Well, this is not the situation anybody expected the Pittsburgh Penguins to be in this season.
Out of the Stanley Cup Playoffs before they even officially begin (even though they were a virtual lock to make them when the 2019-20 season was paused) and hoping that some lottery balls go their way for a 12.5 percent shot at the No. 1 overall pick in the 2020 draft.
It has been a strange journey to get here (a global pandemic, a bizarre on-the-fly twist of the NHL season, a shockingly disappointing play-in round loss to the Montreal Canadiens, and some wild luck in the draft lottery) but now that we ARE here we might as well embrace it.