving up a first round pick and move down a rung to the mid-level free agents. That fits what the Blues did when they targeted their two Edmonton players.&lt;/p&gt;
  383. &lt;p id="UvuuWe"&gt;Who could fit the bill? Sportsnet listed &lt;a href="https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/nhls-top-12-rfas-of-2025-latest-rumours-reports/"&gt;their top 12&lt;/a&gt; impending RFA’s a couple weeks ago, but none of the top RFAs are with the same team to present an easy target the way the Oilers made themselves. That doesn’t make for an exact fit for the Blues situation last year, but other opportunities persist.&lt;/p&gt;
  384. &lt;p id="h4nLs8"&gt;The juiciest target might seem like redemption for Kyle Dubas being as Toronto could be ripe for the RFA picking. PuckPedia projects the Maple Leafs to have $27 million in cap space for 2025-26, but contract extensions for unrestricted free agents Mitch Marner and John Tavares figures to eat much of that space. Toronto has Matthew Knies, Nick Robertson and Pontus Holmberg as RFA’s if they can’t extend them prior to July 1.&lt;/p&gt;
  385. &lt;p id="AHzqpW"&gt;The thought of Knies being plucked away in the Pens’ offer sheet range for just under $5 million is pushing it, probably a little too far. Knies already has 25 goals and 49 points this season and has the opportunity to put the shine on himself with a big post-season. He appears to be player in position to command more money.&lt;/p&gt;
  386. &lt;p id="S3jmaS"&gt;To best follow the Blues’ example, one can’t be looking to poach those types like Knies anyways. Young players that are already performing like first liners is like “skating to where the puck is”, as the famous saying goes. The magic and genius about what St. Louis did with their offer sheets was that they “skated to where the puck is going to be” and took chances on projecting to value what players could become in bigger roles and paid them before they proved it. There can be risk in that strategy if the scouting is off, but we also see the reward available when the bet hits. &lt;/p&gt;
  387. &lt;p id="UjkT2J"&gt;Now that we’ve established that Knies is out of a reasonable range, the same train of thought applies for Buffalo’s JJ Peterka, Winnipeg’s Gabriel Vilardi and even New York’s K’Andre Miller (who carries a $4.6m qualifying offer). These players are already too good to be plucked away in the second round pick territory, the focus has to shift to better fits.&lt;/p&gt;
  388. &lt;h3 id="qnoq1P"&gt;Turn to Buffalo..&lt;/h3&gt;
  389. &lt;p id="aQxvWx"&gt;Buffalo pops out as an interesting potential team to target. The Sabres have Peterka, Bowen Byram, Ryan McLeod and Jack Quinn all coming up as notable RFAs. Buffalo has a projected $22 million in cap space and no big UFAs left to eat into that, which seems favorable to them keeping their young players upon first glance. &lt;/p&gt;
  390. &lt;p id="pMatp8"&gt;Then again, their business practices have not so straight-forward as of late. Buffalo bought out Jeff Skinner and didn’t replace him nor didn’t spend to the cap limit this season, sitting at about $81m in player expenses this year per PuckPedia. Their stop-and-go management strategies makes them worth targeting. &lt;/p&gt;
  391. &lt;p id="lDWTUM"&gt;Buffalo doesn’t have any UFA’s on their roster because they already committed a total of $8.75 million in extensions to veterans Jason Zucker and Jordan Greenway. Whether they’ve realized it yet or not, these moves have served to paint themselves into a corner to become vulnerable to offer sheets. That’s perhaps almost blindingly so considering that Sportsnet article linked above put Peterka commanding $7+ million to sign long-term and then the Sabres have Byram plus McLeod (on his way to a 50+ point season this year) both looking at significant salaries that will be eating up much of the cap space the Sabres have — even making the grand assumption that the smaller market team intends to spend to the cap’s upper limit next season.&lt;/p&gt;
  392. &lt;p id="4KB9uM"&gt;Suddenly what seemed like a team with plenty of space now can be considered somewhat vulnerable...&lt;/p&gt;
  393. &lt;h3 id="l6ZiSd"&gt;And now, the target&lt;/h3&gt;
  394. &lt;figure class="e-image"&gt;
  395.        &lt;img alt=" " data-mask-text="false" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/7XjjE09cN2hpy_lw0unsu4bQ-hw=/400x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25936083/quinn.JPG"&gt;
  396.  &lt;/figure&gt;
  397. &lt;p id="sFiTyk"&gt;Jack Quinn is the figure that fits the mold of what being aggressive in offer sheets could look like for the Penguins. Quinn’s chart from the past looks impressive but is misleading since the 2023-24 sample was only 27 games due to injury. Add in a down season this year in 2024-25 and while the natural reaction might be one of concern, having a down year is what fits Quinn neatly in a pocket where, still just 23 years old, he becomes that mid-range offer sheet candidate.&lt;/p&gt;
  398. &lt;p id="bgsHmS"&gt;Quinn 14 goals and 21 assists this season, he is the mold of a Holloway-type of player to bet on a year early. There are some obvious parallels between the two; both Quinn and Holloway hit RFA at a similar age (23). Both were former first round picks, both are plus skaters who have showcased enough talent to believe there could be more output available in the right circumstance. The Penguins would obviously have to buy in big time to believe Quinn was worth the pre-investment, but the cards are starting to align to some degree. &lt;/p&gt;
  399. &lt;p id="6kIa45"&gt;Offering Quinn $2.485 million (the max projected 2025-26 third round pick amount) would put Buffalo in an uncomfortable situation where they would be required to almost 3x his salary from his current $863k cap hit to stick with a player on a meandering career path that might be on the verge of unnecessary considering the team has younger forwards on in Jiri Kulich, Zach Benson and Isak Rosen that could replace or pass Quinn up in the near future in the first place. All three of those options would make a combined salary about equal of that proposed offer sheet for Quinn, which also figures to factor into considerations.&lt;/p&gt;
  400. &lt;p id="gZpBaL"&gt;Going up a notch and making it a $3.5 or $4 million offer requires being willing to give up a second round pick, but it figures to push the envelope to the point where Buffalo almost certainly would have no choice in the matter. Given what that would do to their cap structure after signing Zucker+Greenway and considering Quinn’s worth/role with them, that equation tips way against keeping Quinn.&lt;/p&gt;
  401. &lt;p id="3YsA9k"&gt;Granted, such a move risks overpayment by the Penguins — because there’s no way around the fact paying Quinn $2.4 - $4 million makes for a vast overpay on signing day. Such is the cost of doing business in attempting for a successful offer sheet ploy, if it’s not a painfully high amount of money then the initial team has too much incentive to match. Pittsburgh might gamble on the third round tender amount but the statement would be made and the case would be open and shut if they really went for it. If you’re going to make an offer sheet splash, you really better make a big one for best results if it’s deemed to be the right player and situation. Go the whole hog, as another saying goes.&lt;/p&gt;
  402. &lt;p id="ZWkZ8t"&gt;The glorious piece of the equation for Pittsburgh is that they currently possess three 2nd round picks in 2026 and two 3rd rounders. If they do intend &lt;a href="https://www.pensburgh.com/2025/3/7/24380354/nhl-trade-deadline-kyle-dubas-talks-about-what-happened-for-the-penguins"&gt;to switch gears&lt;/a&gt; from asset collection into using their stockpile to acquire NHL-caliber talent then the offer sheet is out there as a possible avenue to accomplish that goal. It becomes a lot easier to sink a second or third round pick and cap space into a player like Jack Quinn when the team has an excess of those picks (and plenty of cap space) on hand. &lt;/p&gt;
  403. &lt;p id="G3eBzU"&gt;And since the title of this is “potential offer sheet targets” and we only offered one name and dislike misleading headlines — how about a bonus of circling quickly back to Nick Robertson? Based on our unofficial math, there will be no draft compensation required for RFA contracts in the $1.6 million or less range. If Kyle Dubas wants to get salty without dumping a pick or making a major play, why not offer Robertson about $1.5 million to come to the Penguins? It might be a lower reward gambit, but considering Toronto’s cap crunch it would be difficult to imagine they would have the ability and maybe interest in giving Robertson about 2x of his current cap hit. Going for Robertson would give the Pens considerably less risk to grab a player for no return with the benefit of not making a costly overpay if it doesn’t work out.&lt;/p&gt;
  404. &lt;p id="8NQvRE"&gt;It remains to be seen if the Pens will choose to get so aggressive and reach way out of their lane to go this route. Perhaps the time isn’t quite right or the supply of RFA’s doesn’t align as perfectly as it did for St. Louis last year. It’s encouraging enough that in this new, evolving NHL world that it has become realistic to venture outside of traditional norms for ways to improve. That strategy is becoming normalized, the draft picks are certainly there for the Pens, now Kyle Dubas and team just has to figure out how bold they want to be about trying to improve by signing another team’s free agent(s).&lt;/p&gt;
  405.  
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  409.    <author>
  410.      <name>Hooks Orpik</name>
  411.    </author>
  412.  </entry>
  413.  <entry>
  414.    <published>2025-04-02T06:00:00-04:00</published>
  415.    <updated>2025-04-02T06:00:00-04:00</updated>
  416.    <title>Pens Points: Crosby staying remarkably consistent</title>
  417.    <content type="html">  
  418.  
  419.    &lt;figure&gt;
  420.      &lt;img alt="Ottawa Senators v Pittsburgh Penguins" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/cnXfOmemEfZ2TfRX7dWGVUBxFn0=/0x65:3000x2065/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/73998541/2207239221.0.jpg" /&gt;
  421.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Photo by Joe Sargent/NHLI via Getty Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  422.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  423.  
  424.  &lt;p&gt;Catch up with some headlines you may have missed with some new Pens Points.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2 id="cbuVee"&gt;Here are your Pens Points for this Wednesday morning...&lt;/h2&gt;
  425. &lt;p id="Zq9F3I"&gt;Many writers will continue to sing the praises of &lt;a href="https://www.pensburgh.com"&gt;Pittsburgh Penguins&lt;/a&gt; captain Sidney Crosby, and deservedly so. Not only has Crosby recently surpassed “The Great One” Wayne Gretzky for the most point-per-game seasons in NHL history, but he is also in the midst of a 10-game point streak. Why is that so impressive? It’s because of his incredible consistency as a player at 37 years old. [&lt;a href="https://www.pensburgh.com/2025/4/1/24398785/why-sidney-crosbys-current-10-game-point-streak-is-so-impressive"&gt;PensBurgh&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p&gt;
  426. &lt;p id="JOz6x9"&gt;Penguins’ forward Emil Bemstrom cleared waivers and was re-assigned to the AHL on Tuesday afternoon. [&lt;a href="https://www.prohockeyrumors.com/2025/04/penguins-place-emil-bemstrom-on-waivers.html"&gt;Pro Hockey Rumors&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p&gt;
  427. &lt;p id="VN0xVZ"&gt;The long-term future of goaltender Tristan Jarry is anyone’s guess, especially after being recalled to the NHL and playing decent hockey since then. For Jarry’s money, he wants to remain in Pittsburgh’s plans beyond this campaign. [&lt;a href="https://triblive.com/sports/tristan-jarry-wants-to-remain-in-the-penguins-picture/"&gt;Trib Live&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p&gt;
  428. &lt;h2 id="fZOPLE"&gt;News and notes from around the NHL...&lt;/h2&gt;
  429. &lt;p id="lPBUf2"&gt;The Great 8’s chase is now down to four goals: Alex Ovechkin scored his 891st on Tuesday to move within four of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record of 894. [&lt;a href="https://www.nhl.com/news/alex-ovechkin-scores-no-891-now-4-from-breaking-nhl-mark"&gt;NHL&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p&gt;
  430. &lt;p id="e8ocYK"&gt;The NHL has reached an agreement with Rogers Communications on a 12-year, $7.7 US billion media rights agreement in Canada, a person familiar with the deal has told The Associated Press. [&lt;a href="https://apnews.com/article/nhl-tv-canada-654344a3e40cabc7bb22cfe31064e9a7"&gt;Associated Press&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p&gt;
  431. &lt;p id="PTAjCF"&gt;The &lt;a href="https://www.nucksmisconduct.com"&gt;Vancouver Canucks&lt;/a&gt; remain determined to have head coach Rick Tocchet behind the bench next season and beyond. [&lt;a href="https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/canucks-determined-to-sign-rick-tocchet-to-extension/"&gt;Sportsnet&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p&gt;
  432. &lt;p id="1fLgah"&gt;Speaking of Vancouver, Canucks center Filip Chytil may miss the rest of the season after experiencing a setback in his attempt to return from another concussion. [&lt;a href="https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/44496553/filip-chytil-miss-rest-vancouver-canucks-season"&gt;AP via ESPN&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p&gt;
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