Hey guys. Welcome to Double Shot of Penguins here on DK. Pittsburgh Sports. My name is Chris

Alec. Joining me from Denver, Colorado is D.K. Himself. D.K. What is going on, man? It's, uh, man, I'm, I'm kind of excited about

tonight's game. I don't know. Maybe it's just because they're playing the avalanche.

Yeah, it's the first time they're meeting the NHL's number one team. And it's, it's the

NHL's number one team in pretty much every category.

They're the highest scoring team.

They're the best defending team.

They've got some of the best goaltending.

They've got Nathan McKinnon.

You know, Nathan McKinnon, who's just oozing points,

regardless of who's on his wings, regardless of how

many people they're missing.

They are missing a couple of guys tonight, but not McKinnon.

So, you know, they're just the abs.

And they look like they're for real.

They look like they would be the favorite heading into the Stanley Cup playoffs, meaning to emerge as the champion.

One never knows because this conference is down in general, the West.

I don't know if the Aves would have the record that they do if they were in the East.

They still might be the best team, but I don't know that they'd be a 42 win team.

So it's exciting from the Pittsburgh perspective, I would say in large part because

you've Guine Malkin will be back.

And you're starting to see the lines get back to where you would want them to be,

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