For all intents and purposes, the real Pittsburgh Penguins, or a reasonable facsimile, played their first exhibition game last night, topping a Sabres squad largely comprised of second-tier players by a 3-1 count.
Rather than write a traditional game summary, I thought I’d share my impressions. Totally subjective of course.
Here goes.
My word, is Erik Karlsson fast. Make that F-A-S-T. I knew he could skate, but not like this. At the risk of drawing fire from my esteemed colleague, Other Rick, a few of his bursts were truly Paul Coffey-esque.