Talk about hard on the eyes!
Woof.
In a word, the Penguins were atrocious. We couldn’t generate any offense or sustained pressure. We were so bad defensively, it almost appeared we were playing out of position on purpose. Meanwhile, the speedy Wings made us look like so many black-and-gold pylons super-glued to the ice.
One guy held us in the game…rookie netminder Joel (pronounced Yoel) Blomqvist.
I confess, when pain-in-the-you-know-what Alex DeBrincat beat the kid just 3:46 into the game, visions of his shaky first preseason outing came flooding into my brain.