CRANBERRY, Pa. -- Attempting to analyze the 2022-23 Penguins wasn't for the faint of heart.
They themselves struggled at times to put a finger on the reasons behind their giant swings in performance from one end of the spectrum to the other. But as Jason Zucker pointed out Saturday during locker cleanout day at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex, "We’ve got nobody to blame but ourselves. We didn’t find the consistency we needed."
The Penguins received completely healthy and productive seasons from Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, but squandered them anyway, as they will not be participating in the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since the 2005-06 season.