Or planting yourself in the opposing crease.
Why am I writing about toughness in the wake of our Penguins heartrending 4-3 loss to Anaheim last night at PPG Paints Arena?
On three separate occasions I referred to our lack of net-front presence in my game notes. I wasn’t the only one. TV color analyst and former Pens heavyweight Mike Rupp stressed it as well, in particular during our final 5-on-3 power play when Evgeni Malkin was blasting away and none of his teammates ventured into the crease to block goalie Lukas Dostal’s sight lines.