Evgeni Malkin clarified his remarks.
Sidney Crosby shared his translation.
And coach Mike Johnston said he was glad players were mad. He was too.
The Penguins attempted to move forward Monday, 48 hours after a closed-door, players-only meeting capped the team’s ugliest night of the season in New Jersey.
Players insisted there is no divide in the room, but that a clearing of the air was needed to shake off an 0-2 slide where effort was called into question.
“Some stuff had to be said. That’s got to stay between the players,” said veteran winger Pascal Dupuis.