How about those Pittsburgh Penguins? Winners of five out of their last six games, the team is riding high with stellar goaltending from a reformed Tristan Jarry and a defensive unit that has been jolted by the return of Brian Dumoulin.
Add into the equation that the Pens are about to see the Buffalo Sabres and New Jersey Devils a combined 15 more times this season, and the arrow could easily be pointing upwards toward the trade deadline in one month’s time.
This episode of the PensBurgh Podcast attempts to answer one simple question: why?