I do not have all of the answers to things but I do know this: The NHL, NBA, and MLB seasons are far too long to live and die with every game and get angry over every loss, bad game, or even small losing streak.
But even with that said, these past few games have not been very good, with Thursday’s 6-1 loss to the New Jersey Devils being what was probably one of their worst games of the season.
You can always count on him to bring it and outside of that game against the Maple Leafs he has at least one point in 15 of his past 17 games, including seven multi-point games.
There are still some very serious flaws here to be sure, and at times it looks BAD, but they are at least scoring goals, and are responsible for the past two goals the Penguins have scored this week.
I have been in his corner longer than most, but it is just not working right now for him no matter what line they put him on.
The good news, though, is I think this is more a result of some bad luck than anything else as he still has 32 shots on goal during that stretch .
Over the past 10 games the Penguins have only scored two goals with this pairing on the ice during 5-on-5 play, and over the past five games they have been outscored 1-5 with them on the ice.