There were a lot of things that went wrong for the 2022-23 Pittsburgh Penguins.
Obviously.
That is why we are sitting here talking about the offseason and what next season will look like in late April instead of white-knuckle TV viewing playoff games.
The goaltending was not good, the bottom-six was not good, the general manager was not good, the coach was not particularly good. Those were the big issues.
But as you go further down the list there was one other minor issue that kinda lurked beneath the surface and did not get a lot of attention.