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ryman1566
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Let's Go Pens, PA
Joined: 02.06.2007

Jan 29 @ 10:19 PM ET
woohoo won the pens rpedictor.. 5 goals.. free pizza hut breadsticks
- nh4442


Nice didn't get the $100 gift cert tho?
brianb0422
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Joined: 07.12.2010

Jan 29 @ 10:20 PM ET
woohoo won the pens rpedictor.. 5 goals.. free pizza hut breadsticks
- nh4442


Use them to mop up the tears while watching Thursdays game.
acdc1206
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Fire Sullivan, PA
Joined: 06.13.2007

Jan 29 @ 10:24 PM ET
The interesting thing is this is the second stinker at home. And I do mean STINKER!
Plus Isles have our number since last year.

- powerhouse


They've been stinking at home since late last season and in the playoffs too.

What a crappy effort.
nh4442
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: @MyDaddysInTheAF, PA
Joined: 05.28.2010

Jan 29 @ 10:26 PM ET
Nice didn't get the $100 gift cert tho?
- ryman1566

nope and it wasnt free breadsticks, it was just a coupon...wtf!!
canadianpenfan
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Calgary
Joined: 05.13.2010

Jan 29 @ 10:28 PM ET
I saw Callahan leave the game in rough shape, anyone see what happened to him?
nh4442
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: @MyDaddysInTheAF, PA
Joined: 05.28.2010

Jan 29 @ 10:30 PM ET
I saw Callahan leave the game in rough shape, anyone see what happened to him?
- canadianpenfan

talbot dislocated his shoulder in a fight... talbo went down and drug him down to the ice awkwardly...
Gunner Staal
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: @gunnerstaal @Hockey_Hurts hoc, NY
Joined: 04.19.2007

Jan 29 @ 10:46 PM ET
If the Penguins are playing like this in 2 weeks I'll start to raise a concern.
PensMalkin71
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Joined: 07.18.2011

Jan 29 @ 10:53 PM ET
true but whats worse lack of def-dman or lack of scoring?
- nh4442

Lack of D. Only get a forward if he fits the bill.
madmike71
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Joined: 12.21.2006

Jan 29 @ 10:57 PM ET
If the Penguins are playing like this in 2 weeks I'll start to raise a concern.
- Gunner Staal


Other than some odd games here and there, this team has been playing like this since the stretch run at the end of last year.


Gunner Staal
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: @gunnerstaal @Hockey_Hurts hoc, NY
Joined: 04.19.2007

Jan 29 @ 11:06 PM ET
Other than some odd games here and there, this team has been playing like this since the stretch run at the end of last year.
- madmike71


This isn't the same team as last year. No training camp, new faces, and new roles for certain players. 10 games is about the time a sample size can start to be trusted. Normally I like to see 20 games but that is almost half the season this year.

Fact is 87 and 71 need to be better. They are making very uncharacteristic plays with the puck. I have never seen them have the puck deflected so often in their careers.
canadianpenfan
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Calgary
Joined: 05.13.2010

Jan 30 @ 12:06 AM ET
This isn't the same team as last year. No training camp, new faces, and new roles for certain players. 10 games is about the time a sample size can start to be trusted. Normally I like to see 20 games but that is almost half the season this year.

Fact is 87 and 71 need to be better. They are making very uncharacteristic plays with the puck. I have never seen them have the puck deflected so often in their careers.

- Gunner Staal



That poopshow was hard to watch, i'll sleep on it and re-evaluate tomorrow. But to say I'm not at least mildly concerned would be a lie.
SayWhat...NoWay
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Joined: 09.04.2012

Jan 30 @ 12:12 AM ET
Fact is 87 and 71 need to be better. They are making very uncharacteristic plays with the puck. I have never seen them have the puck deflected so often in their careers.
- Gunner Staal


Not sure which islander it was but he straight up outworked sid and dumped the puck out of the zone...not good seeing sid out worked..he barely fought for it. No structure, no grit, just nothing. I believe that was by far the worst game in the crosby era..
SayWhat...NoWay
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Joined: 09.04.2012

Jan 30 @ 12:15 AM ET
Best way to put it is that there was zero emotion..oh until the last 30 seconds when cooke tried...about 59min 30sec to late
canadianpenfan
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Calgary
Joined: 05.13.2010

Jan 30 @ 12:16 AM ET
Not sure which islander it was but he straight up outworked sid and dumped the puck out of the zone...not good seeing sid out worked..he barely fought for it. No structure, no grit, just nothing. I believe that was by far the worst game in the crosby era..
- SayWhat...NoWay



In the last 3 or 4 years I'd have to agree. At least I can't recall a worse game right now. Not when comparing scores but just with how bad they played.
SayWhat...NoWay
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Joined: 09.04.2012

Jan 30 @ 12:25 AM ET
In the last 3 or 4 years I'd have to agree. At least I can't recall a worse game right now. Not when comparing scores but just with how bad they played.
- canadianpenfan


We've def been beaten by worse scores but..its like no one cared at all. It was a weird one for sure and hopefully they get this turned around.
powerhouse
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Columbia , MD
Joined: 11.28.2006

Jan 30 @ 7:03 AM ET
In the last 3 or 4 years I'd have to agree. At least I can't recall a worse game right now. Not when comparing scores but just with how bad they played.
- canadianpenfan


I think the jig is up.
Reverend Killtaker
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Alexandria, VA
Joined: 07.02.2008

Jan 30 @ 7:31 AM ET
The funny thing is there are a few players on this team playing for contracts, either re-upping with the Pens or auditioning for other NHL teams. Many are playing like they have no recognition of that.
Gunner Staal
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: @gunnerstaal @Hockey_Hurts hoc, NY
Joined: 04.19.2007

Jan 30 @ 7:41 AM ET
Its not an excuse because clearly every player has the ability on every single night to put forth an acceptable level of effort, but we are still in the same time frame window of what would be the preseason. That window is closing though and the time is now to get it together.
bsccdc1971
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Joined: 07.02.2008

Jan 30 @ 8:29 AM ET
Lifeless... except the kid from Laval, Quebec.
nh4442
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: @MyDaddysInTheAF, PA
Joined: 05.28.2010

Jan 30 @ 8:31 AM ET
hate the mornings after a horrible loss......

what rumors are we going to start today?
powerhouse
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Columbia , MD
Joined: 11.28.2006

Jan 30 @ 8:40 AM ET
hate the mornings after a horrible loss......

what rumors are we going to start today?

- nh4442


The team has Herpes. How's that?
SayWhat...NoWay
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Joined: 09.04.2012

Jan 30 @ 8:44 AM ET
hate the mornings after a horrible loss......

what rumors are we going to start today?

- nh4442


Sid, Geno, Neal, Letang and Fleury to Toronto for Future considerations lol
nh4442
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: @MyDaddysInTheAF, PA
Joined: 05.28.2010

Jan 30 @ 8:48 AM ET
The team has Herpes. How's that?
- powerhouse

no talbot left so that rumor wont float
nbartley9
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Joined: 01.31.2012

Jan 30 @ 8:49 AM ET
Bylsma is GARBAGE!!!!
5 min PP cant score; Really?
Worst PP set up that I have ever seen, NEAL AT THE POINT way to go fool.
The team has stopped responding to him, that is the sign of the end.
This team has no structure, no plan at all. "Play north-south Penguins hockey" that is how every team in the league plays, its called hockey.
Its a shame we have already wasted 3 years of Malkin, Crosby, Fleury, and Letang's career with this guy behind the bench.
I dont want to see it become a 4th year, he needs to go and he needs to go now.
Please do not reply to me " he won us the cup" because that is total crap. Michael Therrien's system was in place, a team with a plan and structure. The problem was that year that the team stopped responding to him, SAME WAY THEY HAVE BYLSMA. All Bylsma did was loosen the reins, that was all they needed that year. There is a reason hockey coaches only last 3-4 years unless you are a HOF coach, they lose effectiveness. This man has lost the team and has no sign of getting them back.
SayWhat...NoWay
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Joined: 09.04.2012

Jan 30 @ 8:50 AM ET
Practice better be Herb Brooks today.(whistle) again...(whistle) again..
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