Bob Pompeiani

When I look back at this all, the dust has settled.

A shorthanded goal by of all people, Ricard Raquel, to make a 3-1 deficit into a 3-2 deficit because New York was operating on a power play.

That triggered everything that followed.

One of the things that I like about this Penguin team is they're kind of no-nonsense.

There was no reaction after any of those games like they had accomplished anything because, quite frankly, they haven't.

And I think it's dangerous to do that because now, generally speaking, people who observe this say, oh, wow, the Penguins are pretty much in.

All they've got to do is, I never want to look at it that way because if you do, you lose tonight.

All of a sudden, the door is open.

And then Florida, you can say what you want about them over the weekend.

They're going to not play a lot of players, and they've gone through a long three-year stretch

But the minute you get complacent with how you feel about this is the minute a team jumps you.

I want to talk about a hot topic that has been going around here for the last few days on our program here and the TV that we do.

And that is Anthony Manth is having an unbelievable season.

What a great find that was.

The trust that he had been physically ready to go after an ACL and a shoulder surgery.

So that leads to this.

And again, it has nothing to do with this season.

But at the end of the season, he is an unrestricted free agent.

I think the Penguins would like him, but I don't know if they want to get into the situation where they go five, six years, like some of these people are suggesting.

What do you think most likely happens to him?