NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- That Edmonton embarrassment might've been the end.
An easy end at that.
The manner in which these Penguins' players, the coaches and the brass responded a few days ago to being blown to bits by Connor McDavid's Oilers could've been seen, plain and simple, in the singular light of how it'd left them out of the Eastern Conference playoff picture, losers of four in a row, ambling along aimlessly for seemingly the umpteenth time. Only this was so much worse, so much more ... humbling?
Yeah, that sounds about right, based on my interactions with all concerned.