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.

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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: penspod@gmail.com

Shane Taylor designed and delivered our artwork.
Hire Shane for your own design work: shanetaylordesigns@gmail.com

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: penspod@gmail.com

Shane Taylor designed and delivered our artwork.
Hire Shane for your own design work: shanetaylordesigns@gmail.com

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