If these remain the same Pittsburgh Penguins I've followed for a lifetime and covered for a half-century, the franchise of five Stanley Cup championships, of the greatest individual hockey talent who ever lived, of three others of stratospheric stature, of other Hall of Famers galore, of a legacy founded on a spirit to succeed above all else ... then Ron Hextall will be fired by the time anyone reads this.
But they aren't the same anymore, my friends. They just aren't.
Yeah, there've been dark days. Way darker than this. But Eddie Johnston tanked his way into drafting Mario Lemieux in 1984 .