PITTSBURGH — Nick Bonino jumped the gun. He was right, but he jumped the gun.
Toward the end of the Penguins' 2-1, Game 7, conference-clinching win over the Lightning, Bonino turned on the bench and asked Bryan Rust if he was ready to be a Pittsburgh hero.
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Forget that their win wasn't sealed until the literal last second of the game, when 1,500 pounds of dude converged on a puck on the boards and held it there until everything was over.