The day before the Fourth, I featured Brandon Tanev's fireworks, such as they are. Flashed a few of his goals, an assist, other creativity that contributed to the Penguins signing him away from Winnipeg out of free agency earlier this week.
The objective in this, the second installment, is to illustrate the real Tanev.
Not that his career-high 14 goals and 29 points for the Jets this past season were some wintry mirage. Far from it. At age 27, "a late bloomer," as Jim Rutherford described him, he showed unprecedented instinct and confidence in the attacking zone, contributing in every way to a productive, possession-hogging fourth line.