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Kovacevic: Annoying stuff that’s wrong

By Dejan Kovacevic

at Highmark Stadium

POSTED: 1:09 AM Thursday

Been in kind of an ornery mood for the past 24 hours, so I thought I'd take that out on pretty much everyone here.
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Kovacevic: Can Pirates face real opponents soon?

By Dejan Kovacevic

at PNC Park

POSTED: 12:06 AM Wednesday

Show me a baseball team that takes care of business against lesser opponents, and I'll show you a contender.
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Kovacevic: Just wait, Pirates’ bats are yet to come

By Dejan Kovacevic

at PNC Park

POSTED: 7:29 PM May 13, 2018

Man, Josh Bell had a miserable Sunday afternoon at PNC Park.
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Kovacevic: Cervelli ensures Cutch has his moment

By Dejan Kovacevic

at PNC Park

POSTED: 3:09 AM May 12, 2018

There wasn't going to be a pitch. Not until the city had its say.
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Kovacevic: For these champion Penguins, no regrets

By Dejan Kovacevic

at PPG Paints Arena

POSTED: 5:37 AM May 8, 2018

It won't be Sidney Crosby's Stanley Cup. Nothing hits harder than that.
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Kovacevic: Expect change, just not major

By Dejan Kovacevic

at PPG Paints Arena

POSTED: 5:32 AM May 8, 2018

In whatever form the Penguins return for 2018-19, don't expect major changes from Jim Rutherford.
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Kovacevic: Even facing elimination, precedent favors these Penguins

By Dejan Kovacevic

at PPG Paints Arena

POSTED: 6:04 PM May 7, 2018

I hate making predictions, as longtime readers will attest. They don't mean anything.
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Kovacevic: Penguins still waiting on Murray’s best

By Dejan Kovacevic

in Washington

POSTED: 11:42 PM May 6, 2018

Kris Letang and Evgeni Malkin collectively did a big dumb thing, and it's put the Penguins on the precipice of elimination from these Stanley Cup playoffs.
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Kovacevic: Eventually, Penguins will learn it all starts with defending

By Dejan Kovacevic

at PPG Paints Arena

POSTED: 10:51 AM May 4, 2018

The suddenly stingy Penguins held the Capitals to 21 shots and only a tic-tac-toe power-play goal.
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Kovacevic: Capitals thrown off by Wilson’s loss?

By Dejan Kovacevic

at PPG Paints Arena

POSTED: 5:20 AM May 4, 2018

"F--- this league!" That's what one Washington player shouted Thursday night as he cracked his stick.
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Kovacevic: Oshie, Orlov keep it cheap

By Dejan Kovacevic

at PPG Paints Arena

POSTED: 3:51 AM May 4, 2018

Not even the absence of Tom Wilson could keep the Capitals from acting up.
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Kovacevic: The real way to punish Wilson

By Dejan Kovacevic

at PPG Paints Arena

POSTED: 2:00 PM May 3, 2018

I'll take no issue with the NHL suspending Tom Wilson for three games.
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Kovacevic: Holtby over Murray biggest divide so far

By Dejan Kovacevic

at PPG Paints Arena

POSTED: 6:28 AM May 2, 2018

Tom Wilson's hoarding all the headlines, and Alexander Ovechkin holds the upper hand among the superstars, but nothing's defined this series like the disparity in goaltending.
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Kovacevic: Wilson laughs at rules, injuries because he knows NHL won’t stop him

By Dejan Kovacevic

at PPG Paints Arena

POSTED: 4:13 AM May 2, 2018

George Parros was in the house, you guys. Yeah, he was up there witnessing, firsthand from PPG Paints Arena's press box, everything he'd just wrought.
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Kovacevic: Hyper-sensitive NHL hilariously faults Dumoulin

By Dejan Kovacevic

at PPG Paints Arena

POSTED: 1:56 AM May 1, 2018

In addition to being generally awful at their jobs, the people running the NHL also are hyper-sensitive to criticism.
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Kovacevic: The NHL replay system failed

By Dejan Kovacevic

in Washington

POSTED: 5:01 AM April 30, 2018

"Whatever," Patric Hornqvist would scoff my way, his big equipment bag just slung over his shoulder as he walked out of the visitors' locker room.
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Kovacevic: Depth, anyone? Kessel? Brassard? … Sprong?

By Dejan Kovacevic

in Washington

POSTED: 5:00 AM April 30, 2018

For all that went awry for the Penguins, nothing felt like a greater worry than Washington's edge in forward depth.
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Kovacevic: Wilson’s head shot on Dumoulin intentional, malicious

By Dejan Kovacevic

in Washington

POSTED: 11:59 PM April 29, 2018

The Penguins didn't lose because of officiating.
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Kovacevic: Power plays dominating series without even really taking the ice

By Dejan Kovacevic

in Washington

POSTED: 7:44 PM April 28, 2018

Evgeni Malkin curled along the right half-wall, collected the puck on his forehand, pushed it softly to the point, then dug in hard with the left skate.
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Kovacevic: Let narratives ring, fans sing, but all that room was a beautiful thing

By Dejan Kovacevic

in Washington

POSTED: 5:49 AM April 27, 2018

How does any team lose that game in that situation? Yeah, yeah, everyone knows the answer. But play along, just for fun.
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Kovacevic: What do Penguins think just before a big game?

By Dejan Kovacevic

in Washington

POSTED: 1:32 PM April 26, 2018

Bedlam will begin right around 7 p.m. today inside Capital One Arena, just before the puck drops between the Penguins and Capitals.
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Kovacevic: Attacking Washington’s defense critical

By Dejan Kovacevic

in Cranberry Township, Pa.

POSTED: 3:35 AM April 25, 2018

The knock against the Capitals' defense the past two springs proved wholly legit.
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Kovacevic: Penalty-killers face taller task than Ovechkin

By Dejan Kovacevic

in Cranberry Township

POSTED: 1:37 PM April 24, 2018

First thought that pops to mind at the mention of the Capitals? Alexander Ovechkin.
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Kovacevic: These Penguins fast, furious when fired up

By Dejan Kovacevic

in Philadelphia

POSTED: 5:15 AM April 23, 2018

Conor Sheary lifted his chin, leveraged the puck, revved up his skates and began ripping up the ice.
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Kovacevic: Lots of lessons to be learned … or not

By Dejan Kovacevic

in Philadelphia

POSTED: 5:07 AM April 23, 2018

So much about the Penguins' performance in Game 6 elevated so many existing concerns.

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