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The Pittsburgh Penguins Are Winning Without A Top Defenseman

06/10/2017 at 1:58pm EDT

from Frank Seravalli of TSN,

Just when it appeared the Pittsburgh Penguins’ thin blue line was breaking apart - again - at the biggest moment of the season, they banded together for what coach Mike Sullivan called their “best night as a group of six.”

Now, a unit that some didn't give a chance to get past the Columbus Blue Jackets without Kris Letang, has the Penguins on the brink of another Stanley Cup.

“I know we’re no Kris Letangs back here,” Justin Schultz said. “We’re just trying to each step up a little bit and it’s been working so far. We’ve got to get one more win.”

The 2017 Penguins are proving it is possible to win the Stanley Cup without a superstar defenceman, the one thread that ties together each of the champions over the last decade.

Every team had at least one: Letang (2016, 2009), Duncan Keith (2015, 2013, 2010), Drew Doughty (2014, 2012), Zdeno Chara (2011), Nicklas Lidstrom (2008), Scott Niedermayer and Chris Pronger (2007).

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