Is it time for the oldest team in the NHL to read the writing on the wall?
A stunning loss to the lowly Blackhawks began a snowball effect that quickly saw the Pittsburgh Penguins drop out of the playoffs for the first time since Sidney Crosby was a rookie. The franchise, hosts Matt Larkin and Steven Ellis discussed whether Crosby, Malkin, and co. will press on for more Cups, or finally step back and rebuild.
The biggest downfall was not addressing their goaltending concerns, Rob Rossi was on here a couple weeks ago talking about that and I have to agree. When you look at Tristan Jarry and Casey DeSmith, even before you factor in injuries, those are two goalies I don’t know if you can rely on to be playoff caliber, especially when you look at the teams they had to fight in the wild card race.
They were two contradictory personalities; Brian Burke is a win now guy who makes aggressive trades, while Ron Hextall dating back to his tenure in Philadelphia was extremely conservative as a GM. You had a conservative guy and a wild man trying to work together. I don’t think it was ever going to be a recipe for success, and if you look at the deals they made they were just limping along.
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