Almost every single time the 2022-23 Pittsburgh Penguins have needed a lift, or a big goal, or somebody to just do something to swing the momentum of a game, it seems like Jason Zucker has been the person to deliver it. Maybe he is not quite the Penguins’ MVP this season, simply because Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin have still been great, but Zucker is very much in that discussion if you are going for the most subjective definition of the term “valuable.”
Need a big hit to swing momentum? Zucker has brought it.
Need somebody to get in on the forecheck and win puck battles in the offensive zone?