Has it really been ten years since Ottawa schooled an up-and-coming Penguins team in the opening round of the 2007 playoffs?
I guess so. Heck, Colby Armstrong, Ryan Malone, Max Talbot and Ryan Whitney—young guns back then—have all retired from the NHL. That doesn’t seem possible, does it?
Enough musing.
Suffice it to say, there’s a wee bit of history between the Pens ‘n’ Sens, not all of it confined to the postseason, where the locals hold a 3-1 edge in series victories.
Remember when Matt Cooke ran Erik Karlsson into the boards with a seemingly innocuous check in February 2013 and accidentally cut his Achilles tendon?