Thoughts on last night's Game 1 between the Pittsburgh Penguins and New York Rangers, namely about Mike Sullivan's sneaky mind games, Tom Kuhnhackl's progression, Trevor Daley shining and why it's a good thing the Penguins will probably play the unusual 11 forward / 7 defensemen alignment for a while
Random thoughts and nuggets still churning around the day after a big playoff win
#1: Now that the dust has settled, it's clear Mike Sullivan managed to keep everyone in the dark on his goalie situation for Game 1. To the outside world it sure looked like Marc-Andre Fleury was about to return, even on gameday during the morning skate, Fleury went to the goal the starter usually plays from (the net the home team defends twice) then he left the skate as the first goalie off.