We know all about Sid's magic, Tang/Rust staying hot, and all the other headline dudes. But when guys like McGinn and Boyle are scoring clutch/pretty goals and getting mobbed by the team, you know something is definitely going right. These guys are killing it out there every night, and having a blast. It's incredible to watch.
When you're getting production from everywhere, its hard to stop. We have six guys on double digit goals, but when three of them are McGinn, ERod and old man Carter, you know we have room to get even better.
Just so cool to know no matter what happens you’re gonna win. Loving that feeling while it lasts.
sign Letang and Malkin already
It's kind of amazing right? Like the frequent joke of the team "flipping the switch" is true. Except not, because that would imply they're playing bad and suddenly start playing good. Right now, it's just that they're playing fine the whole time, go a goal down, and then suddenly start scoring at will and smothering the other team. Like the switch is a nitrous tank.
Like you said, "while it lasts". And I dont want to jinx anything, or make the comparison as a bit of foreshadowing. But I really havent felt this way about the Pens since the first half of 2016. Like the team is an a freight train running downhill, and there aint nothing stopping it.
Again, not flipping the switch, or lucky bounces, as that would imply we're getting by on the skin of our teeth. It's more of a slow and inexorable rising tide in these games that other teams cant escape. Like an arm wrestler that is nearly pinned, and slowly, gradually turns the tide en route to victory. You can see it coming, but the other team can't stop it.
As long as we stay healthy, as long as we address the backup situation, and as long as we get some of our vets rested before spring, the sky is the limit.