TAMPA, Fla. -- "We have to do it with 22 guys, as a team, and we have to battle. And if we play a nice, structured game, we'll be fine."
This was Kris Letang the other day. I'd asked him about the Penguins' approach to opening this 2021-22 NHL season, which they'll do here tonight against the Lightning, 7:38 p.m. at Amalie Arena, without Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. And that's part of the answer he gave. That they'd need everyone. That they'd need every effort.