Paul Steigerwald

He's an awesome guy.

He has an immediate presence in the locker room when he came.

You know, he's a solid, calm goaltender.

He's been experienced, too, with going to the finals a couple times with the Oilers.

I know he had his ups and downs, but in a lot of ways, that's a positive, his ability to, you know, bounce back from bad performances.

He's not as athletic as Shilov's side to side, but he's got some real qualities to him that are nice.

But on the other hand, because he does have those qualities –

I wouldn't be surprised if Kyle Dubas gets some phone calls on him before the trade deadline.

And then depending on what Kyle has offered, he might have to make a decision there because he's got depth in goal.

And I know everybody wants to see Mershaw, but Blomquist has played well down there too.

And they could conceivably bring him up as the backup and let Mershaw continue to play and then maybe spot him every now and then or the rest of the way.

Also, when you make a deal like that where you trade a goalie, sometimes you go looking for another veteran goalie.

just for depth purposes, which they might try to do if they were to move Skinner.

I'm not saying they're going to do it, but I do think the possibility exists, but only if Kyle Dubas gets some offer that blows him away.

Well, you know, in other years, 96 would be a pretty good number.

I don't know if it's going to come in lower or higher this year based on the competition because the Atlantic Division is very strong.

And those two teams in the wild card position could very well end up being Atlantic Division teams, which means the Penguins are going to be in a dogfight for a playoff spot if they don't get into the top three in the Metropolitan Divisions.

And the Penguins' record in the Metropolitan Division, and I don't have it in front of me, I hope I can remember it, but I think it's 11-1-3, something like that.

It's tremendous.

It's the best record I can remember them having in the division in a long time.