Penguins Grades Put McGroarty, Pickering And Prospects On Blast

The Penguins’ latest evaluation takes a hard look at McGroarty, Pickering, and the rest of the prospect group, and the tone sounds less like hand-holding and more like a real audit. In Pittsburgh, every projection comes with baggage right now, because the organization is trying to sort out who can actually help and who is just taking up oxygen on a depth chart. The anger in the title tells you this is not a praise piece, and the future in this market is too important for anyone to fake comfort.