In the Penguins' pantheon that's now a half-century and a handful of Stanley Cups deep, putting away the Metro's last-place team in early March probably shouldn't rank as all that prominent an event.
Funny how the world's changed, though, huh?
Because here we are, with the calendar now flipping into April, and no fooling: That 5-2 victory over the Devils 22 days ago in Newark figures to be the last one we'll witness for quite some time. And in this setting, even with infinitely more serious concerns all around us, I'd say it's a pretty positive thing from a purely hockey standpoint that the visitors performed as impressively as they did.
I mean, imagine if they hadn't. A six-game losing streak shortly before that and the general malaise that'd accompanied it, all that would've lingered, as well.
I brought this up with Mike Sullivan yesterday on his conference call with Pittsburgh reporters and, clearly having some time on his hands, he seemed to seize the chance to broaden the subject.
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