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Kovacevic: Remember all that center depth?

By Dejan Kovacevic

at PPG Paints Arena

POSTED: 4:26 AM Friday

Missing Sidney Crosby and Derick Brassard is one thing. But missing two more centers?
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Kovacevic: Panicky feel doesn’t fit Penguins ☕

By Dejan Kovacevic

at PPG Paints Arena

POSTED: 3:33 AM Thursday

There's nothing, on the surface, wrong with trading Carl Hagelin for Tanner Pearson. Nor with trading Daniel Sprong, when that predictably comes to pass.
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Kovacevic: Malkin’s fire, faith won’t be enough

By Dejan Kovacevic

in Newark, N.J.

POSTED: 9:30 AM Wednesday

"I still believe in my team." That's how Evgeni Malkin ended his answer to my question, even though I'd asked nothing of the kind.
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Kovacevic: Goals are back in NHL, but why?

By Dejan Kovacevic

in Newark, N.J.

POSTED: 2:02 PM Tuesday

Not so long ago, I thought of this as the Graveyard of Goals. The place where offense came to die.
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Kovacevic: On Le’Veon’s exit, Steelers’ rise, Tomlin’s tenure

By Dejan Kovacevic

at Heinz Field

POSTED: 12:05 AM Monday

Didn't care then. Don't care now. Didn't think he wants to play football anymore. Sure of it now.
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Kovacevic: Rutherford’s message heard … loudly

By Dejan Kovacevic

at PPG Paints Arena

POSTED: 11:57 PM Sunday

Jim Rutherford's no liar. I've written that a lot over his illustrious tenure in Pittsburgh, and I'll repeat it right here.
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Kovacevic: All the myths, memes in smithereens

By Dejan Kovacevic

at Heinz Field

POSTED: 12:30 PM November 9, 2018

The Steelers' Super Bowl window slammed shut on that one winter's afternoon against the Jaguars. Like hell it has.
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Kovacevic: On Vinnie nailing it

By Dejan Kovacevic

in Downtown

POSTED: 1:53 AM November 7, 2018

I hate it when Vince Williams talks down to me. I also don't hate it.
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Kovacevic: Sullivan, Rutherford must light fire

By Dejan Kovacevic

at PPG Paints Arena

POSTED: 12:59 AM November 6, 2018

Get Zach Aston-Reese back up here. And let that be just the beginning.
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Kovacevic: Steelers’ fistful of imposed will

By Dejan Kovacevic

in Baltimore

POSTED: 11:55 AM November 5, 2018

The Steelers have won four in a row, including beating the Ravens, 23-16. More impressive is that they're now imposing their will.
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Kovacevic: A homecoming like no other

By Dejan Kovacevic

at PPG Paints Arena

POSTED: 3:03 AM October 31, 2018

Oh, the Penguins brought passion. That couldn't be optional, given the extra energy coursing everywhere.
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Kovacevic: Penguins’ Canada carryover, Conner vs. Bell, baseball payrolls

By Dejan Kovacevic

in Cranberry, Pa.

POSTED: 1:18 AM October 30, 2018

A few of the Penguins I surveyed Monday at the Lemieux Sports Complex described themselves as dragging from the long flight home the previous night from Vancouver.
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Kovacevic: Steelers, city show true colors ☕

By Dejan Kovacevic

at Heinz Field

POSTED: 3:05 PM October 29, 2018

James Conner beat the Browns on the ground, through the air and ... well, right through them, too, in the Steelers' 26-12 victory Sunday at Heinz Field.
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Kovacevic: Penguins’ border-crossing brought a breach

By Dejan Kovacevic

in Calgary, Alberta

POSTED: 3:42 AM October 26, 2018

Evgenii Malkin's extraordinary patience brought the Pittsburgh Penguins a pretty power-play goal in their rout of the Flames Thursday night at the Scotiabank Saddledome.
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Kovacevic: Seriously, what’s wrong with Brassard?

By Dejan Kovacevic

in Calgary, Alberta

POSTED: 12:57 PM October 25, 2018

To be clear, Derick Brassard's participation in the 2018-19 NHL season isn't optional.
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Kovacevic: Not even the best touching Letang now

By Dejan Kovacevic

in Edmonton, Alberta

POSTED: 11:03 PM October 24, 2018

There were times, only a few months back, when Kris Letang wanted more than ever in his life to get away from the rink. To just go home.
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Kovacevic: Le’Veon’s not at North Pole, either

By Dejan Kovacevic

in Edmonton, Alberta

POSTED: 9:41 PM October 22, 2018

No, Le'Veon Bell isn't here, either, though I might as well have spotted him in the form of a stubborn moose clogging a two-lane highway, looking clueless as to whether...
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Kovacevic: Hounds embrace the city right back ☕

By Dejan Kovacevic

at Highmark Stadium

POSTED: 2:10 AM October 21, 2018

Ray Lee stood and waited for the children to come.
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Kovacevic: Crosby quashes all the silly talk

By Dejan Kovacevic

in Toronto

POSTED: 5:49 AM October 19, 2018

Sidney Crosby clearly wanted no part of the discussion or debate. Right up until he had a chance to cast his own vote the best way he knows how.
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Kovacevic: Try shooting, not spinning

By Dejan Kovacevic

at PPG Paints Arena

POSTED: 4:09 AM October 17, 2018

Sidney Crosby doesn’t have a goal through five games. Patrick Hornqvist doesn’t have a goal through five games.

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