Jesse, Pat, and Mike are back to give a quick recap of the offseason including the expansion draft, Penguins’ injuries, Jeff Carter, who to watch in training camp, and then take your correspondences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesVon The Athletic

It’s a big episode, Jesse makes his triumphant return to the pod as he’s enjoying life as a new father and Rachel Doerrie is back on the show. Rachel and the fellas discuss the playoffs so far, the Leafs and Penguins first-round exits, and of course the state of officiating in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Despite not taking correspondences, the episod…

Sean Gentille from the Athletic Pittsburgh returns to Dying Alive and joins Pat to discuss games one and two between the Penguins and the. NY Islanders. The guys talk about the opportunity ahead for Pittsburgh as they can take control of the series as it moves to Long Island. They also discuss some of the best series so far in the first round of th…

Dying Alive returns after a hiatus, with the Penguins drive to the Stanley Cup set to commence. For the first time in show history, we have a repeat guest! Sean Gentille of The Athletic joins Pat and Mike to talk about the first-round series with the Islanders. The guys also take a look at the other series that they are looking forward to. The guys…

This week, the boys talk about the Penguins finding their stride, player development, the Penguins’ depth stepping up, great hockey Twitter moments, what’s wrong with the Flyers, and rant about the Tim Peel situation. Of course, the show closes out with your correspondences! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Mike makes a triumphant return to the podcast and along with Pat and Jesse, they talk the Penguins stacking wins and the process that goes along with it, why the Sabres are a woeful franchise, some player evaluations, hockey coming back to ESPN, and as always they hear from the people with correspondences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me…

The Athletic Pittsburgh’s Josh Yohe joins the show to talk MassMutual East Division, the Penguins goalies, Father Time, and senior pictures. Then, Pat and Jesse discuss the Penguins issues in not being able to close out games. As always, we finish up another edition of Dying Alive with your correspondences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit m…

Jack Fraser, a.k.a. J-Fresh joins Pat Damp and Jesse Marshall to talk the state of the Penguins, under the new Brian Burke / Ron Hextall regime. The guys evaluate the goaltending and struggling defensemen, plus J-Fresh hangs out to help answer your correspondences! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

The entire Ding Alive team is back this weekend for a new podcast. Jesse, Mike, and Pat discuss the hiring of Brian Burke and Ron Hextall as the Penguins President of Hockey Operations and General Manager. They guys take a look at why the Pens have been struggling, plus they tell some beer league stories, and end, as always, on your correspondences…

Pat and Mike welcome Shayna Goldman to talk about the Rangers so far this season and then the boys talk about the sudden resignation of Jim Rutherford, what’s wrong with Malkin, impressions of PO Joseph, and then your correspondences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesVon The Athletic

Pat is all by himself this week so he welcomes KDKA’s Josh Taylor to the show to help co-host! The boys talk about the Penguins’ perfect homestand, if and how home-ice advantage will matter come the postseason, who the Penguins matchup well against in the MassMutual East Division, and then Josh sticks around for correspondences! Learn more about yo…

Jesse, Pat, and Mike are back with another edition of Dying Alive. The boys break down the first three games of the Penguins season, some Steelers talk, and how the third line is making us eat crow. Then, Rachel Doerrie joins the show to talk bad defensemen, video coaching, and the state of the National Hockey League. Finally, we end with your corr…

Pat and Jesse begin the episode without Mike, but surprise - Mike joins late. The boys talk about the Penguins bottom six and other training camp musings. Then Pat and Jesse talk to Charlie O’Connor of The Athletic Philadelphia about all things Flyers. The show wraps up with your correspondences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm…

With the NHL set to return on January 13th, Jesse, Pat, and Mike discuss the 56-game season, and how it will play out for the Penguins. The guys analyze what division will be the most difficult, how the playoffs might matchup. Plus out Holiday gift for you, an extended correspondence segment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc…

Jesse, Pat, and Mike return with a new Dying Alive to talk about the Cody Ceci signing, the shake-ups in the Pens' front office including the hiring of the freshly retired Trevor Daly. Plus, the guys discuss how the Penguins shape up ahead of when the next season starts. Finally, Jesse, Pat and Mike take your correspondences and they place a brand …

Pat and Jesse are back to discuss the Penguins’ offseason so far - the buyout of Jack Johnson, the Matt Murray trade, and all the signings the Penguins have made. Then, as always, take the correspondences of the people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesVon The Athletic

The whole cast is back. Jesse, Mike, and Pat talk about the Penguins exit from the bubble, GM Jim Rutherford's end of season presser, and the news that the assistant coaches have been fired. The guys discuss what the Pens need to do moving forward, and if Penguins can still be considered a contending team in the NHL. Plus an update on Evgeni Malin'…

Pat and Jesse have thoughts as the Penguins face elimination in their Stanley Cup Qualifier series against Montreal. Let’s get through this before the Pens put their season on the line in game four. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesVon The Athletic

Pat and Jesse are back for another two-man show as they discuss the Penguins summer training camp, as it completes ahed of the Pens trip to the NHL bubble in Toronto. The guys talk about hockey journalism and content, the birth of the Seattle Kraken, stupid NHL award nominations, and as always, Pat and Jesse finish Dying Alive with correspondences.…

Pat & Mike talk about the oncoming labor peace for the NHL with an agreement between the players and owners over a new CBA.The Penguins first week of summer camp is in the books, as Pittsburgh continues to prepare for the matchup with the Montreal Canadiens. Jesse chats with Sportsnet’s Andrew Berkshire about how Montreal is approaching the qualify…

Jesse and Pat discuss the hilarity and insanity that was the NHL Draft Lottery and how the results impact the teams picking in the top 8. What the Penguins plans will be in the play-in round and beyond. Also, a discussion about the ethics surrounding naming a player that tests positive for COVID. As always, we end on Twitter correspondences. Learn …

Jesse, Pat, and Mike are back to talk about the NHL making a good decision in their return to play playoff format, preview some of the matchups, and end on your correspondences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesVon The Athletic

In another quarantine episode of Dying Alive, Jesse, Pat, and Mike talk about what they’ve been doing to pass the time while at home, revisit our over/under predictions from the beginning of the season, and always take listener correspondences! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

For the first time in the history of the podcast - we have a guest! Please welcome from The Pen Ultimate Podcast and The Athletic Pittsburgh, Sean Gentille! Jesse, Mike, Pat, and Sean BS for about 40 minutes about everything from the Penguins to the NHL to Pierre McGuire and the South Side Burger King. Then Pat and Mike take your correspondences. L…

Jesse, Mike, and Pat discuss the pause in the NHL season, what it means for the Penguins if the season comes back, and do a marathon of listener questions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesVon The Athletic

Jesse, Mike, and Pat talk about the Penguins six-game losing streak and if it’s a reason to panic, the trade deadline moves, what to do with the lines/goaltending, and of course end on your correspondences! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesVon The Athletic

Pat & Jesse carry the load this episode. They talk about the Zucker trade, how that acquisition will impact the rest of the forwards, what other moves they think the Penguins should or could make at the trade deadline, how the Penguins match up against the Caps, why Rust is having a career year, and as always take listener correspondences. Learn mo…

Jesse, Mike, and Pat talk about the Penguins relentless forecheck, torturing the Flyers, Mike Sullivan’s faith in his forward group, and as always end with the correspondences from the people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesVon The Athletic

Jesse, Mike, and Pat talk about the Penguins going into the All-Star break, Bronx cheers, a story from Jesse’s 8th grade science fair, why firing coaches and GMs on a knee-jerk reaction is dumb, and end on an extended correspondence segment! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Jesse, Mike, and Pat talk about Jake Guentzel being hurt, Crosby’s imminent return, how the NHL constantly hires the same people over and over again, reveal the Obscure International Football Club of the Week, and as always finish on your correspondences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Before the Christmas holiday, Pat, Jesse, and Mike talk about how good John Marino is, what to do about the goalies, where to put Jake Guentzel, and we end on your questions! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesVon The Athletic

The whole crew is back. We talk about Bryan Rust being elite, a potential goaltender controversy that isn't, how Sullivan is painting a masterpiece, and as always, correspondences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesVon The Athletic

Pat and Mike go at it alone this week with Jesse on the shelf. The boys talk about the two weeks that were, preserving through injuries, Galchenyuk’s disappointing season, a reckoning coming for hockey culture and as always end on your correspondences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Happy new decade! Dying Alive, featuring Pat Damp of the Pensblog and Jesse Marshall of The Athletic Pittsburgh give out their All-Decade Awards, including Best Team, Worst Team, Best Trade, Worst Trade, Best Goal and the Penguins All-Decade MVP! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Pat and Jesse discuss the week that was, how good the Penguins penalty kill has been through the first quarter of the season, why Mike Babcock was fired and as always take your correspondences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesVon The Athletic

Jesse, Mike, and Pat talk about Crosby's injury and the implications it could have on the season, why the Pens have decided first periods do not matter, if Alex Galchenyuk is really any good, a little Don Cherry talk, and as always take your correspondences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

The boys discuss the process despite losses against the Oilers and Bruins, fawn over John Marino, a dramatic reading over Drew Doughty, and as always round the show out with your correspondences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesVon The Athletic

Jesse, Mike, and Pat talk about the Pens dismantling of the Flyers, what they've done to be successful lately, who is in and who is out when the team gets healthy, a look around the NHL, and of course we end with your correspondences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesVon The Athletic

Jesse, Mike and Pat talk about the Penguins recent five-game win streak, how it reflects on the team as a whole, injuries moving forward, is Sam Lafferty for real, can the Oilers keep this pace up, and as always, we take your correspondences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

The Penguins have had a Jekyll & Hyde start to the 2019-2020 campaign so we discuss that, everyone getting hurt (again!), our favorite Mike Lange moments, a look around the National Hockey League and of course, your correspondences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesVon The Athletic

The whole squad is back. Jesse returns from his Olive Garden adventure to talk Penguins, the NHL and more. We discuss training camp, a potential Jack Johnson trade, camp surprises and we again take a stab at the over/unders for this season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Welcome back to Dying Alive! Hockey is right around the corner and before it gets crazy, Jesse Marshall is on vacation so it's just Pat and Mike breaking down Pens Training Camp, the season ahead and the rest of the NHL and where we stand heading into the 2019-20 season. As always we take your correspondences to end the episode. Learn more about yo…

Pour one out for Mike, he wasn't able to make this recording. Thanks to a tremendous Twitter suggestion, Pat and Jesse jump down the rabbit hole of their favorite Penguins memories and moments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesVon The Athletic

...and we're back! The Penguins traded Phil Kessel. Why is Jim Rutherford doing what he is doing? Is Tanev worth six years? Are the Penguins the only losers of free agency or do they join a litany of teams that had itchy trigger fingers? After all that, we end on your correspondences! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Jesse is back! For our 31st episode, we talk a possible Phil Kessel trade, the Stanley Cup Final, a little soccer and of course, correspondences take us home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesVon The Athletic

It's a new kind of episode!! With Jesse on the shelf for this week, we took to Twitter for listeners to give Mike and Pat topics to riff on. We settled with fast food and movies. Pat gives Mike the "Poorly Describe The Plot of a Movie" quiz and then we close out with GoT talk. SPOILERS 48:30 until the ending is Game of Thrones talk. IF YOU ARE NOT …

After taking a week off, we're back! We discuss the Pens trade rumors, the Stanley Cup Playoffs so far, Premier League and Game of Thrones. SPOILERS From 32:23-45:39 there is heavy Game of Thrones talk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesVon The Athletic

The Penguins got swept. GMJR has takes. We dissect what went wrong, what they can do to improve moving forward and how next year could look. We also look around the NHL and take your correspondences. GAME OF THRONES SPOILER Again, correspondences are Game of Thrones heavy. If you aren’t caught up, please tune out. Learn more about your ad choices. …

The Penguins are down 3-0 in their opening series against the Islanders. How likely is it they come back? What's gone wrong? What do they do moving forward? We talk all that and more in a frustration-laden episode of Dying Alive. SPOILER ALERT* If you watch Game of Thrones and are NOT caught up, please tune out before correspondences. Learn more ab…

It's the Penguins vs. the Islanders in round one and we've got your series preview right here. We also go over our over/under predictions from the preseason, talk Stanley Cup Playoffs and as always end on your correspondences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesVon The Athletic