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Friday Insider: Rutherford acknowledges, for first time, he could change stance on Fleury - DKPittsburghSports.com

Jim Rutherford had made it clear for months he wasn't interested in trading Marc-Andre Fleury this season. But he strongly suggested Thursday that might change.

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Phil Kessel talks about the NWHL ASG coming to Pittsburgh. Full coverage here!

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NWHL All-Star game to be held at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex - DKPittsburghSports.com

Another Kessel is coming to Pittsburgh, but only for two days in February.

The National Women’s Hockey League announced Wednesday it will hold its second annual all-star events Feb. 11-12 at the UPMC Lemieux Complex in Cranberry Township, Pa., with Amanda Kessel and Kelley Steadman serving as the two team captains.

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The Two-Headed Monster, 📸  by Matt Sunday.

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Friday Insider: Fleury uncomfortable with rotation - DKPittsburghSports.com

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Marc-Andre Fleury always says the right thing, on and off the record. He respects Matt Murray. He respects Mike Sullivan. He respects Jim Rutherford. But he’s having a pretty difficult time these days. And for good reason. Since the time Murray has returned to the lineup, Fleury has only received four …

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Dejan's insight/advice on working in sports journalism in this week's Tuesday Takes. More here.

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Sid skates the Cup onto PPG ice for the first time ever, and a fourth banner is up in the rafters.

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Ian Cole saw our photographer Matt Sunday taking his picture and decided to make this face. 😧

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A lot of people were upset when Seth (formerly @emptynetters on Twitter) announced he wasn’t going to be writing for the Post-Gazette anymore. He’s back covering the Penguins with us, and you can read his introduction:

I’m a hockey writer.

That’s how I’ve identified myself on a professional level for nearly a decade. The concept of having any other sort of vocation was about as comfortable as walking barefoot on a stone driveway.

When I learned in mid-July that being a hockey writer was no longer available for me, I had something of an identity crisis. While I certainly have many interests in life – cycling, swimming, history – being a hockey writer is what easily brought me the greatest sense of purpose.

More than anything, I love the routine of being a hockey writer. Going to a morning skate, listening to skates cut the ice in a mostly empty arena, hearing Mike Lange crack jokes, piling into the home dressing room, talking to players and coaches, doing the same exact thing in the visiting dressing room, filing a quick story, going home for a bit, coming back to the arena, watching the game, talking to the players and coaches again. … Often times, it’s a long, grueling day covering a game. In excess of 12 hours most days. But it’s a business that you can get addicted to and you don’t get it out of your system very easily.

Last week when with so many friends and colleagues from the international hockey media in town to cover the World Cup of Hockey exhibition games at Consol Energy Center, I experienced FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) as I was not credentialed for the games. The prospect of not being a hockey writer really hit me. Hard.

As was the case with my previous employer, I hope to bring you stories and angles you might not find elsewhere. They might not be the story, but they definitely are a story. If Kris Letang gets a hat trick, I want to try to document how Brian Dumoulin was instrumental in creating that hat trick. At the same time, posting something as silly and harmless as a collection of jersey sightings can be good for the soul as well.

I’m grateful to my long-time colleague Dejan Kovacevic for offering me a chance to do that once again. I’ve known Dejan for parts of three decades and there are few people who have been a bigger supporter of myself throughout my professional life.

I’m eager to once again be a hockey writer.

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Check out this video by our multimedia director Chris Orban, who tagged along with Bryan Rust, Tom Kuhnhackl, and Conor Sheary on their season ticket delivery!

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Kris Letang at the Penguins' annual preseason golf outing.

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Caption this pic from Matt Sunday!

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“I’ve thought about this situation before,” Foster said. “Here I am, let’s be honest, a big black guy. And this is a scenario I thought about after the season. I’m a big black guy. I have a big black truck, you guys have seen it, it has tinted windows. And I have a threatening dog, what they call a threatening dog, Zeus, a Rottweiler. 

I think after the season, when I’m driving through Ohio or Kentucky, wherever I’m going, Pennsylvania. If I get pulled over —  I have the right to carry, I have guns in my vehicle, I have the right to carry, they’re unloaded though, but I have my permit — and if I get pulled over by the wrong person and I have to let down my windows and you see a big black Rottweiler with a big black male in a big black truck and I tell you I have weapons in my vehicle, but I also have the right to carry, if it’s just not my day, it can be a bad day for me.”

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Antonio Brown was fined $12,000 for his celebratory touchdown dance in Monday’s 38-16 win over the Redskins and $9,000 for wearing improper shoes, he said Friday.

Initially, when asked if it was worth it, Brown said, “How’s business? Boomin.”

Read more from Dustin Dopirak here!

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Marc-Andre Fleury heard all the trade rumors this summer. He’s aware of the situation, too.

There are two great goaltenders in Pittsburgh and, realistically, only one can remain the long term goaltender.

Make no mistake, however. Fleury wishes to remain in Pittsburgh. He made that clear on Thursday when he met with reporters following a casual workout among about 10 players at the Lemieux Sports Complex.

“This is my home,” he said. “I wish I could play here all of my career. I’ll try my best to be good for the team, the organization. And hopefully I’ll stick around a long time.”

Check out more of Josh’s coverage from the Penguins’ informal skate here!

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The kids at Consol, photographed by Matt Sunday