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Following a playoff run that ended earlier than many expected, the Pittsburgh Penguins must now put the past behind them and look to the future and the 2013 NHL Entry Draft .

As the Pittsburgh Penguins embark on an offseason that figures to include significant changes, coach Dan Bylsma insists the goalie position won't be one of them.

Dan Bylsma better hope his bosses have more patience with him than he and they had with goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury.

Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Dan Bylsma stands behind the bench with Sidney Crosby , Pascal Dupuis , Tyler Kennedy and Craig Adams during the third period in Game 4 of the NHL Eastern Conference finals playoff series against the Boston Bruins in Boston, Massachusetts, June 7, 2013.

Here is TribLIVE's Penguins page . Rob Rossi, Josh Yohe and I are covering. Not much at all to report from the skate.

If the Boston Bruins finish a sweep of the top-seeded Pittsburgh Penguins today, the most-scrutinized person will be a player who had little to do with the outcome.

With his team behind 0-2 in the Eastern Conference finals and facing a virtual must-win in Boston, Penguins head coach Dan Bylsma said there would be changes to his roster and forward lines for Game 3. "We have to get back to playing good defensive hockey, we have to get back to playing get away from the puck, and that's got to happen throughout ... (more)

The stunned Pittsburgh Penguins head to Boston for Game 3, and Root Sports Penguins analyst Bob Errey offers his analysis with Vinnie & Cook on Sportsradio 93.7 The Fan.

You go ahead and make a big deal out of tactical decisions made by Dan Bylsma - those aren't the biggest problems.

Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Tomas Vokoun stands next to fellow goalie Marc-Andre Fleury during a third period time out in Game 1 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Eastern Conference finals against the Boston Bruins in Pittsburgh, Saturday, June 1, 2013.

Your own suggestions welcome, as always. I'll be with the Penguins all day, and I'll check in with TribLIVE Radio at 12:30 p.m. And if you missed it last night, here are all four video segments of WPXI-TV's 'The Final Word,' which included much discussion of the Eastern Conference final with myself, Yohe, Bill Phillips and Richie Walsh .

When the Pittsburgh Penguins lost Game 2 and Game 4 in round one against the New York Islanders , there was no doubt the 'Steel City' was feeling a little uneasy.

The best-of-seven Eastern Conference finals between the No. 1 Pittsburgh Penguins and No.

Much has been said about the Penguins needing to improve their faceoff numbers against the superior Bruins.

The Pittsburgha SPenguins made it to the NHL's Easterna SConference final on more than just the strength of stars Sidneya SCrosby and Evgeni Malkin.

Talk to some NHL scouts and the general feeling about the Bruins-Penguins Eastern Conference title series is that the B's can beat the super-talented Pens - but only if they play nearly perfect hockey and contain Sidney Crosby and the rest of the Pittsburgh stars.

Tanner Glass started every game for the Pittsburgh Penguins in the regular season, his grit providing the fourth line with a rugged presence to take some of the heat off superstars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin.

For further information, contact Lord Stanley's Office of Weights and Measures, but do not, in the meantime, dismiss the significance of eight wins in this or any postseason.

James Neal had a hat trick and the Penguins finished off the lifeless Ottawa Senators 6-2 on Friday night in Game 5 of the Eastern conference semifinals to take the best-of-seven series 4-1. Kris Letang, Evgeni Malkin and Brenden Morrow also scored, and Tomas Vokoun made 29 saves as top-seeded Pittsburgh strolled to the next round.

James Neal scored a hat trick as the surging Pittsburgh Penguins advanced to the Eastern Conference finals for the third time in six seasons by closing out the Ottawa Senators 6-2 in Game 5. Just as Ottawa's franchise icon Daniel Alfredsson predicted following a 7-3 Penguins rout in Game 4, the Senators weren't good enough to rally from a 3-1 ... (more)