Math Problem: Pittsburgh coming out of the weekend with back-to-back losses has look of being a devastating weekend for Pittsburgh’s climb to a playoff spot. Suddenly the Philadelphia Flyers who looked dead leading into the All-Star break, have won four straight and are now 11 points ahead of the Penguins for third in the division. Pittsburgh enters Tuesday with a .541 points percentage on the season and seven points out of a wildcard spot. As the trade deadline gets closer and closer, Pittsburgh continues to have a math problem and as mentioned here during the All-Star break General Manager Kyle Dubas can’t base any trade deadline decisions on games in hand. Yes, the Penguins are competitive almost any night, but every game is just a battle for them to get a clean two points. Since November 15th, the Penguins have won 15 of 35 games, grabbing 37 out of a possible 70 points over that span.

Fallout from Dud Weekend: Pittsburgh is banged up leading into Wednesday’s Nationally Televised game vs the Florida Panthers. Noel Acciari remains sidelined with a concussion and has been placed on injured reserve so the Penguins can make a callup. Jansen Harkins was also placed on injured reserve this week.

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Daily Guentzel Trade Buzz: The league view of Jake Guentzel continues to be the same as 7-10 days ago. Whether Pittsburgh is in the playoff race or not, the team plans To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!

Draft Buzz: The 2024 NHL draft is regarded in league circles as strong class until picks 18-20 and then there’s a big drop off in talent from 20-50 that is making late first rounders less valuable in trade talks.

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Power Play Buzz: Pittsburgh continues to run separate power play units ahead of Wednesday’s game with the Letang and Karlsson units. Will the coaching staff show a willingness to provide in-game adjustments with the two units? Erik Karlsson was feeling it offensively vs the Jets, yet, Kris Letang never came off the ice during the late third period power play opportunity in the loss to the Jets. A boggled situation not getting Karlsson on the ice there.

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