Exasperated former coach Bob Berry once labelled his Penguins team “circus performers.” Up one game and down the next.
I can’t think of a more apt description for our present black-and-gold squad. Just like a circus, we provide plenty of entertainment value for your buck. But to borrow from that noted movie sage, Forrest Gump, we’re like a box of chocolates, too. You never know which team you’re going to get. The one that beat the Rangers in thoroughly impressive fashion on Sunday. Or the one that lost, 6-4, to the lowly Canadiens last night at PPG Paints Arena in a totally confounding manner.