you are dead to me.I'm not even that upset. Great run the last two years. It had to end at some point. Go Tampa or Winnipeg.
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you are dead to me.I'm not even that upset. Great run the last two years. It had to end at some point. Go Tampa or Winnipeg.
He's really a jag. When he didnt bury that one with the wide open net on Murray I thought he couldn't handle the pressure. He whines more than Crysby.I woke up and the first thing I thought of was Kuznetsov doing that stupid **** bird thing.
I'm not okay with that.
Pens still beat the Flyers. That'll do.The only reason I'm upset is that it was the Capitals.I'm not even that upset. Great run the last two years. It had to end at some point. Go Tampa or Winnipeg.
In one year, the Eagles won a Super Bowl and the Caps made it back to the conference finals. Has not been a great year for schadenfreude
Not advocating cheap shots but first player to light him up while he's doing that after a goal, I'm a fan for life.He's really a jag. When he didnt bury that one with the wide open net on Murray I thought he couldn't handle the pressure. He whines more than Crysby.I woke up and the first thing I thought of was Kuznetsov doing that stupid **** bird thing.
I'm not okay with that.
Looking at the core 12-15 players, you're looking at a team that has played over 300+ games in the last three years, plus how ever many games the top guys played in the World Cup; of course they were gassed. This is not 1985, the physical grind of playing an NHL season and going deep in the playoffs is not as readily accommodated today. (This has always been one of my main arguments against NHL participation in the Olympics.) That, imo, is the main reason it took twenty years before there was a repeat champ...... that it was the Pens is awesome, and we should be grateful.This team was dead. No jump at all, especially from the players you’d expect. A lot of that was due to the defensive coverage. Seemed like they always had 2 and 3 back to the point that it felt like they had 7 skaters out there. I hope to hear about a number of injuries because that will give me all the explanation I’d need.
Very good take.Looking at the core 12-15 players, you're looking at a team that has played over 300+ games in the last three years, plus how ever many games the top guys played in the World Cup; of course they were gassed. This is not 1985, the physical grind of playing an NHL season and going deep in the playoffs is not as readily accommodated today. (This has always been one of my main arguments against NHL participation in the Olympics.) That, imo, is the main reason it took twenty years before there was a repeat champ...... that it was the Pens is awesome, and we should be grateful.
I'm not the slightest bit chapped that they were eliminated.
I don't understand how it is "unacceptable".I'm still upset over this loss. We had a lead in the 3rd period twice in their barn and found a way to lose. Unacceptable to lose this series regardless of the success of the last two years.
Because they played like trash compared to the last two runs. Letang was a dolt, Murray was average, and there was a lack of urgency that they displayed in the previous years. They underachieved and let a lesser team beat them.I don't understand how it is "unacceptable".I'm still upset over this loss. We had a lead in the 3rd period twice in their barn and found a way to lose. Unacceptable to lose this series regardless of the success of the last two years.
In the end I agree that it is likely either Tampa or a west coast team beats us because they are better. My issue is the Caps team wasn't as good as they have been in the past and the Pens let them sleepwalk them into submission.We outplayed them in most games. In that sense, it’s kind of unacceptable.
The issue I have with it all is that if Wilson didn’t scumbag ZAR, I think we win the game and the series. They were falling asleep at that point, and hadn’t really found their game. We could have stepped on their throats. Instead, we got all mentally screwed up and lost our path.
It’s all academic since Tampa and the western team all would have had their way with us. I just really hate Wilson and don’t like that he gets to move on. Kuzy and oshie are buttholes too but not enough for me to care. Wilson drags down the overall likability of the team several bajillion points.
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