With Tuesday’s loss to the Minnesota Wild the Pittsburgh Penguins find themselves at the bottom of the Metropolitan Division standings and with one of the worst records in the NHL.
They have looked every bit as bad as that record would indicate.
Defensively, they are objectively and subjectively one of the worst teams in the league.
The goaltending has been mostly bad whether it’s been one of the mediocre veterans in net or the young and promising Joel Blomqvist (though he has at least had his moments and done what he can given the expectations).