Hey now! Let's Not Forget About Pittsburgh!

[serp]

I mean its suprising that it ended in a sweep but the Isles looked like the favorites to me and also quite a few pundints . Crosby , Malkin and Kessel or not that was not a very good Penguin team this season.

 

[TooManyHumans]

One of the best parts of watching the Pens get swept was reminiscing about all the threads from the past 2 years where their fans kept talking about how garbage Marc Andre Fleury is and now their team is golfing (again) while he's still posting shutouts in the playoffs (again).

I wonder what crow tastes like?

Murray was far from the reason the Pens got swept. He was great down the stretch, posting a .930 save percentage since he came back from injury.

 

[BmxHockey]

The Pens lack luck moving defenseman and as a result spent a lot of time in their zone and had little room through the neutral

 

[ZeroPucksGiven]

One of the best parts of watching the Pens get swept was reminiscing about all the threads from the past 2 years where their fans kept talking about how garbage Marc Andre Fleury is and now their team is golfing (again) while he's still posting shutouts in the playoffs (again).

I wonder what crow tastes like?

It tastes like 2 Cups in a row.
How has your team treated you the past 4 years in April...oh yea....

 

[Karl Eriksson]

The favorite and more talented team won. Not a huge shock.

 

[third man in]

The favorite and more talented team won. Not a huge shock.

The Isles had a whole 2 points more in the reg season. Also the Pens have more talent than the Isles overall.

 

[TheOtherOne]

Pittsburgh sucks. They're a bubble team that barely made the playoffs. Why is their early elimination thread worthy?

 

[Frank Drebin]

Yes, I almost forgot about Pittsburgh.


Ha ha...ha!

 

[General Disarray]

LOL I truly forgot Pittsburg crapped the bed too. They are lucky Tampa is taking all the attention.

 

[Beauner]

LOL I truly forgot Pittsburg crapped the bed too. They are lucky Tampa is taking all the attention.

H

 

[Misery74]

Like? Johnson is bad but its only 3 million.

Maatta is moveable at 4mil and is better than Pens fans let on.


If Hornqvist is this for the future...then yah that's a bad contract. But i think he'll rebound...hopefully.

Pittsburgh is in trouble from a cap perspective. They have over $7m committed to JJ and EG.

Hornqvists best days are behind him, he is a PP specialist at this point.

I don’t believe any of those contracts are moveable. That means someone else will need to go, like Kessel.

They have no prospects to speak of.

This may be the start of some tough times in Pittsburgh. The math is not in their favor.

 

[Kamiccolo]

I love me a good shit on the Pens thread but Crosby, Malkin, Letang, etc all have nothing left to prove. All HOF players, 3 cups, multiple individual awards, top of their positions for many years.

Tampa on the other hand was hyped as the cup winner and Tampa fans acted like you were an idiot for suggesting otherwise. That's where the difference is. Their core is overrated big time.

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

Having the most successful team of the era helps ease the pain.

 

[Hoek]

Definitely one of the most overlooked sweeps of all time, rightfully so, but wow this one was pretty bad, too.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

They can retool, but constant high finishes have left the prospect cupboard bear.

It's probably going to be a painful rebuild when Crosby and Malkin finally decide to become old men.

Uncle Gary will just gift us the 1st overall when the next generational player comes along. Pens won't miss a beat when Sid and Geno move on.

 

[Madifer]

Pittsburgh is becoming Detroit of
2010- now.

Good luck recovering.

 

[BrockLobster]

The Isles had a whole 2 points more in the reg season. Also the Pens have more talent than the Isles overall.

3 more points and no the pens do not have more talent overall.

 

[serp]

The Isles had a whole 2 points more in the reg season. Also the Pens have more talent than the Isles overall.

The Pens have more and better elite talent. That Isles team has overall more talent throughout the lineup.

 

[Gnashville]

They are now guaranteed to get Alexis Lafreniere next year so it not a big deal for them.

 

[lebdafor norris]

Uncle Gary will just gift us the 1st overall when the next generational player comes along. Pens won't miss a beat when Sid and Geno move on.

Except somewhere along the way, the Penguins draft lottery fixed gets botch resulting in another 1st overall pick for New Jersey.

 

[ThreeLeftSkates]

I love me a good **** on the Pens thread but Crosby, Malkin, Letang, etc all have nothing left to prove. All HOF players, 3 cups, multiple individual awards, top of their positions for many years.

Tampa on the other hand was hyped as the cup winner and Tampa fans acted like you were an idiot for suggesting otherwise. That's where the difference is. Their core is overrated big time.

Letang in the Hall of Fame?
Yikes!

 

[SUBdrewgANS]

But if you watched the penguins at all this season, this outcome isn't all that surprising. I guess a sweep wasn't expected, but I didn't have that much hope they'd get out of the first round.

Compared to TBL.. so it's apples and oranges really..

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

After this season Crosby and Malkin will always be remembered as playoff chokers...

If you've got the memory of a goldfish, sure. Most normal people probably won't judge players with their playoff resumes based on a 4 game sample size.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Except somewhere along the way, the Penguins draft lottery fixed gets botch resulting in another 1st overall pick for New Jersey.

The league probably forgot to update their database and still lists Shero as GM of the Pens. Which explains why they're suddenly getting "lucky" with all these 1st overall picks.

 

[Name Nameless]

I just wanted to say I share the pain of all the Pens-fans.

Oh no. I don't. Goodbye Dynasty.

And thanks to the Islanders for that.