The way the Penguins are playing (or to be more apt, the way they’re not playing) just about assures an early exit from the playoffs. Even though seeing them lose perturbs me, it doesn’t really anger me as much. Maybe it’s because of the long gap between the last time the NHL was playing games and these round-robin playoffs in a bubble, that they just made up. So much time has passed that the excitement of the season and run for the cup just isn’t the same, as a normal non-pandemic season would be.