Analysts Roast Pittsburgh Penguins Following Two Crushing Losses
It's hard to imagine Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins not making the playoffs.
It's something they've done every year since 2008, and many young Penguins fans have never even seen their team miss the playoffs.
As their core ages, this team isn't what it used to be. This is an inevitable reality, but a good GM could adapt and build around the aging core. Instead we have Bryan Dumoulin and Jeff Carter taking up a combined $7.5-million in cap space.
Thus, after a string of losses pushing them right to the edge of the second wild card spot in the eastern conference, analysts didn't hold back.
The Athletic's Rob Rossi started it off:
This team has some top-end talent, and little else. It's really that simple.
Penguins radio host Mark Madden added to the fire:
Finally, Penguins reporter Josh Yohe targeted one player specifically:
Clearly the Penguins aren't built for success, and they'll need to make some changes if they want to compete again while this core is still around.
We'll see if they break the 14-yeat streak this season. They aren't out yet, but it's getting hard to be optimistic about the Penguins.
Source: Hockey Feed
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