It's five games. That's it. Now, it's five games in eight days. And it's five games, most of which are against teams right at your level in the standings, but it's five games. Go get it. Good

morning to you. Good Thursday morning. I'm Dan Kovachovich of D.K. Pittsburgh Sports. This is Daily

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Penguins v. Blackcox is tonight, 7.08 p.m. faceoff at PPG paints arena.

I'll be there covering it for D.K. Pittsburgh Sports.

I'll be expecting, not predicting, expecting to cover a fifth consecutive victory for the club.

Why, Blackhawks aren't very good.

That's not an opinion.

That's not me knocking them.

That's math.

That's me looking at the NHL's overall standings, seeing 32 teams, and seeing that the

Hawks are 27th out of those 32 at 21, 23, and 9.

Previous time these teams met was December 28. That was in Chicago. Hocks didn't have Connor

Badard, and the Penguins blasted them, 7 to 3.

I didn't even think the penguins played well at all.

They've done some better things since then, and they do have Baderd back, but they've also lost

six of eight games heading into this one.

So yeah, do what needs to be done here.

Do what needs to be done Saturday against Mike Sullivan's rapidly disintegrating Rangers, who yesterday divulged that they're going to be making Artemey Panarin a healthy scratch for roster management purposes.

Notice my big Seinfeldian quotes I'm raising above the microphone here.

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