Paul Steigerwald

And they went into the game ranked fourth in penalty killing, and they killed all five.

So they probably moved up in that category, too.

So goaltending, special teams, star power, it's all there for the Penguins right now, even with sit-outs.

Yes.

Isn't it interesting, Joe, that he was the goalie on opening night in New York, and the Penguins looked really good that night against the Rangers, and to be honest with you, they looked like they looked that night on a lot of nights right from the start of the season.

And Shelov's has been good.

He had his issues with the shootouts, and I get that.

That's a different sort of skill set.

It's a different category, if you will, than playing in regular regulation time.

So as far as I'm concerned, he's just gotten stronger and stronger as the season's gone on.

And I felt even before the break that the Penguins were quite obviously –

putting him in positions to succeed.

I think they really wanted to push him to see what he could bring in hopes that he would fulfill their trust in him and their faith in him.

And I think he's done that.

And so last night, to start him in the first game coming out of the break, they automatically were committing themselves to him playing two of the next three.

Because he's not going to play Saturday and Sunday.

And he probably will play

on Sunday and Stuart Skinner will play Saturday.

So that'll mean that she loves would have played two of the first three games, which tells me that they're really leaning towards him right now.

Well, it's really hard not to like him, Joe.