The Penguins have already made a couple of moves this week as the deadline looms, and from what I'm hearing, they aren't done yet.

It was a busy week for the Pittsburgh Penguins. They made some moves — though no whoppers — before Friday afternoon’s NHL trade deadline. In fact, a few moves they didn’t make were probably bigger news.

The Pittsburgh Penguins held on to Rickard Rakell at the trade deadline, but it wasn't for a lack of trying as one Western Conference team tried hard to land him.

But the equally big news on Friday was not necessarily about what happened for the Penguins in terms of trades, but what did not happen. Rickard Rakell is still a Penguin. Erik Ka

Here are the obstacles to trading Karlsson: • He has a no-movement clause. Though many assume he would be willing to move on if asked, he still has the power here. The team hasn’t played well during his time in Pittsburgh, but he seems to genuinely like playing for the Penguins.

On one end of the spectrum is Pittsburgh Penguins winger Rickard Rakell. He scored two goals, including a wonderful individual charge off the opening faceoff of the third period to tie the game.

Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Kyle Dubas is going to look good. Well, at least in terms of how he handles winger Rickard Rakell. It’s going to be hard to screw this one up. Again, by 3:01 p.m.,

As the Penguins continue to fade away in the Eastern Conference, general manager Kyle Dubas could be open to trading Erik Karlsson.

A lot of things about the Pittsburgh sports scene didn’t exactly go over great with the audience this week. The high NFLPA grades for Mike Tomlin continue to generate angry dialogue. So do Erik Karlsson’s mishaps and Penguins trade rumors.

Pens fought back a couple of times, but a huge turnover by Erik Karlsson and a 6-goal game against Joel Blomqvist leads to a 30th Pens loss

The Pittsburgh Penguins will hunker down in Las Vegas on NHL trade deadline day, the hockey holiday in which casual fans suddenly pay attention to hockey players from all corners who could bring their team a superstar or a first-round pick,