DK on Pittsburgh Sports Winnipeg Jets http://dkonpittsburghsports.com Award-winning columnist Dejan Kovacevic covers Steelers, Penguins, Pirates, Pitt and more Sun, 15 Mar 2015 17:51:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 Friday Insider: ‘Time running low’ for trade plan http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2015/02/06/friday-insider-time-running-low-trade-plan/ http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2015/02/06/friday-insider-time-running-low-trade-plan/#comments Fri, 06 Feb 2015 05:01:58 +0000 http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/?p=9735 BY DEJAN KOVACEVIC CALGARY, Alberta — Roundup of a lot of randomness from a lot of time around our teams … • The NHL trade deadline is March 2, which is almost a month away and, yet, far too close for the Penguins’ comfort, if one asks Jim Rutherford. “Time’s running low,” the GM was […]

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]]> http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2015/02/06/friday-insider-time-running-low-trade-plan/feed/ 142 Column: Penguins reclaim the center lane http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2015/01/28/column-penguins-reclaim-center-lane/ http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2015/01/28/column-penguins-reclaim-center-lane/#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2015 05:32:09 +0000 http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/?p=9350 BY DEJAN KOVACEVIC “They came right at us. No, actually, they went right through us.” Those were the words of Bryan Little, the Jets’ No. 1 center, in an otherwise vacated Winnipeg locker room late Tuesday night at Consol Energy Center, and nothing could have better summed up the relevance — in the short and […]

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]]> http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2015/01/28/column-penguins-reclaim-center-lane/feed/ 38 On location: Penguins 5, Jets 3 http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2015/01/27/location-penguins-jets/ http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2015/01/27/location-penguins-jets/#comments Tue, 27 Jan 2015 22:08:31 +0000 http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/?p=9254 BY DEJAN KOVACEVIC Getting ready for faceoff … Game: Penguins (26-12-8) vs. Winnipeg Jets (26-14-8), 7:08 p.m., Consol Energy Center Goaltenders: Thomas Greiss (4-2-3, 2.56) vs. Ondrej Pavelec (12-10-6, 2.47) TV, radio: Root Sports (national), TSN3 (Manitoba), 105.9 the X Online: GameCenter / Multimedia / Official game notes I’ll have a full column on this afterward. If you missed it earlier, here’s the podcast of […]

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]]> http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2015/01/27/location-penguins-jets/feed/ 63 Podcast: Penguins-Jets w/ TSN Winnipeg http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2015/01/27/radio-penguins-jets-preview-w-tsn-winnipeg/ http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2015/01/27/radio-penguins-jets-preview-w-tsn-winnipeg/#comments Tue, 27 Jan 2015 21:15:59 +0000 http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/?p=9263 BY DEJAN KOVACEVIC Here’s the podcast of my check-in with friends Andrew Paterson and Gary Lawless at Winnipeg’s TSN 1290 Radio to preview tonight’s Penguins-Jets meeting at Consol. They’re out in Phoenix on Radio Row at the Super Bowl. The segment starts at the one-hour mark.

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]]> http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2015/01/27/radio-penguins-jets-preview-w-tsn-winnipeg/feed/ 3 Tuesday 12 Qs: Fleury, Liz, Lemon, Pat, Pats http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2015/01/27/tuesday-12-qs-submit-entries-now-13/ http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2015/01/27/tuesday-12-qs-submit-entries-now-13/#comments Tue, 27 Jan 2015 05:01:32 +0000 http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/?p=9265 BY DEJAN KOVACEVIC Welcome to Tuesday 12 Qs, our chat that takes place each week at 9 a.m. — a new time — and offers you a chance to carry the conversation. The earlier start is happening in large part because this file was getting buried too quickly, I thought, by going up in the […]

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]]> http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2015/01/27/tuesday-12-qs-submit-entries-now-13/feed/ 110 News/views: Letang, Hornqvist set to return http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2015/01/26/newsviews-letang-hornqvist-set-return/ http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2015/01/26/newsviews-letang-hornqvist-set-return/#comments Mon, 26 Jan 2015 23:17:46 +0000 http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/?p=9215 BY DEJAN KOVACEVIC News: Kris Letang and Patric Hornqvist returned to practice for the Penguins here at Consol Energy Center, and both could be available as soon as tomorrow against the visiting Jets. At same time, though, Evgeni Malkin was placed on injured reserve, likely meaning he’ll miss Winnipeg, the trip to Washington the next […]

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]]> http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2015/01/26/newsviews-letang-hornqvist-set-return/feed/ 10 News/views: Crosby joins Malkin on All-Star shelf http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2015/01/22/newsviews-crosby-joins-malkin-star-shelf/ http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2015/01/22/newsviews-crosby-joins-malkin-star-shelf/#comments Fri, 23 Jan 2015 00:04:44 +0000 http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/?p=9068 BY DEJAN KOVACEVIC News: Sidney Crosby just joined the Penguins’ other superstar, Evgeni Malkin, in sitting out the NHL All-Star Game this weekend in Columbus. Both are out, the team announced, with lower-body injuries. No other details, per the norm, were given. Views: Wonderful. The NHL’s All-Star festivities, in general, are an epic waste of […]

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]]> http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2015/01/22/newsviews-crosby-joins-malkin-star-shelf/feed/ 58 Podcast: Deflate-gate, Penguins w/ TSN Winnipeg http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2015/01/22/radio-545-p-m-w-tsn-winnipeg/ http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2015/01/22/radio-545-p-m-w-tsn-winnipeg/#comments Thu, 22 Jan 2015 21:45:43 +0000 http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/?p=9057 BY DEJAN KOVACEVIC Here’s the podcast of tonight’s check-in with my friends at Winnipeg’s TSN 1290 Radio to talk Deflate-gate, Penguins and, of course, the imminent visit from the high-flying Jets.

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