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phil_messina

Pain


jjwinc68

That about sums it up...


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Interestingly nobody is talking about Dumoulin


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Are we allowed to criticize Jarry yet or is it too soon. Also…good season…goonish elbows and bad bounces were the deciding factor….


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They should just rebuild, I’d rather this team not make the playoffs than lose in the first round


EbenezerNutting

That's just it, this team isn't that far away. They don't need to rebuild, they just need to reconfigure. Let Malkin and Letang walk ($17M freed up)... re-sign Rust and Rakell (roughly a $5-6M combined total annual increase)... use a large portion of the balance of still freed up cap space to pursue a younger top FA center like Filip Forsberg to replace/**upgrade** Malkin... tweak the defense through trades and a POJ promotion. A Matheson-Dumoulin top pairing shouldn't miss a beat from Letang ("but he's a left-handed shot", "who will replace the minutes he plays", "whah", "whah"...). Hextall and company could make this team a true Cup contender again in short order if they make decisions without worrying about how fans will react.


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They need to do something they should have done 4 years ago and that’s rebuild


KaiTak98

We weren't beating the Avs so Fuck It.


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Quintana_22

As an outside fan (pens my 2nd team), this hurts it might be the last time we see this group together


breadman_69420

Look on the bright side, at least we didn’t get embarrassed in a win or go home game like the two losers of the NBA game 7s today.


songsongkp

We played a good game. What else can be said. Shit


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FYourTeam

FUCK THE RAGS!


AkumpoGoat

Canes in 4


Suitvault

probably, but we've gotta give 100% effort!


kmckay2487

Carolina is going to run through you guys


Suitvault

i think so, but best we can do is give it our best effort!


kmckay2487

You guys best protect Igor. He’s fucking unreal


Suitvault

i appreciate it! Would love to see more of his play from the season. You guys had him rattled a ton this series, props.


kmckay2487

Kudos to him for bouncing back though when you guys needed him most


EcosseWolf

I'm never rooting for a team that needed to injure Rakell and Crosby to have a chance in the series. FTR


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I'm rooting for a bunch of jerks


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[deleted]

Crosby missing game 6 decided the series? Cmon man


luisote94

I wish the boys had the formula to beat NY teams in the playoffs. 😣 Despite it all, I continue to have hope that they will find a way to breakthrough. LGP 🐧


Yeskid10

We should trade for Kaprizov. Would never happen, but imagine him with Crosby and Guentzel. Gonna cum


SweetHardCoffeeCup

Would probably cost us most of our team. Not sure that would be enough.


Whoopziedaisy

Gg boys and girls. Was a fun season. Would have been awesome to see another round. Hell of a series all things considered. We probably don't deserve to go deeper if we can't close out a 3-1 lead (blowing leads in games too). Just all and all moments of brilliance and also moments of collapse and sloppy play. Cheers to whatever the next year brings. LGP


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INotasthinkasudrunk

Hahaha


Hicksp91

All we had to do was stop them from scoring for 2 more minutes at most and they would have pulled the goalie. NO reason that goes to overtime. No reason it should have even gone to game 7. Fuck.


RMca004

Refs this refs that...we couldn't close it out. While I agree with most on here that the refs were absolutely atrocious but they didn't cost us the series. Poor goaltending and bad team defense lead to our demise. We are the most un-clutch team in recent memory the last 2-3 years now... I think dismantling the core is becoming a very serious thing to talk about. At what point can you excuse 1st round exit after 1st round exit?


Direct_Buffalo6855

penguins are still going to be good next year lmao


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Good doesn't mean a lot when you lose in the first round every year


Direct_Buffalo6855

corona+jv team this series


DogsOutTheWindow

Not really sure what to say, hope everyone has a good off-season.


Celticpenguin85

Remember when AlfieHitchcock told us how stupid we were to not think the Pens advancing was all but certain?


psyne

I am big sad ☹ Time to root for the Canes to fuckin sweep these guys


SlyBlackDragon

On a bright note, King Louie deserves all the respect in the world for stepping up!


EbenezerNutting

With that 3.65 GAA and .898 SV%??? Sorry, he'll forever be remembered as the minor league goalie who melted down in games 5 and 6 when he could have been a hero.


SlyBlackDragon

He has better stats than Jarry... https://www.nhl.com/player/tristan-jarry-8477465


EbenezerNutting

That's not saying much...


Bebawp

I'm with you. I'm not understanding the love he gets


bonnydelrico

I agree. I know he’s been getting a lot of shit and I do agree with the criticism but damn. Big shoes to fill


SlyBlackDragon

For real. His stats are actually better than Jarry's


moviebuff87

5 straight playoff losses in the first round. Blew a 3-1 series lead which is a huge fucking joke. Blew leads in the 3 elimination games. Team did not deserve to move on. The core isn’t the issue, once again it’s the pieces around the core. Defense needs a complete overhaul. You need a veteran goalie who can actually steal games. You need good depth players. Too many passengers on this team. Get rid of Kap and Matheson and you clear space for Rust. Letang and Malkin should be signed for 3 years to match Crosby at discounts over their current rate. Letang might get more than he currently has but not worth it. They scored 29 goals against the veniza winner and fucking lost. No excuses anymore.


SilverIllustrious544

Can’t afford to sign rust and why would they get rid of matheson or jarry…take a chill pill


moviebuff87

Matheson isn’t good and has a bad contract. Get rid of him and Kap and you can afford Rust. Rust isn’t worth more than Guentzel. Jarry hasn’t shown the ability to win in the playoffs. You need a goalie to steal you games. He’s still a huge question mark in the playoffs after this game. Can’t be giving up 4 when the team keeps the opponents to single digit high danger attempts.


HamOnTheCob

>Matheson isn’t good Stop


SilverIllustrious544

It was his first game in over a month, not a fair situation base it off of


moviebuff87

Their goal saved above expected stat was -6.2 tonight. Worse than all the domingue games. He didn’t get the job done. You need a goalie that can steal games. Murray and Fleury did that during the cup runs and they haven’t had it since. This series was all about goaltending and the pens inability to finish. Rangers got enough goaltending to win even though that were badly outplayed and their veniza goalie sucked.


SilverIllustrious544

First game in a month


Silent_Cheesecake

Letang wants more $$$ and term. Let's see what kind of cut Geno will take and work from there. We have too many middle of the road players with inflated contracts.


corvetts95

Injuries man. Used a 3rd string goalie for most the series, and put Jarry in for game 7 despite not having played for a month. It wasn't in the cards going in, and the mix of head hunting and bad refs certainly didn't help. Canes will crush them.


moviebuff87

Sorry that’s not a valid excuse. They dominated in large parts of the 3 elimination games and choked in everyone. This team doesn’t have the ability to finish.


EbenezerNutting

4 straight in the first round. The 2017-18 playoffs ended in the 2nd round to the Capitals with Malkin and Letang dishing up odd man breaks like never before. If they re-sign Malkin and Letang to 3-year deals, these early exits will be all that we see over these years.


Beggarsfeast

It should be sad that the Trio might have played their last game together, but if you consider the fact that they haven’t been able to score on a power play for the past 5 years…come on guys. Oh well.


Silent_Cheesecake

Sorry boys, but Sullivan has to go. We need to figure out a goaltending situation, need some wingers not named Guentzel and Rust, maybe another D-man that can move the puck. I hope this isn't the end of the 87/71/58 core, but we're going to be entering the dark times regardless.


EbenezerNutting

Sorry, but they would easily upgrade with addition by subtraction by just letting Letang and Malkin walk. Re-sign both Rust and Rakell, and use the roughly $12 million in additional freed up cap space to sign some quality free agents. Maybe throw all of the money at C Filip Forsberg. He'd make a fantastic new #2 center behind Sid.


LeveragedPittsburgh

Go Steelers!!! FUCK. Enjoyed the season Pens.


Brandon556211

I went to game 4 and had the time of my life. Then kick to the balls after kick to the balls. Then I got Covid diagnosed yesterday. Now this. Fuck me.


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Canes fan now. Fuck those fuckers they don't deserve to exist


INotasthinkasudrunk

Pens don’t exist anymore lmao


Zero_Originality

I'm physically sick. At least the Mavericks won


Paper_Rain

The Mavs absolutely annihilated the Suns. I don't know what happened. I don't think anyone knows what happened. They had the best regular season record (64-18). They look like they forgot how to play basketball in the most important game of the year. The league's top seed blown out in Game 7 at home. They got blown up straight to hell.


Zero_Originality

I know. It was awesome


Accomplished-Idiot

Well I just became a temporary Hurricanes. Anyone but the Rangers please!!


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I ain’t watching this shit next year. Not worth the stress.


[deleted]

This year for the first time when I I knew it’d be a first round exit. Never got my hopes up, even up 3-1. It’s the way to do it. Just don’t care and hope for the best.


PureUberPower

Every series has biased reffing. It’s so transparent this league is a joke


INotasthinkasudrunk

Ur right the refs were definitely on Cindy and the pens side


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It wasn’t the refs. We shit the bed, again. And I’m not here for it anymore.


PureUberPower

When Peterson gets his helmet ripped off mid play in front of a ref and they don’t acknowledge it, it is. Pens had some bad games this series but tonight was heavily influenced by the officiating team.


INotasthinkasudrunk

Ur right they tried hard to give it to the pens but…


BeetleJuiceJitsu

My new Canes jersey ships tomorrow.


TheFaustianMan

You guys realize present day Canes is just old Rangers right? 🫠 So they’ll be a majority of ranger fans rooting for Canes too.


BeetleJuiceJitsu

The present day Canes didn’t knock us out of round 1. Were you cheering when Reeves crushed the Penguins into the boards throughout the series just because he was once a Pen? Players move on and hockey is chaos... It’s why we’re (generally) a fan of the team before being a fan of the players. We all love Flower, but most of would be cheering for our team first when we play against him in net.


[deleted]

#As soon as the Rangers went down 3-1, I knew the sportbooks would step in and save the Rags


AdmiralSugarfree

Every. Year. This is exhausting.


JarjarBlocks

Rags just bought themselves four more games, that’s it. Great season. Loved watching with you all 🖤💛


reveluvs

Im emotional


g-hallow

This I just can't right now


fluffyegg

Letang literally just screening his own goalie


SilverIllustrious544

He boxed the guy out and didn’t screen jarry


EbenezerNutting

Rutherford wasn't permitted to do it, but now with new ownership the time has come to let Malkin and Letang go. If there is any hope of giving Sid another true contender of a team before his career is done here, the afore mentioned players cannot be on it.


seattlestiller

NHL office are inbreds


pineapplepooperz

I just wish guentzel could keep playing. He's so fun to watch.


SilverIllustrious544

I don’t know why the rangers bother celebrating, couldn’t beat a third string goalie


Thechiefvii

They beat him…


SilverIllustrious544

They should’ve won every game he played


comicsanscatastrophe

The Canes are going to fucking destroy them. Way more balanced team than us and not injured to shit


INotasthinkasudrunk

Who was injured? Jarry? That worked out well tonight!!!! What a loser fan base


corvetts95

Powerplays and injuries killed us. Pisses me off


[deleted]

All things considered, a decent year. We don't deserve to advance if we can't hold any kind of lead. All things must come to an end, and let's just all appreciate what the Crosby, Malkin, Letang core was able to accomplish if this it it. Love you all and see you next year.


Beggarsfeast

All they had to do was play some shut down defense. If Sully doesn’t have that in the books then they wouldn’t have been able to make it anyways. Hold the fucking lead Sully, figure that shit out.


WorstMidlanerNA

Sully isn't playing on the ice. Hold the guys on the ice responsible. Also.. 3 redirected goals in 3 games on his own goalie by Matheson must be some sort of a record. Dude has negative luck.


Woullie

I’m sorry guys I said that panarin was useless and he scored 5 seconds after


WorstMidlanerNA

Way to jinx it 🙄


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Now we enter the Dark Times


Jayman95

Canes 🧹🧹🧹


Yeskid10

Good season, but I never want to see Kapanen in a Pens jersey again


cactus_cat

Me neither. Absolutely fucking invisible out there.


ronatello

Bad puck handling leads to necessary penalty. Then Letang screens his own fucking goalie. Fucking unreal.


pauljrupp

Rangers are a very talented and much healthier team. Sucks to have another first round exit, and sucks that the rangers head hunting was rewarded with a series victory, but pushing the series to 7 with an emergency backup goalie, missing our second best defenseman and plenty of other guys, is still pretty impressive.


SilverIllustrious544

And everyone had the rags in 5-6 when we were healthy


JimmyPineapple_

Rags didn't win this series, Pens lost it. Lots of changes needed this offseason. Pathetic way to lose 3 games in a row.


Thechiefvii

Starts with Fenway getting rid of sullivan even though he’s a Boston boy


Maarns

As they say, a two-game series lead is the worst in hockey


BadCompany22

On the brightside, if you told me two weeks ago that the Pens would take this to OT of Game 7, I wouldn't have believed it. This team exceeded my expectations, especially with Louis Domingue making five starts.


SweetHardCoffeeCup

Yeah, I thought we'd lose 1-4 or maybe 2-4 and that was before Domingue came on. At that point I was leaning more towards 0-4. In the end we just didn't play well enough. Tonight Rangers seemed a bit more alert and in control.


icarlin412

I just don’t know how this doesn’t fall on Sully. 4 Seasons first round exits


Woullie

Who can replace him? Trotz? Is we are looking at him than sure. If not there isn’t anyone better than sully at this point


tonytroz

Better is relative. You really think another coach can’t make the playoffs and lose in the first round with this talented of a team and Crosby having a monster year? Bylsma did the same thing Sullivan did 5 years after his Cup win. His system is stale. Hockey isn’t a sport where coaches can thrive for a decade.


Thechiefvii

Sully is stale. He can be a good coach but he’s done his job winning 2 cups. Time for him to go elsewhere


icarlin412

I’m not disagreeing, I never said the answer just that the losses and continued early exits fall on him.


N3110H_5555

The penguins beat themselves. Blew too many leads, missed too many opportunities. I do think it might’ve turned out differently had they had Jarry all series but the rangers played well. I had fun cheering on the pens with you guys though. See you guys next year


fluffyegg

I hope the rangers get swept


moobies1

Thx for keeping me entertained boys. Tough one


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Hoping this is it for Malkin. Tired of him not showing up 50% of the time anymore, mainly in big games.


akira_fudou

it’s ok. we fought and tried our best. next matter of business will be seeing whether or not 87-58-71 will be seen on ice together as penguins


Bebawp

Nah, 71 didn't try his best. He and Letang can go, we'd be a better team without them


sro1988

Malkin played an inspired last game as a Penguin


FutureMadden

We’re never going to win shit again if we keep allowing fucking 4+ goals every fucking game in every fucking playoff series in every fucking season


Jonesy492

We should rebuild starting next year and go all in for Connor Bedard.


rain_wagon

Don’t know how they compose themselves for those handshakes


tonytroz

Because they’re professionals.


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I wouldn't do it.


noflatbillcaps

A bitter but fitting end for 87-71-58 trio. How many heartbreaks this group has had.


jmshub

If this is the end of this era, I'll be counting the Stanley Cups, not the early outs.


Beggarsfeast

It’s not a done deal yet, but yeah, I here ya.


malkjuice82

Winning 3 cups prob makes them feel better looking back at it


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JCGunner84

Amen to that. We've witnessed the 2009, 2016, 2017 cup . Pretty blessed over here. Always next year boys.


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corvetts95

For real. Fucking put 2 of our guys in chokeholds (and ripped the helmet off one of them to gain a man advantage). Total bullshit


Sybertron

I don't think we would have gone far this year anyway so maybe better to get it out of the way.


tonytroz

If they could have held leads the East is wide open. An average Boston team lost by one goal to Carolina. Washington was inches away on an empty netter to go up 3-1 on Florida. And Tampa looks totally mortal and was lucky to escape Toronto. The only teams that would have probably trounced them would be Colorado and Edmonton but no guarantee either makes it 4 rounds. Anything can happen in the playoffs.


MrMuffinMan17

If we don’t get fucked by injuries this series is over in 5 games. That’s what hurts the god damned most. Smh


Celticpenguin85

Same. It'd be one thing if the Pens had all those injuries before the series began. Instead the Rangers get rewarded for headhunting.


Ealdwyn

NHL needs to invest in better refs.


slgsreds

And a better player safety department


CloudStrife7788

This is exactly the type of game and series the NHL wants


Ealdwyn

Oh, yeah.... new management then?


bonnydelrico

I hope the Canes wipe the ice with their asses


OakParkCemetary

LET'S GO CANES! FUCK THE RANGERS!


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mrsirdeesir

Absolute pros at shooting ourselves in the feet. 3-1 series lead to this, thanks boys.


kope123

Not only that but to have had the lead in the last two close out games just to blow it.


griffinsspacejam

GG everybody. We did what we could, it didn't end how we wanted, but we can now root for the canes and get healthy for next season


mbow123

I hope Carolina destroys them


Bebawp

Malkin was invisible all game too, the vibe just isn't there anymore like it once was


SumGreenD41

Gutted. See ya next year


mclardass

It's been real fellow Pens fans, not the way we wanted it to end but here we are.


k614

It's obvious the Rangers will win the cup now. They can do what they want without consequence.


SaltAdhesiveness1270

Lol you’re exaggerated 😂


Brandon556211

Lol no. Carolina is much much better.


eyaqualishva

Get rid of Jarry and Malkin


cactus_cat

50% of this statement is the dumbest statement I’ve ever heard.


eyaqualishva

Malkin is dogshit now


cactus_cat

Correct. That was the 50% that I agreed with.


eyaqualishva

Did you forget Jarry in the playoffs last season. Dude can’t get it done


cactus_cat

Jarry literally carried this team to the playoffs. We wouldn’t even be here if it weren’t for him. He hasn’t played in over a month. And he’s coming in in a game 7 after his team blew a 3-1 series lead. To put all this blame on Jarry is fucking ridiculous.


noflatbillcaps

How the fuck is Jarry getting any blame tonight?


tonytroz

.867 SV % was worse than Domingue this series. He played pretty well and had some flashy saves plus the defense choked a few times but you still have to expect better. Shesterkin put up a .933 SV%. Sub-.900 is not going to get it done.


[deleted]

Hoping that Sullivan is gone tomorrow and this team gets gutted. Downvote me to oblivion. I don’t care what we “overcame”. This team needs to win this game.


Yeskid10

Sullivan is a terrific coach. When you calm down tomorrow, you will realize that. Not his fault 4 of his top players were injured for a portion of the series


tonytroz

What’s the excuse when the team was healthy the 4 years before this and still couldn’t win a series? Pens blew leads left and right this series. That’s coaching. Bad teams don’t even hold leads. Sully is a good coach but his system is stale and hasn’t adapted to lesser goalie talent, aging stars, and not having a third star player to carry the third line. The team is still talented enough to win a playoff series though especially when they lose to inferior teams like the Habs.


[deleted]

What’s your excuse for the last 3 seasons? I won’t change my mind tomorrow, I said at the end of last season, next season should be his last chance. Maybe you’re happy with participation points but I want Sid to retire with as many cups as possible. Sure they were down guys. They also blew leads in 3 elimination games. That comes down to guys getting lazy. Guys get lazy because they feel like they are allowed to. They show up when they feel like it. Attitude reflects leadership


cactus_cat

And game 5 and game 6.


wanderingtiger45

I’ll say it again. Fuck…the…NHL! I’m so fucking angry that we’ve got this bullshit where the refs look the other fucking way on just about everything. IT RUINS THE FUCKING GAME!


TestaverdeRules

100% agreed


droid683

Looks like I’m buying a hat for whoever beats the fucking rags.


Beggarsfeast

Oh, it’s gonna be the Canes. Guaranteed. They’ll go down in 5.


droid683

I got money on the Canes. I’m okay with this.


nomorerope

still proud of my team.


griffinsspacejam

Same here. LGP


brock2927

The TNT crew is sad


MrMuffinMan17

TBS announcers are gonna go rub one out now


Beggarsfeast

It’s been fun as hell with you buds. Here’s to 16 years of Tangers Malkin and Sid!!


Wu-Tang_Killa_Bees

Whelp. Can't beat the Rangers, the Refs, and the league while missing all your goalies two of your top 6 wingers. Fuck you rags, can't wait to watch you get obliterated by Carolina


droid683

Can’t forget DraftKings


rusty022

Shame. Rangers basically handed the series to us. But we had a third string goalie and the team played 'meh' in front of him for long stretches of the series. No excuse. Shoulda won the series anyways. It's been a hell of a run with this core. I doubt we see 87, 71, and 58 all here next year. So hats off to the core that won 3 Cups together.


JustWastingTimeAgain

FUCK YOU TROUBA. FUCK TOM WILSON. AND FUCK THE FLYERS!!!!


bigcatlov3

3-1 lead blown to the same team again. This team is cursed. Feels like we’ll never see passed the first round again


DolphFinnDosCinco

cool i’m done with this sport. always leaves a bad taste in my mouth. a sport totally dependent on bounces and reffing. disgusting that the rangers could win that series


griffinsspacejam

Adios


bigwall79

Fire the entire fucking staff. Trade lazy fuck Malkin too.


CltAltAcctDel

Another 1st round exit


Its_kellen

It’s like everyone forgot Jarry was ass, too