NEW YORK — Back in November 2019, the fire alarm blared inside the visiting locker room at New Jersey’s Prudential Center, a fitting metaphor for the state of panic that permeated throughout the Penguins fanbase that day.
Just hours earlier, Pittsburgh announced that captain Sidney Crosby would miss six weeks due to core muscle surgery. As the anxiety inducing sound grew into a crescendo, there was Evgeni Malkin with quick wit and a smile.
“I will be fire,” he joked.
