The 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs are taking place and the Pittsburgh Penguins are not involved. This is relatively uncharted territory for the organization based on the past couple of decades, and the new general manager — whoever they end up being — is going to have quite a mess to clean up after Ron Hextall and his staff left behind this broken roster.
The good news is the Penguins still have Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, and Kris Letang as their core, and they are not only still all still great, they are also signed to below market contracts.