The Penguins bottom six has been a real issue. They haven’t scored in forever, seemingly. Just look at these indefensibly bad numbers, which no one is immune from:
- Bryan Rust has just one goal (and three assists) in 17 games. Not what you want to pay $3.5 million for, which was what he got extended at over the summer.
- Riley Sheahan has one goal (and one assist) and nothing in 15 games. The Pens paid a $2.1 million premium hoping he could get back to his 11g+21a from last year (in just 71 games in Pittsburgh).