Pomp

All right, Limits, let's go all the way to Washington, D.C., the site of some epic Penguins playoff victories, I might add.

And we go to our friend Sean Gentile of The Athletic.

He's on the Sullivan Super Service fan hotline.

Sean, I'm assuming you're among the many, including myself and Limits, except for Bob, who predicts every Pittsburgh team to go to the playoffs, who did not think the Penguins would be a playoff team this year.

Am I correct in that assumption?

So are you in the hype video?

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

Are you verbally in the video or something you wrote?

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.

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?

Sean Gentile on the Sullivan Super Service fan hotline.

The Athletic has you in D.C.

right now.