PensBurgh · Feb 12, 2023
How did the Penguins’ bottom-six go so wrong this season?
Photo by Jeanine Leech/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesThe Pittsburgh Penguins roster has some obvious flaws, but none have gotten more attention this season than the consistently disappointing performance of the team’s bottom-six forward group.
It would not be a stretch to call it lousy, and one of the biggest things holding the team back as it enters the stretch run of the 2022-23 season. They are quite simply not getting anything out of that collection of players and it is holding back what remains an excellent top-six.
It is also an alarming drop from what we saw from the Penguins’ depth a year ago.
First, just look at some numbers.