Hey guys, thanks for not embarrassing us today. We did a good enough job doing that ourselves.
- canadianpenfan

you're a good dude, cpf, and deserve better.

Well if you're talking about today I'm very disgusted/disappointed/embarrassed. I don't think it's the norm for him like I'm sure alot of you do though. He led the team and as a whole the team acted like a 2 year old that had their toy taken away. It was utterly disgusting.
- canadianpenfan

Your a standup guy! Kudos.

When the other team curses me, I figure I've done a good job
- nails

MUST read this from a Pens fan email to the Pitts organization...

http://mobile.pensburgh.c...er-to-penguins-management

heres the whole email..

An Open Letter to Penguins Management
by ozman_fiftyone on Apr 15, 2012 6:27 PM EDT


To whom it may concern,

I've been a hockey fan since I was 3 years old when I saw the US Olympic Team defeat the Soviet Union at Lake Placid. That game made hockey an essential part of who I am. When I was 7, I went to my first Penguins game. Randy Carlyle was captain. Mario Lemieux was a name no one outside of the QMJHL knew. There were few hockey fans in Pittsburgh. I've been a proud fan and supporter of this team and have donned its colors and logo with pride every day of every year since then, even when Rico Fata was on the roster.

Until today.



The way in which to Penguins conducted themselves in Philadelphia on Sunday validates every criticism that members of media and other fanbases have espoused in the post lockout era. We have been called entitled, spoiled & arrogant. Those critiques were turned into indisputable facts with our absolute lack of discipline, class and professionalism. We fell behind in a game with massive importance to our post season and instead of acting like professionals we looked more like a John Stevens coached Flyers team that saw Mike Richards take runs at Marc-Andre Fleury and Scott Hartnell biting the finger of Kris Letang as the 09-10 campaign began. The role reversal is now complete. We are what we hated so much about them.

We are now the, throw-a-temper-tantrum-when-we-are-down, team that we railed against just a few years ago. The Flyers are now the disciplined, professional team. I still hate them but now I am also completely embarrassed to have the Penguins logo on the front of my sweater as I type this.

“We, as a league, must do a better job of protecting the integrity of the game and the safety of our players. We must make it clear that those kinds of actions will not be tolerated and will be met with meaningful disciplinary action." - Mario Lemieux in reference to NHL's lack of action for Islander's Goonery vs Penguins

I challenge Mario Lemieux to publicly apologize to not only the Flyers, but to the NHL for marring the great spectacle that is the Stanley Cup Playoffs with the childishness the Penguins as a team portrayed on Sunday. Mr. Lemieux wasted no time in chastising a New York Islanders team only a year ago for very similar conduct against our own players. If no apology is forthcoming in some fashion the Penguins organization will additionally look like hypocrites on top of the embarrassed and arrogant hockey club, they are undoubtedly, as they walk off of Wells Fargo Center ice.

I hope everyone in the upper levels of the Penguins Organization heard the chant that went up repeatedly today. "You can't beat us" That is a factual statement, as long as we continue to approach the game in the same way we have recently.

The Penguins have acted like an entitled, too cool for your club publicly for some time now, even to it's own fans at times. That mentality is pervasive and has bled into the on ice product. We looked like the Flyers today and we never want to look like the goon-Flyers team we all criticized and detested for years, ever again.

The failure of the players to control themselves, the coaches to control the players is now up to you to correct at a management level. The Penguins players and coaches that took part in the game today took a muddy boot and stepped on the legacy of the logo on the front of the sweater. They embarrassed the franchise and everyone who's ever worn its uniform, our city, and all of their fans.

Sincerely,

@ozman51

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- Buzzo

Can't argue with a single word. All the time we fans spend defending them and they turn around and make everyone look like geniuses in 60 minutes.

He had one thing on his mind and that was to knock Couturier out. The thing that pisses me off is that Neal then takes a run at Giroux seconds later.

This clown had the stones to say he let up on the Couturier hit.
- stveshdy

WORD!!

There was no puck, that's what was so ridiculous, so he never knew it was coming.

Neal has no stones after today

People's emotions are running high. Most of us probably have been taught growing up that if some does something to you or a teammate you do the same.

We all know the big picture and what needs to be done. People are just letting out the emotions bc their pissed off at the way the Pens handled losing today.
- stveshdy

Cooler heads prevail. I want the ultimate revenge. Sending them to the golf course.

you're a good dude, cpf, and deserve better.
- hammarby31

I'm not handing in my fan card over this. But it was frustrating to watch them act like the spoiled brats everyone portrays them as.

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=628027
Crosby's career needs to end.

I'm not handing in my fan card over this. But it was frustrating to watch them act like the spoiled brats everyone portrays them as.
- canadianpenfan

Have to hope it's a learning experience for those involved. Either to get back into this series or to take into next season

What happened today almost makes me feel embarrassed for the entire sport.

Cooler heads prevail. I want the ultimate revenge. Sending them to the golf course.
- MJL

Without question. Nothing would be better than to end this series on home ice in front of the Flyers fans.

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=628027
Crosby's career needs to end.
- Richieattack18

His sense of entitlement is insane. I think #99 needs to come out and set his butt straight publicly.

A little lighthearted video..

http://www.youtube.com/wa...g&feature=player_embedded

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=628027
Crosby's career needs to end.
- Richieattack18

Thanks you just made me hate him even more.

I'm not handing in my fan card over this. But it was frustrating to watch them act like the spoiled brats everyone portrays them as.
- canadianpenfan

nor should you, because your fandom goes beyond the specific players on this particular club.

crosby was a flat out embarrassment today and the cause of much of the stupidity. he didn't take much responsibility in the post game either.

nor should you, because your fandom goes beyond the specific players on this particular club.

crosby was a flat out embarrassment today and the cause of much of the stupidity. he didn't take much responsibility in the post game either.
- hammarby31

This is what happens when your spoiled your entire life.

What happened today almost makes me feel embarrassed for the entire sport.
- KGBflyers10

+1. Really marring some exciting hockey. In all the series, not just this one.

Way to go Philly!
Now, win the next game so I don't have to cheer for Philly ever again!

His sense of entitlement is insane. I think #99 needs to come out and set his butt straight publicly.
- hereticpride

Wonder if it would have done some good for him to play some more years with guys like Guerin and Roberts

Way to go Philly!
Now, win the next game so I don't have to cheer for Philly ever again!
- madcow251

C'mon, you'd root for the Rangers?

C'mon, you'd root for the Rangers?
- eayost

I'll root for the Flyers over the Rangers.

Way to go Philly!
Now, win the next game so I don't have to cheer for Philly ever again!
- madcow251

You can't possibly root for the Rags..

You can't possibly root for the Rags..
- Richieattack18

i could never, ever. ever.

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=628027
Crosby's career needs to end.
- Richieattack18

He's just a brat

What happened today almost makes me feel embarrassed for the entire sport.
- KGBflyers10

Playoff hockey. Have to expect the unexpected.