Kovacevic: Galchenyuk’s grace on center stage

Hockey's beautiful.

Oh, maybe not from John Tortorella's extra-jaded perspective these days, but just in general.

Believe it or not, I'm not talking about the obvious elements of the Penguins 7-2 blowout of the Blue Jackets on this Saturday night at PPG Paints Arena. Not Jared McCann and Patric Hornqvist scoring twice each. Not the more dedicated defense, the more dynamic puck movement. Not even the game's preminent superstar dropping the gloves.

No, I'm talking about this sort of stuff:

That, of course, is Sidney Crosby seamlessly, casually collecting a Jake Guentzel pass from behind, redirecting it between his own legs and, without pausing in the slightest, sliding it across to Hornqvist for…