apparently i was accidentally watching canada's broadcast so caught the player interview - ngl im not really a fan of this #16 calgary guy. he thinks he's super clever but im not seeing it. -_-

got to see sid and the pens up close while in the burgh for the first time!! it was so much fun and i hope i can make the trip out again someday.

@ pit vs nyr 3.12.2023

warmups, pens vs. nyr, 03/12/2023

Everybody exhale? We needed a split in our regular season series vs NYR so at least we already got it 😮‍💨

I'm glad they won, anon! But , much the same way I don't go doom-and-gloom every time they lose one, I'm not going to exhale until the Pens have locked a playoffs spot. As the team knows, it's not the time of the season to let your foot off the gas.

That said, winning today was a huge relief, especially knowing the Pens have to face the Rangers twice more this week.

What if we NYI swept us in the regular season so we can sweep / take the series vs NYR because who knows? Before the doomers rise: we still can easily catch NYI in the standings w 18GP to go and a 2 pt gap in their favor. hard to imagine that scenario when after the Oilers game we were outside of a playoff spot because Detroit was hot only 2 weeks ago. Also erasing a 4-0 deficit vs a Metro team two games ago was already huge in case everyone forgot

Oh I’m not dooming and glooming. It was a disappointing loss to an otherwise good game but I’m not letting it get me down. This team is looking way better than it did before I took the time off. Unlike the oilers game this looks like a team that wants to win. That’s important. If we don’t want to win then we can’t scrape wins out of games that should have been losses.

We’ve struggled really hard this season with beating teams that are flat out better than us - both in the standings and on the stats sheet. We can play down to teams easily enough - that’s what happened to CBJ on Tuesday; nice as the comeback felt, CBJ is the worst team in the league and this was always their game to blow. I don’t know if the isles are a better team than us but last night we looked like the better team for long stretches. That’s really encouraging. We’ve gone into games against playoff teams and did not look like we were even trying to win, just get out of the game. There’s no way we’re going to meet the islanders in the first round but I can see a playoff series with them going either way. That’s a good thing. It means the pens are shaping up.

The only place the isles looked consistently better than us? Goalie. I love Jarry. He’s my favorite player on the team. The better goalie on the ice was Sorokin. He locked it down in the third and Jarry couldn’t. Now it’s not completely on Jars. The defense could have done more to help. We could have scored on the empty net. We could have not let up two back to back 1 on 0 breakaways in overtime to end the game. The pk in the first could have stopped the puck from crossing the line by inches. I’m not badmouthing our goalie but as much as I hate to admit it the better goalie won last night.

As for the rangers? Who knows. I don’t. I’m actually incredibly terrified for my tickets on Sunday. I’d like by believe we have a chance to not get swept by them but who knows. All I know is the Pittsburgh fanbase is not classy so there’s gonna be Igor chants on Sunday and the little hater that lives in my heart and wants nothing more than the rags to lose will have to fight the good little girl who also lives in my heart and thinks goalie chants are mean and dumb and we shouldn’t do them. Inside you there are two wolves etc etc etc.

literally just me trying to catalog for my mind how ridiculously good the lotto line has been since they got put back together 4 games ago

vs nj: 4 goals/8 points ep40: 2/3 bb6: 0/2 jtm9: 2/3

vs nyr: 4/8 ep40: 2/4 bb6:1/3 jtm9: 1/1 vs nyi: 1/2 ep40: 1/1 bb6: 0/0 jtm9: 0/1

vs pens: 4/9 ep40: 2/4 bb6: 2/2 jtm9: 0/3

totals over 4 games with the lotto line back: line: 13 goals/27 points -> 3.25 goals per game, 6.75 points per game ep40: 7 goals/12 points -> 1.75 goals per game, 3 points per game bb6: 3 goals/7 points -> .75 goals per game, 1.75 points per game jtm9: 3 goals/8 points -> .75 goals per game, 2 points per game

please please win

Jake with a goal to put the Pens up 3-2!!!

…the urge to buy a last minute ticket for the rangers vs pens game tonight…is overwhelming…

Can they stop telling me how much time is left? I have eyes and anxiety.

zucker... i adore you.

CHRIS & MIKA | second and first stars ( NYR vs PEN. 03.25.2022. )

Also It's sad nobody believes in the Pens anymore just because we've had a bad month while NYR had all the momentum until recently. Arrogance will bite you back in the ass don't people realize that? Everytime the crowd is overwhelmingly picking a team to win, it almost never happens. Toronto vs Montreal last year anyone? Who knows all the bad luck we've got in the last three yrs will be made up finally?

I'm saddened at how (outside of Tumblr) Pens fans seem to think it's a given that we will be embarrassed. Everyone has lost faith in this team and it's sad.

Hello! All the talk about NYR having an easy first round matchup vs. WSH but overall do you think we’re primed to see an upset or two just like last year’s playoffs? I think we’re about to see a repeat of last year.

And on the Pens side: I would’ve loved to see our boys make it instead. Because who doesn’t want another playoff run with 87/71/58? But now we’re going to see all the major work Dubas is about to do this offseason, plus the promising finish with Bunting + addition of new young guys, you got to be more optimistic about next year.

Hi, anon!

I have not been paying attention to anyone other than the Pens, so IDK how easy or hard any of the playoffs matchups are likely to be. At this point, I can't even tell you for sure -- aside from the Pens -- who is in and who is out.

As for the off-season, I'm trusting Kyle to work some magic and for Sid, Geno and Tanger to come back just as strong next season. I hope Kyle keeps Bunting and Ned (and a few others, of course). I'm iffy on Tristan. (I want to like him, but I don't particularly trust him in the Pens' net.)

I believe -- as I'm sure the core does -- that next season will be a better one for the Pens!

Pens comeback win!!!!!!😆

1.30.2021 vs. NYR

god are they really gonna do the Sid vs Laf comparison EVERY time the Pens play NYR this season??? EVERY time???