The Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the New York Rangers 6-3 today to advance to the second round of the NHL playoffs. The Penguins really got hot at the end of the season and turned their year around, storming into the playoffs on an impressive hot streak.
What is responsible for this change? Youth. The Penguins have brought up a bunch of young, talented players this year that have contributed a lot in the bottom lineup, as opposed to years past when every depth player on the Pens' roster was 30-something.
Conor Sheary (23), Bryan Rust (23), Tom Kuhnhackl (24), Olli Maatta (21), Brian Dumoulin (24) and Matt Murray (21) all played huge parts in this series win over the Rangers and look to be consistent contributors for years to come.
With actually competent bottom-six forwards and three solid defense lines the Penguins are a scary team in this year's playoffs and the young guys have played a huge part in that.
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