The first year of the Ryan Graves experience with the Pittsburgh Penguins has been mostly forgettable. But things really started reaching a breaking point in Tuesday’s 4-3 loss to the Washington Capitals when Graves seemed to be at the center of almost everything bad that happened on the ice, resulting in him getting a decreased role over the second and third periods and then rotating in on the third pairing at Wednesday’s practice.
None of that is really encouraging for one of the Penguins’ most expensive offseason additions, and a player that was expected to take on a pretty big role on the defense.