When the Pittsburgh Penguins host the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night it will officially start the second half of the 2024-25 season.
They are, to this point, probably about where they should be in the standings — a .500 team that is not awful, not a contender and is hanging around on the fringes of the Eastern Conference playoff picture.
They will probably sell in some form or another at the trade deadline.
If they are going to actually steal one of those remaining playoff spots they are probably going to have to play at a points percentage pace between .