Wasn't Neal a clubhouse cancer in Pittsburgh?
Kessel when he's carrying the puck imo, but Neal by a country mile at shooting as he receives a pass. Neal's one-time snapshot is absolutely insane, and Kessel simply doesn't have it.
Clubhouse cancer? No way. He and Malkin were exceptionally close. If there were any gripes off the ice with Neal, it was that he was a bit of a jerk and liked to party. In other words, your typical star athlete, that's it.
On the ice, the issues were his two-way play and his penchant for bad penalties. But his shot was incredible and the chemistry he had with Malkin was outstanding.
Neal became expendable because he was too similar to the other Penguins scorers. They needed something different in their forward group and Hornqvist was the perfect target.
Two of the top five players in the entire NHL play for the Pens. If they don't win they are a disappointment.
Game 1: Preds
Game 2: Pens
Game 3: Pens
Game 4: Preds
Game 5: Pens
Game 6: Preds
Game 7: Preds
How I see it but I'm also a Preds fan.
Two of the top five players in the entire NHL play for the Pens. If they don't win they are a disappointment.
This is the NHL, not NBA.
those stories were pushed by the media. same as despres
The Penguins have only lost 2 games in a row in the playoffs 3 times in the last 2 years (twice against Washington this year, one against Tampa Bay last year), and for some reason, I don't think game 6 and 7 of a cup finals would be the 4th time. That's one thing I'm really confident in this team doing, not losing back to back games.
Would love to see an explanation on how that's possible without getting eliminated,
They weren't eliminated the last two years