When either Sidney Crosby or Evgeni Malkin slumps, and the rest of the Penguins are faring just fine, that's the perfect problem to have. Because soon enough, both will be what they've always been. Stars aren't the variables. All the other guys are.
Revolutionary thought, huh?
Yeah, I know. But hey, that hasn't stopped me from expressing it for years, and I'm not about to stop now that I've covered the Steelers losing in Cleveland -- sorry, tying -- and seeing that scale left level largely through a lousy performance from their franchise quarterback: Ben Roethlisberger threw three interceptions, fumbled the ball away twice, was sacked four times and threw 18 incompletions among his 41 passes.
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