They say possession is nine-tenths of the law. If the Pittsburgh Penguins win only two of their next five games, they’ll have proven for the fourth time in a row this spring that it’s also four-sevenths of a playoff series. That’s just the simple arithmetic. The new-age, analytically-driven hockey fan will tell you the complicated […]

You may not think they’re cute or know they’re sexy, and with those playoff beards, they probably don’t have the looks that drive the girls wild right about now. But in the marquee series of the Stanley Cup Playoffs between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Washington Capitals, one where the stars were expected to shine […]

So… Remember around this time a week ago when I wrote the Penguins only needed to focus on the here and now? Well they’re taking the here and now to a whole new level. They have gone from the “Here and Now” Pens to the “#YOLO” Pens. They’ve won 18 of their last 22, and […]