I'm trying to think back, and I mean across the scope of Pittsburgh sports.

A player who had a regular season that was so one thing and a playoff that was so the other,

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And I'm not going to find an example from any of them, any of our three teams,

where you bring in a guy, and you know I'm talking about Anthony Mantha.

Bring him in on a prayer of a contract, essentially a tryout deal for all intents and purposes,

coming off major knee surgery with Calgary.

All he wants to do is prove himself, get that next big contract, and the Penguins are the

team that ends up guaranteeing his term, taking a little bit of a gamble on their part.

And what do you know in his age 31 season?

Off of that knee surgery, he ends up leading your team in goals.

33 goals.

Poor more than Sidney Crosby.

64 points plus 10 rating.

Model Citizen, worked great with veterans and rookies alike, didn't even need to be on the top

power play unit to produce these numbers.

All the positives, glowing, gobs and gobs.

But then the playoffs come around.

There are going to be questions, because throughout his NHL career, and it's been a fairly long one,

he'd somehow managed to go 15 games without a goal.

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