Fly Penguins Fly Podcast

Thighs Penguins Thighs 10/16/25

On the eve of their planned field trip to Erie, PA - where they’ll be game-night guests of the OHL’s Erie Otters - Jeff and Jordan meet up to bang out a quick podcast about all things Pittsburgh Penguins.

Partway through this episode, Ashley Taylor - Jeff’s wife - drops by to give notes on Prime Video’s “FACEOFF: Inside The NHL” (2025). She and Jeff share a few laughs and discuss what they feel might’ve been a deliberate omission - by Prime Video’s producers - of any mention of last season’s big Guentzel trade.

Very special thanks to Espresso A Mano, Pittsburgh’s finest coffee roasters and cafe, for partnering with Fly Penguins Fly podcast. Visit an Espresso A Mano location near you:
https://espressoamano.com/

Thank you for listening!! Follow the podcast on X/Twitter: @penspod
Jeff Taylor: @penspod_JT // Jordan DeFigio: @fidgenewton

LETS GO PENS.
JEFF TAYLOR + JORDAN DEFIGIO

Fly Penguins Fly Podcast is produced by Jeff Taylor
Original theme and outro music composed and recorded by Jeff Taylor
Mark Guiliana played drums, Ashley Taylor sang.

Interested in becoming a sponsor of the podcast?
Email the Fly Penguins Fly Podcast at: [email protected]

Shane Taylor designed and delivered our artwork.
Hire Shane for your own design work: [email protected]

This episode includes portions of the following musical selections:
Kid Kodi by Blue Dot Sessions
Hardboil by Blue Dot Sessions

The Athletic’s Josh Yohe: Undefeated Pittsburgh Penguins Host Matthew Shaefer and the Isles 10/09/25

Joined today by The Athletic’s Josh Yohe, Jordan DeFigio and Jeff Taylor are back for a Thursday afternoon, Penguins-Home-Opener edition of Fly Penguins Fly Podcast.

Will the Penguins build on Tuesday night’s defensive clinic of a victory over the Rangers, or will they revert to what Pens fans have come to know as ‘the NEW Penguins Hockey’ aka let the Islanders come into PPG Paints Arena and spoil the home opener?

Josh Yohe shares a story involving Sidney Crosby and Ben Kindel that we think you’ll love, plus the panel imagines a scenario in which the Pittsburgh Penguins overachieve and make the playoffs: Hey, why not dream? Yeah, yeah, we know.

Josh Yohe doesn’t drink coffee. But don’t let that dissuade you from enjoying a delicious cup of Espresso A Mano’s Ardi Ethiopia roast, available weekly at EAM’s brick and mortar cafes.

Very special thanks to Espresso A Mano, Pittsburgh’s finest coffee roasters and cafe, for partnering with Fly Penguins Fly podcast. Visit an Espresso A Mano location near you:
https://espressoamano.com/

Thank you for listening!! Follow the podcast on X/Twitter: @penspod
Jeff Taylor: @penspod_JT // Jordan DeFigio: @fidgenewton

LETS GO PENS.
JEFF TAYLOR + JORDAN DEFIGIO

Fly Penguins Fly Podcast is produced by Jeff Taylor
Original theme and outro music composed and recorded by Jeff Taylor
Mark Guiliana played drums, Ashley Taylor sang.

Interested in becoming a sponsor of the podcast?
Email the Fly Penguins Fly Podcast at: [email protected]

Shane Taylor designed and delivered our artwork.
Hire Shane for your own design work: [email protected]

This episode includes portions of the following musical selections:
Kid Kodi by Blue Dot Sessions
Hardboil by Blue Dot Sessions

Pittsburgh Penguins Opener: 7th Avenue Freeze-Out 10/03/25

Today’s episode kicks off with a special appearance by one of our favorite baristas at our partner, Espresso a Mano’s Dormont café.

After some armchair Penguins Hockey quarterback’ing by co-hosts - Jeff Taylor and Jordan DeFigio, opining is conducted as to which NHL hockey club various Marvel / DC superheroes and supervillains might support - if they were in fact …real.

The problem of the Penguins’ 2025-2026 likely netminding personnel is bemoaned, partly analyzed, though mostly complained about. Jeff and Jordan talk about a couple upcoming music performances and releases of their own, and the location of Madison Square Garden - the site of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ season opener against the hosting NY Rangers - is clarified in spite of the much-used phrase, ‘On Broadway’ when referring to the Rags’ home rink.

Special thanks to Espresso A Mano, Pittsburgh’s finest coffee roasters and cafe, for partnering with Fly Penguins Fly podcast. Visit an Espresso A Mano location near you:
https://espressoamano.com/

Thank you for listening!! Follow the podcast on X/Twitter: @penspod
Jeff Taylor: @penspod_JT // Jordan DeFigio: @fidgenewton

LETS GO PENS.
JEFF TAYLOR + JORDAN DEFIGIO

Fly Penguins Fly Podcast is produced by Jeff Taylor
Original theme and outro music composed and recorded by Jeff Taylor
Mark Guiliana played drums, Ashley Taylor sang.

Interested in becoming a sponsor of the podcast?
Email the Fly Penguins Fly Podcast at: [email protected]

Shane Taylor designed and delivered our artwork.
Hire Shane for your own design work: [email protected]

This episode includes portions of the following musical selections:
Kid Kodi by Blue Dot Sessions
Hardboil by Blue Dot Sessions

Pittsburgh Penguins Hockey Is Back: Fidge Flies Solo 09/20/25

Flying solo for the first time in a while, Jordan DeFigio has it all covered:

• Kyle Dubas continues along in his unenviable quest to both rebuild and appease a confoundingly-still-elite Sidney Crosby …and his super-agent, Pat Brisson

• The Steelers are Steeler-ing ...and there’s no end in sight

• Fly Penguins Fly Podcast looks ahead to an exciting October 2025 collaboration with the OHL’s Erie Otters

• …and much more!

Special thanks to Espresso A Mano, Pittsburgh’s finest coffee roasters and cafe, for partnering with Fly Penguins Fly podcast. Visit an Espresso A Mano location near you:
https://espressoamano.com/

Thank you for listening!! Follow the podcast on X/Twitter: @penspod
Jeff Taylor: @penspod_JT // Jordan DeFigio: @fidgenewton

LETS GO PENS.
JEFF TAYLOR + JORDAN DEFIGIO

Fly Penguins Fly Podcast is produced by Jeff Taylor

Original theme and outro music composed and recorded by Jeff Taylor
Mark Guiliana played drums, Ashley Taylor sang.

Interested in becoming a sponsor of the podcast?
Email the Fly Penguins Fly Podcast at: [email protected]

Shane Taylor designed and delivered our artwork.
Hire Shane for your own design work: [email protected]

The Unthinkable: Pittsburgh Penguins Captain Sidney Crosby Has Requested A Trade 09/13/25

Sell the team to whomever you want, we don’t care. Put whoever you want in goal on September 27th when the Pens play meaningless hockey against the Columbus Blue Jackets. Yeah, even Marc-André Fleury. For the record, we’ve done the Farewell-to-Flower thing at PPG Paints Arena THREE times already. cough-cough .. money-grab .. cough-cough…

None of that matters anymore, because…

Sidney Crosby, via his longtime agent, Pat Brisson has for all intents and purposes made it known that he would like to be traded; essentially he’s requested to play NHL hockey for a team other than the Penguins. This is a developing story and we, Jordan DeFigio and Jeff Taylor found out about it AS we were recording this episode. So YES, Flyers fans, Devils fans, Rangers fans, etc: This Bud’s For You. And LEAFS fans? Yinz have REALLY earned this one. Drink it up, you know it’s literally all you have.

Josh Yohe’s article, discussed in this episode:
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6616219/2025/09/11/sidney-crosby-pittsburgh-penguins-trade-rumors/

00:00 - Marc-André Fleury signs PTO contract with Penguins
09:49 - Reflections on 24th ann. of 9/11 and coming together as a country
15:47 - Prospects Challenge: What it means and who to look out for
19:42 - Pittsburgh Steelers Dub in Week 1: Chris Boswell vs. Terry Bozzio
25:09 - Jordan discovers, in real time that Sidney Crosby has requested a trade. All hell breaks loose.
35:07 - Dan Muse: How young will the new HC run the Penguins' bench - especially with a potential Crosby trade on the horizon
41:54 - Pittsburgh Penguins 2025-2026 Promotional Schedule: Which items are the most covetable?

Special thanks to Espresso A Mano, Pittsburgh’s finest coffee roasters and cafe, for partnering with Fly Penguins Fly podcast. Visit an Espresso A Mano location near you:
https://espressoamano.com/

Thank you for listening!! Follow the podcast on X/Twitter: @penspod
Jeff Taylor: @penspod_JT // Jordan DeFigio: @fidgenewton

LETS GO PENS.
JEFF TAYLOR + JORDAN DEFIGIO

Fly Penguins Fly Podcast is produced by Jeff Taylor
Original theme and outro music composed and recorded by Jeff Taylor
Mark Guiliana played drums, Ashley Taylor sang.

Interested in becoming a sponsor of the podcast?
Email the Fly Penguins Fly Podcast at: [email protected]

Shane Taylor designed and delivered our artwork.
Hire Shane for your own design work: [email protected]

This episode includes portions of the following musical selections:
Kid Kodi by Blue Dot Sessions
Hardboil by Blue Dot Sessions

Pittsburgh Penguins For Sale 09/04/25

Rumors inspired journalistic deep-dives, with the resulting articles giving way to a fanbase-wide assumption that the Fenway Sports Group’s tenure as owners of 1967’s most successful expansion NHL franchise may come to an end - sooner than most anyone would have thought.

On today’s episode, FPF co-hosts Jeff Taylor and Jordan DeFigio take you through two written pieces, recently published in The Athletic. Written by frequent guests of the program Josh Yohe and Rob Rossi, Penguins fans can read up on probably the final bits of Summer 2025 news and speculation regarding their favorite hockey club.

Josh Yohe’s article, discussed in this episode:
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6530137/2025/08/25/penguins-rebuild-roster-2025-26-nhl-season/

Rob Rossie’s article, discussed in this episode:
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6563076/2025/08/21/pittsburgh-penguins-owners-hoffmann-family-fenway-sports-group-fsg-nhl/

Special thanks to Espresso A Mano, Pittsburgh’s finest coffee roasters and cafe, for partnering with Fly Penguins Fly podcast. Visit an Espresso A Mano location near you:
https://espressoamano.com/

Thank you for listening!! Follow the podcast on X/Twitter: @penspod
Jeff Taylor: @penspod_JT // Jordan DeFigio: @fidgenewton

LETS GO PENS.
JEFF TAYLOR + JORDAN DEFIGIO

Fly Penguins Fly Podcast is produced by Jeff Taylor
Original theme and outro music composed and recorded by Jeff Taylor
Mark Guiliana played drums, Ashley Taylor sang.

Interested in becoming a sponsor of the podcast?
Email the Fly Penguins Fly Podcast at: [email protected]

Shane Taylor designed and delivered our artwork.
Hire Shane for your own design work: [email protected]

This episode includes portions of the following musical selections:
Kid Kodi by Blue Dot Sessions
Hardboil by Blue Dot Sessions

Golden G.O.A.T.S. 08/26/25

As the summer winds down and we head into Labor Day weekend, Fly Penguins Fly Podcast takes you out onto the ice, into the locker room, and into the scorekeeper’s box with G.O.A.T. League 4v4 hockey.

Today’s episode features chats with some of the league’s most exciting players including Pittsburgh-based OHL’ers, NCAA college hockey commits, and longtime members of the Pens Elite program.

Special thanks to Espresso A Mano, Pittsburgh’s finest coffee roasters and cafe, for partnering with Fly Penguins Fly podcast. Visit an Espresso A Mano location near you:
https://espressoamano.com/

Thank you for listening!! Follow the podcast on X/Twitter: @penspod
Jeff Taylor: @penspod_JT // Jordan DeFigio: @fidgenewton

LETS GO PENS.
JEFF TAYLOR + JORDAN DEFIGIO

Fly Penguins Fly Podcast is produced by Jeff Taylor
Original theme and outro music composed and recorded by Jeff Taylor
Mark Guiliana played drums, Ashley Taylor sang.

Interested in becoming a sponsor of the podcast?
Email the Fly Penguins Fly Podcast at: [email protected]

Shane Taylor designed and delivered our artwork.
Hire Shane for your own design work: [email protected]

This episode includes portions of the following musical selections:
Kid Kodi by Blue Dot Sessions
Hardboil by Blue Dot Sessions
In Passage by Blue Dot Sessions
Hardboil by Blue Dot Sessions

Happy 38th Birthday to Sidney Crosby 08/07/25

There are two things about Sidney Crosby’s birthday which every Penguins fan knows by heart. For one, the date of our Captain’s arrival on Earth is emblazoned on Crosby’s back-and-shoulders, any time he skates for the Pittsburgh Penguins: “8/7.” Secondly, Sid’s birthday means that training camp is just around the corner, signaling an encouraging “midpoint” in an otherwise mundane summer offseason.

Special thanks to Espresso A Mano, Pittsburgh’s finest coffee roasters and cafe, for partnering with Fly Penguins Fly podcast. Visit an Espresso A Mano location near you:
https://espressoamano.com/

Thank you for listening!! Follow the podcast on X/Twitter: @penspod
Jeff Taylor: @penspod_JT // Jordan DeFigio: @fidgenewton

LETS GO PENS.

JEFF TAYLOR + JORDAN DEFIGIO

Fly Penguins Fly Podcast is produced by Jeff Taylor
Original theme and outro music composed and recorded by Jeff Taylor
Mark Guiliana played drums, Ashley Taylor sang.

Email the Fly Penguins Fly team at:
[email protected]

Shane Taylor designed and delivered our artwork.
To hire Shane for design work: [email protected] - tell him we sent you!

This episode includes portions of the following musical selections:
Kid Kodi by Blue Dot Sessions
Hardboil by Blue Dot Sessions

Dog Days Dispatch 07/30/25

It’s the true Dog Days of Summer here in Pittsburgh, with temperatures up in the mid-nineties (F) plus the kind of humidity that makes it feel like the tropics. The Penguins have been quiet - ostensibly while some of their folks enjoy a bit of offseason vacation time - but we’re here for you with our weekly installment.

Here’s a rough guide for cueing up your preferred moments from today’s episode:

07:38 - Hockey Canada trial
15:54 - World Junior Summer Showcase
18:08 - New PIT ownership? Veterans on the move?
23:24 - Dubas and Šilovs trade
26:51 - Jeff and Jordan’s upcoming music gig calendar
29:02 - Final Dan Musings

Special thanks to Espresso A Mano, Pittsburgh’s finest coffee roasters and cafe, for partnering with Fly Penguins Fly podcast. Visit an Espresso A Mano location near you:
https://espressoamano.com/

Thank you for listening!! Follow the podcast on X/Twitter: @penspod
Jeff Taylor: @penspod_JT // Jordan DeFigio: @fidgenewton

LETS GO PENS.

JEFF TAYLOR + JORDAN DEFIGIO

Fly Penguins Fly Podcast is produced by Jeff Taylor
Original theme and outro music composed and recorded by Jeff Taylor
Mark Guiliana played drums, Ashley Taylor sang.

Email the Fly Penguins Fly team at:
[email protected]

Shane Taylor designed and delivered our artwork.
To hire Shane for design work: [email protected] - tell him we sent you!

This episode includes portions of the following musical selections:
Kid Kodi by Blue Dot Sessions

Pittsburgh Penguins Hockey At The Center Of The Sun 07/22/25

In the style of what fictional Chief Of Staff to POTUS, Leo McGarry (played by the great, late John Spencer) once called “Big Block Of Cheese Day,” Jordan and Jeff have gathered up a whole slew of random Pittsburgh Penguins ‘news’ items for YOU, the listener. And in the way that only your esteemed co-hosts can, these bits and pieces of chum are tossed into otherwise hockey-less Summer waters, tiding Yinz over until our next episode drops. Speaking of chum… don’t sleep on the Labor Day weekend cinematic run of JAWS!

Here’s a rough guide for cueing up your preferred moments from today’s episode:

03:19 - Buttery Crispy Flake callback
05:43 - Pittsburgh Penguins 2025-2026 regular season schedule discussed at length
07:32 - Teasing our next couple episodes - we’ve got some great guests planned for you
11:40 - Malone Family Foundation ran Warrior Hockey Camp this past Saturday
12:55 - Anthony Mantha says his ACL tear is healing, will be ready for training camp
15:02 - Ryan Graves, pylon.
18:42 - How Penguins might play under HCDM, plus Mike Sullivan’s legacy as it affects the same.
22:40 - Hear info on Jordan and Jeff’s upcoming Pittsburgh-area music gigs
26:39 - Rutger McGroarty and Will Horcoff: Michigan homeys
29:15 - Updates on 2025 GOAT League: Jeff as PA Announcer and postgame interviewer

Special thanks to Espresso A Mano, Pittsburgh’s finest coffee roasters and cafe, for partnering with Fly Penguins Fly podcast. Visit an Espresso A Mano location near you:
https://espressoamano.com/

Thank you for listening!! Follow the podcast on X/Twitter: @penspod
Jeff Taylor: @penspod_JT // Jordan DeFigio: @fidgenewton

LETS GO PENS.

JEFF TAYLOR + JORDAN DEFIGIO

Fly Penguins Fly Podcast is produced by Jeff Taylor
Original theme and outro music composed and recorded by Jeff Taylor
Mark Guiliana played drums, Ashley Taylor sang.

Email the Fly Penguins Fly team at:
[email protected]

Shane Taylor designed and delivered our artwork.
To hire Shane for design work: [email protected] - tell him we sent you!

This episode includes portions of the following musical selections:
Kid Kodi by Blue Dot Sessions
Hardboil by Blue Dot Sessions
In Passage by Blue Dot Sessions