Last Word on Hockey’s Puck Drop Previews are back for the 2025-26 season! As the regular season approaches, Last Word will preview each team’s current outlook and stories to watch for the upcoming year. We’ll also do our best to project how things will go for each team throughout the campaign. Today, we’re previewing the 2025-26 Pittsburgh Penguins.

2025-26 Pittsburgh Penguins

2024-25 Season

Last season was another year to forget for the Penguins, who were looking to get back into the Stanley Cup Playoffs. However, Pittsburgh missed the postseason for the third consecutive campaign. The Penguins had high hopes, but came up empty. A six-game losing streak in October put the team behind the eight ball early. Pittsburgh did rally after American Thanksgiving, but it quickly faded from the r

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