Pittsburgh vowed to press on without the league's leading scorer, but hardly looked like the juggernaut that outscored opponents 52-26 while becoming the first NHL team to go undefeated in a calendar month.
The pair looked like strange bedfellows indeed at their post-summit press conference in Pittsburgh Tuesday, visibly awkward as they stood at a double-wide podium and passed the spotlight back and forth in front of reporters.
The NFLPA has called a 3:15 PM CT press conference on Thursday just before Super Bowl XLV that will be played between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers this Sunday.