PITTSBURGH — At the beginning of this season, the Penguins harbored what felt like legitimate hopes of making the postseason. They finished 2023-24 with a 10-5-3 kick but ceded too much ground early.

Feb. 22—Toward the end of a touching and tactful ceremony to celebrate his dad on Saturday afternoon, Mike Lange's son Ian held a sign aloft near the Zamboni entrance to the ice surface at PPG Paints ...