Joe Starkey

And we know there's a pony tweet in the hype video.

Are you verbally in the video or something you wrote?

No.

No, it's something I wrote.

It was in their season preview.

Yes, I thought they were going to be terrible, and they proved me wrong, and it's been extremely fun to watch.

Man, has it ever.

So give me your top three reasons why this happened.

Why the Penguins staged one of the most unlikely playoff seasons really in Pittsburgh sports history.

I think the main reason that I didn't see this coming is because I didn't account for how poor of a job Mike Sullivan pretty clearly did over the last few years.

Yeah, man.

Most of us were wrong about a lot of things with this team.

So we look ahead to the playoffs now.

What's their best first-round matchup?

It seems the possibilities now are down to Philly Islanders, and Columbus is still kicking, although barely.

If you're the Penguins, what's the easiest path toward the second round?

Okay, Sean.

For me, with Stuart Skinner, obviously he has the success in the playoffs leading up to the Stanley Cup final.

How much trust should Penguin fans have in Skinner to command the net in a playoff series and at least win one round?

They're not going to play the Florida Panthers.