The “awful” officiating is across the board, although everyone will see it most clearly through their team-colored glasses. The bad no-calls in game 2 of the final were far more notable than the bad calls...the ignored punch to the head of Guentzel and Irwin’s check into the boards are two examples that favored the…

This is all so weird to me. I’ve been a Pens fan since 1987 (specifically, 1987) and I honestly only recently realized how much the world deeply hates the Penguins. There’s a *huge* part of me that wants to scream, “Confirmation bias! The NHL is a crappy league and things get called badly all the time! The Pens…

If you watched any of the Penguins playoff games, the annoucers constantly show Crosby getting mauled up and down the ice. Punches to the face, cross checks to the back into the boards, etc. etc. and hardly ever any calls.

Guaranteed, every team could cherry pick hits and highlights that seem to show favoritism. What gets forgotten though is that a conspiracy is actually very difficult to pull off... The simplest explanation is that the office of player safety is an oxymoron and refs don’t actually apply the rulebook consistently (look…

Breaks, for example, like this one.

Especially if that’s what you want to see.

That 1 win was in relief. I specifically stated “never won a START”. So yes, it is real.

I just really hope that none of these MRA nutcases show up to hurt any women. I hope they just stay home and sulk.

The last player to score a goal and get a fighting major in the SCF?

Guentzel over Malkin for Conn? I think Malkin has it locked up if he keeps up his production.

Is it accurate to say that the Pens are sporting the most opportunistic offense we’ve seen in a while? Maybe ever? Because the elite goalies that they’ve run through in these playoffs have been made to look foolish and they’ll do so in less than 20 shots a game. It’s like they look at the numbers, shrug, and say, “We…

Maybe we shouldn’t forget that the Pens have been eating tall lanky goaltenders alive for the past 2 seasons. Or that Rinne has never won a start against the Pens in his career. Or that he’s got his worst sv% of any opponent against the Pens. Maybe this is just history repeating itself.

I thought the Blackhawks would end up being the team of the decade but nope. These Pens are unreal.

I agree. You can’t throw a guy with one NHL start into game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals with the team already down 0-2. That’s insanity.

But it’s not like you can bench Rinne for Saros on Saturday. If you lose either way we’re down 0-3. You have to start Rinne who’s been the hot hand all playoffs until now. At least that’s my opinion.

The Penguins are becoming the Patriots of hockey. Hated by every other fanbase. Goober-ish star player with insane generational talent that makes unheard-of guys around him into stars. Genius coach who seems to have an answer for everything and is insanely good at mid-game adjustments and keeping control of his…

Murray was the “usual goalie” this year; in recent years for Pittsburgh it’s been Marc-Andre Fleury, who can either look like the most athletic goalie or the worst headcase in history, depending on the night. MAF is a good-to-very-good goalie with at least five good years left - he’ll find a starting spot waiting for…

That game was the Penguins playoffs in a nutshell. Sullivan has done an amazing job coaching around all the injuries they’ve had to deal with and this is the result. Like against the Caps and the Senators, they were outshot and outplayed for most of the game but they have the talent and ability to find a gear nobody…

If the penguins win, he will be the only goalie ever to win two Stanley Cups as a rookie.

The only PK that matters is Stanley Cup champion Phil Kessel. If we can split the points in Nashville, it’s pretty much over.