Episode Details

Dan Kingerski dives deep into the fallout from the Pittsburgh Penguins' recent road trip and breaks down the critical issues surrounding the team. From Ben Kindel's medical episode off the ice to the team’s glaring structural and defensive struggles on it, Dan diagnoses what’s going wrong and why the current roster construction isn't fixable as is. Plus, a look at Kyle Dubas' upcoming decisions, trade rumors, and whether it's time to bring up young prospects from Wilkes-Barre. Stick around for the live viewer Q&A covering Sidney Crosby, the goaltending situation, and the reality of a Penguins rebuild.

0:00 Intro
0:18 Ben Kindel's medical scare on the team plane
2:01 Kyle Dubas to give an update Thursday
2:44 The on-ice product: a brutal stretch
4:00 Five Bad Thoughts from the road trip
4:25 Arturs Silovs has taken a step forward
5:06 Sergei Murashov hung out to dry in Vegas
6:03 What Dan Muse means by "structural"
7:39 Breaking down the Penguins' D-zone scheme
10:00 The forwards' defensive coverage
10:56 The track-back problem
13:52 Lack of speed kills the forecheck
16:39 As constructed, this team isn't fixable
17:20 A 4% playoff chance after 10 games
18:17 Dubas' offseason fork in the road
19:57 Reading between the lines of the Elliotte Friedman report
21:16 Why this trade market is different
24:33 Did Dubas tank on purpose? The conspiracy theory
27:12 Live chat begins
27:46 What's the direction of this team?
29:42 Is the Big Three to blame?
32:20 Will the days off help or hurt?
33:14 Ben Kindel update
33:42 Who gets called up? Rutger McGroarty, Avery Hayes & more
36:59 Is this hurting Murashov's development?
37:43 Joel Blomqvist's situation
39:55 Andrei Kuzmenko: trade candidate?
42:03 Special teams: coaching or personnel?
44:04 Are Crosby and Rust defensive liabilities?
45:36 Speed isn't everything: the Konstantin Koltsov story
47:15 How soon will Dubas start moving veterans?
51:14 Tommy Novak's season
52:40 Who gets moved? Erik Karlsson, Rickard Rakell
53:56 Scouting report: Landon DuPont
54:28 Selling the rebuild to fans
56:24 Has Dubas made the team worse?
57:01 Why trade Parker Wotherspoon and let Ryan Shea walk?
59:11 Is Rakell too slow?
1:00:35 Year 4 for Dubas: is Pittsburgh still attractive to players?
1:02:54 Rapid fire
1:08:40 Is this all Crosby's fault?
1:10:46 Wrap-up