Analyzing Pittsburgh Penguins Goaltending Going Into Offseason

Penguins Grades: The Goaltending Chaos

At inopportune moments this season, the Pittsburgh Penguins’ goaltending issues felt like a dropped anchor on a sinking ship. A cursory check of the successful season segments not coincidentally aligns with periods of solid netminding, and the other segments that drew fire and ire directly lined up with the exact opposite. Good goaltending can mask a lot of problems, and the Penguins certainly have plenty.  Tristan Jarry and Alex Nedeljkovic, wi…

Analyzing Pittsburgh Penguins Goaltending Going Into Offseason

Goaltending has turned into a talking point for the Pittsburgh Penguins, following another disappointing season, missing the playoffs. The goaltending situation has reared its head as a barrier to qualifying for the playoffs. The core of Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang are in their twilight years, and the organization hopes to qualify for the playoffs at least one more time before this group hangs up the skates. As such, general man…