I was really bad at the sciences in high school. Biology and physics gave me fits (a rocket scientist I ain’t). But chemistry left me totally flamboozled. Yes, I invented a new word…a combination of flummoxed and bamboozled.
Unfortunately, the new-look Penguins seem to be following in my inglorious footsteps. Team chemistry…exemplary before the blockbuster three-way trade that netted center Derick Brassard…has gone south in a hurry. A team that resembled a juggernaut and sure-fire Stanley Cup contender only a couple weeks back now has some serious flaws.
I decided to turn my microscope on Jamie Oleksiak to show how dealing Ian Cole and Ryan Reaves has set off a veritable chain-reaction of negative consequences.