When our Penguins throttled the hapless Coyotes on opening night, my esteemed colleague Other Rick observed that it was akin to beating up on hockey’s version of the Little Sisters of the Poor.
Fair enough.
However, in the wake of last night’s 6-2 bashing of perennial power Tampa Bay? We just may have something here.
Yes, it was the Lightning’s second game in two nights (and third in five days). And, no, all-world puck stopper Andrei Vasilevskiy wasn’t between the pipes. (For the record, Brian Elliott was.) But it doesn’t taint or tarnish what our guys accomplished against a very tough foe.