It has been a pretty hectic few days for the Pittsburgh Penguins.
They have won back-to-back games going into Monday, started trading off more players by sending defenseman Marcus Pettersson and Drew O’Connor to the Vancouver Canucks, and now get ready to close out the first half of the season with three divisional games before the league pauses for the 4 Nations tournament throughout the middle part of February.
If the Penguins were still somewhat in the playoff race this would be a gigantic series of games, but there is little doubt at this point as to where the organization’s focus is.