Bob Pompeiani

Ivany back.

He's an underrated guy who I really like on their blue line.

They need him to get back, and they need Blake Lizotte.

No question how important he is for them.

However, some of these moves that Kyle Dubas has made has made it almost like you can wait a little longer when you have guys performing.

And certainly a guy like Elmer Soderblom has performed.

He's gotten in there.

He's made his presence felt.

More numbers here than he did in Detroit, even though he played 26 more games with Detroit.

So that had to feel good for him, coming back home the other night, taking on Detroit and beating that team.

So they do have an issue here with when you look at power play shorthanded, how it's gone at the end of the year.

I think Lazat's absence has affected that.

They were one of the best penalty-killing teams in the NHL.

Their power play has been one of the best.

I didn't expect it to be sustainable where they were, but it's dropped off a little bit, and they need to get back to doing that.

I ask you here at 412-928-9370, who's your MVP of the Pittsburgh Penguins this year?

We had this conversation last night.

I think it's an interesting one.

Normally, when you get a 30-goal score like Anthony Mantha, you would think, okay, he's an MVP candidate.

I think Eric Carlson is the slam dunk MVP winner for this team.