Issues aren’t going nicely for the Pittsburgh Penguins recently. Having fallen out of playoff competition and set to overlook the postseason for the third straight yr, they’re within the early levels of a rebuild.
Additionally they entered Thursday’s sport in opposition to the Philadelphia Flyers on a four-game shedding streak, having simply been embarrassed by their cross-state rivals earlier within the week.
Thursday’s sport didn’t begin off a lot better as they allowed the primary three targets of the sport. After the third objective, the Penguins made the choice to bench Alex Nedeljkovic, changing him with rookie Joel Blomqvist.
That didn’t sit nicely with the veteran Nedeljkovic.
Earlier than leaving the bench, he smashed his goalie stick over the crossbar, launched the remaining piece of it into the nook of the ice, slammed the door to the bench and appeared to scream at any individual on the bench.
Was it head coach Mike Sullivan? Was it his teammates? Was it each?
Both manner, he was furious.
