Be forewarned…this is going to be a bit of an unusual post. More a ramble than an article. It actually started as a reply to our long-team reader and respected commenter Mike. But I wanted it to have more legs because I think it speaks to one of the Penguins’ most pressing dilemmas. One that lies just beneath the surface. Here goes…
I think Mike hit on a key issue, one that Mark Madden also addressed in his article on the Tribune Review titled, “Penguins mangled defense needs a shakeup, but can management pull it off?