The comparison keeps being made so often that at least for today I'm going to try to take it seriously.

Good morning to you.

Good Tuesday morning from Raleigh, North Carolina. I'm Dan Kovachievich,

and this is Daily Shot of Penguins. Comes your way bright and early every weekday. If you're into

football and or baseball, I also offer daily shots of Steelers and Pirates in the same place that you've

found. This, Penguins versus Hurricanes.

It's a 708 p.m. faceoff inside Lenovo Center, and it'll match the top two teams

in the Metropolitan Division, and it'll represent the beginning, but also really the end

of a five-game road trip, because after playing here tonight,

the Penguins will then go on to Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, and Denver,

and then come back here to end the trip.

Thank you, NHL Schedulemaking Genius Computer,

or at least my frequent flyer Miles account. Thank you, NHL Schedule Making Genius Computer.

Or at least my frequent flyer miles account should be thanking you.

If I had a frequent flyer mile for every time that somebody compared the Gorginikov to

Alexei Kovalev, I'd be able to fly to the moon and back.

This comes now so often that I'm beginning to wonder if half of everybody who says it ever

saw Kovalev play, at least in his prime.

This is not to discount in any way, shape, or form what Chinov's done since coming to Pittsburgh, nor, my goodness,

the trade. The trade. Both have been just beautiful. In Columbus, Chinokov had three goals and three

assists in 29 games. In Pittsburgh, Chinokov has 11 goals and six assists in 25 games. Minus six for

the Blue Jackets, plus three for the Penguins. And he's just so happy. I don't have a

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