There’s been no shortage of high-stakes hockey for these Penguins over the past two seasons, which makes freaking out over a meaningless exhibition such as the NHL All-Star Game, on the surface, seem a little silly.
OK, it’s probably worse than that, but have you thought about how wrong it is that Phil Kessel isn’t going?
Even though they were on their NHL-mandated off week — which expired at 4 p.m. Friday as they reconvened for practice at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry — the Penguins certainly have paid some mind to Kessel not making it.