Marcus Pettersson said that nobody "blinked for one second" when they were presented with the opportunity.
It was Sunday night, and the Penguins had just wrapped up a 3-game, 9-day road trip that began with the Winter Classic in Boston and included stops out west in Vegas and Arizona. Instead of going straight home to Pittsburgh after Sunday's 4-1 win over the Coyotes, the Penguins' plane took a detour: Montreal.
It was a decision spearheaded by Sidney Crosby and the rest of the Penguins' leadership group. The team wanted to be there for Kris Letang following the death of his father Claude Fouquet, who passed away on Dec.