You wake up on the hotel penthouse floor in a haze, vaguely identifying the empty bottles and the inflatable pool toys in the bubble bath. There's a chicken roaming around. There's a tiger in the bathroom. Stu appears to be missing a tooth.
It's The Hangover, and you're counting down the hours until the throbbing subsides.
The Pittsburgh Penguins had one of those four-aspirin aftermaths in October, after winning their second consecutive Stanley Cup in June. They gave up 50 goals in 13 games last month, which is one Arizona Coyotes dumpster fire away from being worst in the NHL.