This NHL season has been wild. Preseason was one week of practices, which is certainly been a major factor for some of the players around the league. But some are thriving.
Let’s check out the grades for the Penguins so far, because they’re in a COVID pause, due to the deterioration of their division really with New Jersey and now Buffalo having significant issues with players and COVID. Whether or not this is the peak of the NHL’s problems with vaccinations rolling out or just a preview of the weeks and months to come remains unknown.
Grades are based on role and expectation, but also influenced by overall performance, and listed alphabetically.