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Mario Lemieux’s Hockey Clock 07/16/25

Renewed media buzz has gathered steam around the potential reacquisition of the Pittsburgh Penguins by the Lemieux/Burkle/Morehouse ownership group. Kris Letang’s summer workout videos have surfaced and they’re - of course - completely insane and sweat-inducing. Erik Karlsson still seems somewhat un-trade-able, in spite of a significant increase in the NHL’s salary cap. The Canucks goalie Arturs Silovs has been traded to your Pittsburgh Penguins - and it could be a game changer for the Pens: more on that NEXT episode.

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

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

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

In Bryan Rust We Trust - or - FTLOG Kyle Dubas: Please Do Not Trade Bryan Rust

With the 2025 NHL Entry Draft (June 27-28) just barely in our rearview mirrors and free agency upon us (July 1st), Jeff Taylor and Jordan DeFigio wax hockey about what binds Pittsburgh Penguins fans together - a love of the game, a deep appreciation what Sidney Patrick Crosby has given this town - and hockey fans around the world, and the stark realization that we are in for a stinker of a 2025-2026 regular season campaign.

Commiserate and ponder with us, as we all - listeners included - head into a much-needed national holiday weekend. Stay cool, friends, and stay safe.

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

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

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

Pittsburgh Is Hotter Than Sunrise: Florida Panthers Go Back-to-Back as Pittsburgh Penguins Rebuild Ramps Up

Jeff Taylor and Jordan DeFigio recap the Panthers’ historic back-to-back cup runs, then touch on various points regarding the Penguins’ offseason activities.

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

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

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: Kyle Dubas, A Scout At Heart 06-11-25

Jeff Taylor and Jordan DeFigio are joined by friend of the pod and preeminent Pittsburgh Penguins beat writer, Josh Yohe of The Athletic.

3:44 - Hiring of Dan Muse as Pittsburgh Penguins’ head coach
17:12 - Dubas’s big summer will be NEXT summer, 2026
19:32 - Kyle Dubas does what he says he’s going to do
37:49 - Alternate futures for Tristan Jarry
39:00 - Yohe: Dubas is a scout at heart
44:14 - Does NHL combine influence GM’s draft choices?
46:45 - A little 2025 Stanley Cup Final talk

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

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

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

Pittsburgh Penguins Fandom ft. Anthony Jardine 06/02/25

Woven into this full-length conversation with lifelong Penguins fan Anthony Jardine are the recognizable sounds of the Mario Lemieux and Sidney Crosby eras of Pittsburgh hockey.

We revisit our 2023 chat with 2x Stanley Cup Champion Jay Caufield, as the former NHL enforcer and current Penguins broadcaster reminisces about his successful re-training of Lemieux for the legend’s 2000 NHL comeback.

At the 24:20 mark, listeners can close their eyes for just a few seconds and be transported back to “The Igloo” itself, as producer Jeff Taylor digs up and strings together the sounds of Pittsburgh Penguins hockey at the old Civic Arena.

Click here to listen to “Lost Soul” by Anthony Vincent Jardine:
https://open.spotify.com/track/4o83trraPzMEWTLuZaLoHW

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/

Fly Penguins Fly Podcast is produced by Jeff Taylor.

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

Intro/Outro music composed and recorded by Jeff Taylor
Mark Guiliana plays drums - thanks, Mark!

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

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

It’s Been A Week 05/21/25

Today’s episode was recorded on Monday, May 19th.

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/

Fly Penguins Fly Podcast is produced by Jeff Taylor.

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

Intro/Outro music composed and recorded by Jeff Taylor
Mark Guiliana plays drums - thanks, Mark!

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

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

Pittsburgh Penguins on NHL’s All Quarter Century Team, Sidney Crosby at the IIHF Worlds, and Winnipeg’s Cringe-y Cup Song 05/12/25

Thanks to Sidney Crosby, Nathan McKinnon - and yes: Marc Andre Fleury!! - we’ve all got some exciting Team Canada hockey action to enjoy. With the Pittsburgh Penguins, Colorado Avalanche, and Minnesota Wild all having been eliminated from contention for this season’s Stanley Cup, Team Canada’s roster at the IIHF World Championships boasts some of the NHL’s most beloved names.

In lieu of further copy on the matter, here are some time codes and topics Jeff and Jordan discussed in this episode:

02:37 - Crosby, Malkin, Fleury named to NHL’s All Quarter Century Team
08:05 - Sidney Crosby and Team Canada at the IIHF World Championships
12:11 - Marc Andre Fleury and what retirement will look like
18:38 - 2025 Stanley Cup Playoff picture and predictions
26:41 - That God awful Winnipeg Jets Stanley Cup song
28:46 - Jeff can’t with the Oilers because…
31:08 - ESPN’s “This Is Hockey” video series
33:55 - Plugging our music gigs!

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/

Fly Penguins Fly Podcast is produced by Jeff Taylor.

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

Intro/Outro music composed and recorded by Jeff Taylor
Mark Guiliana plays drums - thanks, Mark!

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

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

Destination And Subject: Kyle Dubas and Pittsburgh Penguins Commence Head Coach Search 05/05/25

Rick Tocchet, David Carle, and others have been widely discussed as candidates to fill the vacancy Mike Sullivan left when he departed the Steel City. Jeff Taylor and Jordan DeFigio have at least one warm-to-hot take as to who might fit the bill behind the Pittsburgh Penguins' bench, especially while the team undergoes its nearly inevitable transitionary period.

Sidney Crosby's agent, Pat Brisson told Pierre LeBrun this weekend that his client would be traveling to Sweden to participate in the IIHF Men's World Championships. What's more, Crosby's longtime teammate and dear friend Marc André Fleury will be making the trip as well, representing Team Canada alongside his old captain.

Sid won't be Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia's sole ambassador in the tournament, though. Nathan McKinnon, newly unoccupied as his Avalanche were eliminated from contention in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, will dress beside Crosby and Fleury in Canada's locker room.

WARNING This episode contains samples of Dr. Claw's voice. He's really scary. Ok, you've been warned.

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/

Fly Penguins Fly Podcast is produced by Jeff Taylor.

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

Intro/Outro music composed and recorded by Jeff Taylor
Mark Guiliana plays drums - thanks, Mark!

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

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

Irish Goodbye: Mike Sullivan and Pittsburgh Penguins Part Ways 04/29/25

You knew it was around the corner, but you still didn’t see it coming: Mike Sullivan, two-time Stanley Cup-winning head coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins is between jobs and the Pens are without a coach. Jordan DeFigio and Jeff Taylor offer their impressions and reactions to this massive news.

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/

Fly Penguins Fly Podcast is produced by Jeff Taylor.

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

Intro/Outro music composed and recorded by Jeff Taylor
Mark Guiliana plays drums - thanks, Mark!

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

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

Bittersweet Ending 04/21/25

Jeff Taylor and Jordan DeFigio convene for a season’s-end chat, at the tail end of the Penguins’ 24-25 campaign. A resounding victory over Alex Ovechkin and the first place Capitals is bittersweet on the tongue, as the Pens best the Caps in game 82.

Also in this episode: Joining Jeff for a lo-fi, impromptu interview recording here is Mike Kirkpatrick of Sreamin Yeti Designs. Visit Mike’s IG page to check out his amazing graphic design work, including his original take on what eventually became the official logo of the NHL’s 32nd franchise, the Seattle Kraken.

Mike Kirkpatrick’s Screamin Yeti Designs:
https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/1012703238/screaminyeti-designs/

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/

Fly Penguins Fly Podcast is produced by Jeff Taylor.

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

Intro/Outro music composed and recorded by Jeff Taylor
Mark Guiliana plays drums - thanks, Mark!

Shane Taylor designed and delivered our artwork.
To hire Shane for design work: [email protected] - tell him Fly Penguins Fly 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