Thoughts on Pens Series

I know its a little late but I wanted to really give this series some serious thought. When I look at I realize that we lost to a better team. No matter how many games we outplayed the Pens, they were the better team. They were offensively sound, especially on the powerplay. Their powerplay was so amazing to watch, especially when we had to watch ours play like absolute garbage. I think that was one reason, one big reason, that we lost this series. They took advantage of their powerplays and when we needed a powerplay goal we could never get one.

We definitely outplayed the Pens in Game's 2 and 3 and should've won those games. Even Game 1 we should've won after having a 3-0 lead. None of that matters, it matters who wins the game and we only did that once. The Rangers definitely came ready to play but the result was not what any of us wanted. They played hard and physical and never gave up, which I absolutely loved but the better team used its skill to beat us. Some players stepped up and others really were almost invisible. Jagr came to play and tried to carry the team on his own. Henrik showed up and played some quality games but had a few falters that cost us. All in all we just didn't have the talent to beat a team like the Penguins. There is not much else to say but that. Now we end up with an early exit and a long offseason.

Now we just sit and wait to see what this team looks like next season. We have so many free agents and this offseason will be about signing them back up, not trying to land the biggest names like last year. Over the next few days I will cover what could happen in the offseason and how could be leaving and who we need to sign back to the team.