Worst D core to win a cup

[ranold26]

Nashville was so bad offensively, that Pittsburgh's pathetic D got it done.
As a D oriented fan, one of the worst, if not worst, finals of all time.

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[Empoleon8771]

The Penguins don't have "pathetic D". It's highly mediocre, but it's not "pathetic".

 

[tom_servo]

Great team D on the Pens. Kind of a total philosophy. But that D core is totally underwhelming in a vacuum.

 

[Night Shift]

The worst ever!

 

[hagelin1381]

yeah, probably. I'm pretty sure Schultz was the only righty they dressed for the majority of the playoffs. They played well as a committee, a bend, dont break mentality

 

[maxmn]

This pathetic D just had two shutouts...and lifting their second consecutive cup. The vaunted D of Nashville is crying in their pile of dead fish.

 

[deathtouchtrample]

Saw on Twitter this is the first year none of the defensemen to dress for a cup winner in the final have never had a single norris vote between them.

 

[useless]

Nashville was so bad offensively, that Pittsburgh's pathetic D got it done.
As a D oriented fan, one of the worst, if not worst, finals of all time.

With this solid logic the caps and bluejackets have pathetic offence?

 

[Aaaaaaaaaaaaa]

I am going to say it was probably on paper the worst D core to ever win a Cup, but they played about ten levels above their pay grades, especially Hainsey. I never saw that coming, tbh.

 

[SEALBound]

Pens defense shut out the Preds in the last two games.

 

[tom_servo]

I will say that guys like Dumoulin and Cole are hopefully undervalued enough to keep for a while.

 

[Zirakzigil]

Saw on Twitter this is the first year none of the defensemen to dress in for a cup winner in the final have never had a single norris vote between them.

Which is very impressive. The defense wasn't bad, just didn't have a well known guy back there.

 

[Le Magnifique 66]

Pathetic D with back to back Cups.

They're a solid core, much better with Letang in it but even without, there is no one that stands out but no one is that bad

 

[Viletho]

Hockey isn't played on paper. That's all. And defence is played by 5 guys.

 

[Aerchon]

Absolutely worst defense. Or one of them. Very weak SCF.

 

[Canadian Game]

Just goes to show you don't need a #1 dman to win. Meanwhile they had to compete against some of the league's top defence rosters in the NHL (Washington, Nashville).

 

[Alwalys]

IMO this is indicative of the scoring problem the game has. It's too hard to score goals in the league right now. That gives teams that get outplayed every opportunity to catch a lucky bounce.

 

[The Shovel Penguin]

[MOD] They got the job done for themselves and weren't there to entertain you.

 

[ColePens]

Every year.. people keep talking about how bad our defense is. Just keep talking about it.

 

[gallagt01]

Dumoulin is really, really good.

 

[bathroomSTAAL]

The Penguins D is not pathetic. They have 6 middle-pairing defenseman. It wasn't pretty but guess what, it got it done.

 

[Machinehead]

IMO this is indicative of the scoring problem the game has. It's too hard to score goals in the league right now. That gives teams that get outplayed every opportunity to catch a lucky bounce.

I think this is accurate.

Even more than luck, goalitending is too much of a factor in today's NHL.

Pittsburgh won because Murray was in a different universe from Rinne.

 

[TheStatican]

Saw on Twitter this is the first year none of the defensemen to dress in for a cup winner in the final have never had a single norris vote between them.

I can see Schultz getting a 5th places votes this year, just look at the list of D that got one last year> http://www.hockey-reference.com/awards/voting-2016.html#all-norris-stats

This pathetic D just had two shutouts...and lifting their second consecutive cup. The vaunted D of Nashville is crying in their pile of dead fish.

Can someone tell me again why was that even a thing?

 

[jdpitt05]

Could one say that they underestimated how bad their D corps was?

 

[S E P H]

Every year.. people keep talking about how bad our defense is. Just keep talking about it.

Oh don't worry we will be...

When you guys miss the playoffs next season by one point only to win the draft lottery for Dahlin because you know, you sold your soul to the devil. There will be a billion threads about it.