The Pittsburgh Penguins have been getting a lot of criticism lately from pretty much everybody, for every possible reason.
Management. Bad trades. Bad depth. Coaching usage. Questionable goaltending. Bad penalty kill. Bad power play. Bad third period collapses and blown leads. Slow starts. Pretty much everything a hockey team could mess up or be criticized for doing wrong.
Despite all of that, and after a weekend sweep of a back-to-back against the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers, the Penguins still find themselves in a pretty good spot in the Eastern Conference Wild Card race.