Even when they’re bad, the Penguins are never boring. Something that should be as routine as a fan giveaway turned into international news when the team’s bobbleheads got stolen and held for ransom, for cryin’ out loud!
That little fiasco was a welcome distraction from what was happening on the ice. In the haze of the Jake Guentzel trade, Pittsburgh lost four games in a one week span from March 3-10th by a combined score of 21-2. (They did mix in a victory over Columbus in the middle, because even at their worst, if the history of the Blue Jackets has taught us anything it’s that the Pens are almost always going to beat them, no matter the circumstances).