Sean

21 games, 11-6-4, 6-19 winning percentage.

12 games, 8-4 with a 6-67 winning percentage.

Now, a lot of the early numbers were earlier in Sid's career, and the team was better.

Let's just call it what it is.

But it all seems to hinge on number 71.

And do you Penguins fans believe that 71 can get it done again and get these Penguins to the Stanley Cup playoffs?

4-1-2-9-2-8-9-3-7-0.

We're believing in Geno?

I mean, clearly, whenever Sid's out, that they play decent.

They play better than decent.

They play on average to a higher winning percentage than the current team has now.

Right.

And we've seen it the other way, too.

Like when Geno's been out, Sid, he goes ham.

And that's why as much as I like analytics in sports and I believe that they're useful tools, things of that nature, you can never get the full story.

Geno, when Sid's out, something just clicks and he becomes the guy.

It's really been amazing to see over the course of his career.

And again, while we didn't want this to happen to 87, it does somewhat feel fitting, doesn't it?

That this is, at the very least, the back nine of the back nine for Geno.

Maybe it's his final season.