We heard again and again how Justin Schultz isn't a No. 1 defenseman, all through the Penguins' recent Stanley Cup run. How no team since the 2006 Hurricanes had won it all without a true No. 1. How there was no way that this group would do it, either, without Kris Letang.
We heard it right up until June 11, of course, when No. 4 was No. 1 in every way.
And now?
"Oh, man, that's not something that should even come up," Matt Murray was telling me after the Penguins' 3-1 throttling of the Coyotes on this Tuesday night homecoming at PPG Paints Arena. "That guy ..."
Murray turned his head toward Schultz's stall, which was being swarmed by cameras and microphones.
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