The Penguins have played slightly more than a half of a season now at the All-Star break, completing 46 of the 82 games in the season, but this stoppage is a natural place to split the halves of the long season. Hockey is the ultimate team sport and game, but each individual has their ability to shine or frustrate as much as anything.
Grades are determined in part due to factors that are somewhat outside of a player’s control such as role, usage and general expectation, but we will also consider and grade based on actual on-ice performance mixed in.