Pittsburgh Penguins loaded up for one last run. Mired in the standings, time may already be up
The struggling Pittsburgh Penguins may be sellers at the trade deadline for the first time in decades
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Kyle Dubas wants to give Sidney Crosby and the rest of the Pittsburgh Penguins every opportunity to prove they're worth investing in this season.
Time is running out.
While Dubas isn't ready to commit to using his first trade deadline as Pittsburgh's general manager/director of hockey operations to hit the reset button on the NHL's oldest team, he also may not have a choice.
The Penguins are currently eight points out of playoff position with eight games left before the March 8 deadline and find themselves closer to next-to-last in the Eastern Conference than a wild-card spot. The star-laden power play is a mess. The goals that used to come so easily for so long have dried up, at least for everyone not named Crosby, who remains a wonder at 36.
