You can be mad about losing to the Flyers in this fashion. It's a nightmare scenario. But you gotta keep it in perspective.

Rust is my guy you unload now. He's not been right all season despite the points and the occasional eye catching play.

My only exception is Malkin on a 1 year deal because you have to ice a hockey team. They can't all be rookies. But otherwise yeah. I really don't want to overpay for Shea when you're stuck with Graves and Girard

I cannot stand Clifton. He has the occasional hit and fought a few times so "we need toughness" fans love him. Toughness is board battles. Toughness is making a hit to get the puck and make a play after. It's not run around chasing hits while the other team scores.

And then I watch every other series be fun.

I agree for the most part. But when you don't change things like the d pairings, the pp, etc it reads like not trying or being in denial. Like how do you keep Clifton in and Girard in and with Letang. Would it have saved things. Maybe not. But man try harder

He's been whiney all year.

I don't feel like I'm overreacting saying this: bring up rutger and scratch Mantha. Play someone who gives a damn

Flyers aren't even playing at a high level. It is a very generic game plan.

Penguins decided they would be amateurs and not professionals about things.

I'm disgusted at their immaturity and inability to just buckle down, play hard, and persevere

Rust a close second. When he was in the box and kindel was in his place the pp looked better.

Muse the whole season has had a don't overreact mentality. And it helped in an 82 game season (and ingratiate himself as a roomie coach). In the playoffs you just look like a meek idiot

He's playing so bad I saw someone suggest he's making sure he doesn't get hurt before FA. And he's been so bad I'm considering that possibility when I know I logically shouldn't.... But maybe....

This series should make it easy not to hand out contracts to Shea and Mantha. Let them move on.

So much in the past month has been a red flag that playoffs hyper expose.

Have they won a faceoff on a pp yet holy fuck

He looks washed. I know he's hurt. But he looks washed

Hey Muse remember when the pp looked better when rust was in the box and Kindel was out there? Guess not.

Still happy they made the playoffs, but this outcome was the only one where part of me now questions it. Especially the Mantha no show. Thinking now about what they could have got for him.

Does he have to do the medical thing for it not to be on the books?

Then stick someone like Rutger up with Sid and call it a day.

For as bad as TNT intermission is. Good on them calling out the Lizotte pk missed shot.

I've not been drinking. First round out of teams with cup aspirations*

First round outs of teams of teams with cup chances. Or a desperate team like Detroit

Thinking this is the off-season you trade Rust

Yeah but try. After their first goal. IDK he seems frozen.

The only time all year he didn't make the simple play that makes him effective.

Where was the timeout?

I don't think it's overstating things to say it completely changed the game. It was like he was TRYING to do that.

I keep forgetting I have to watch him for another season (hopefully until the deadline)

That's what happens when you blow two good starts with a mod goalie