Are the Pens a playoff team?

[Ben Grimm]

Please vote.

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[super6646]

Please clap.

Their playoff odds are as good as Jeb’s in 2015… not pretty.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Nope.

More like a lottery team

 

[bobholly39]

Yes

At least they should be.

 

[FunkySeeFunkyDo]

If Crosby, Malkin, Karlsson and Letang stay healthy.
If they can find a 2LD to play with Letang. Gryz, I fear ain’t it. Graves ain’t it.
If Jarry/Ned can be averageish and healthy or if one of their kid Gs can blossom.
If they can get an average powerplay.

Lots of ifs. Bottom6 looks better. They start the season with 10 games in 17 days. We’ll have a much better idea around Halloween. After one game the answer is a NO.

 

[TheGoldenJet]

Doobler backing up the Brinks truck for Graves was the nail in the coffin.

One of the worst contracts of the millenium, and I’ve seen some doozies.

 

[Suntouchable13]

Absolutely not, has nothing to do with last night.

 

[John Price]

they barely missed out. I would peg them in as a very low seed that would get eliminated rather fast

 

[Discipline Daddy]

In the Metro, I see it shaking out something like:

Devils
Rangers
Canes

Islanders
Capitals
Penguins
Flyers
Blue Jackets

I see the Pens being more or less the same as last year. The Capitals are a wild card that could be a bit better than last year, and the Flyers could squeak in if Torts doesn't lose the room. Some will argue the Canes are right in that mix too, but I'd put them as measurably better than the other teams based on the last few years.

 

[AD1066]

Something unusual about last year is that Crosby, Malkin, and Letang all played 82 games. I can't imagine this has happened many times in their careers, if ever, and it's unlikely to occur again at their current ages.

 

[Cup or Bust]

I voted no but if they could stay healthy I could see them possibly making it. Crosby, Malkin, and Letang are getting up there so its' tough to know how much they have left in the tank at this point.

 

[PensPlz]

Please clap.

Their playoff odds are as good as Jeb’s in 2015… not pretty.

Pens win the cup

 

[waitin425]

Nope. Pens are entering a very dark place in their franchise.

















Until summer 26 when they land McKenna.

 

[ViD]

Letang looked like an absolute pedestrian against Kreider yesterday

Their leaders are too old now

 

[Romang67]

They are a really old team that missed the playoffs despite being really healthy last season. So probably not.

 

[TheTotalPackage]

No. Crosby, Malkin, Karlsson and Letang will only be able to do so much. And there are too many good teams, and up-and-coming teams, that'll be better than the Penguins this year (and in the years to follow).

Sadly, Crosby's career is going to end with multiple playoff misses in a row.

 

[Bouboumaster]

Crosby has not enough magic left in him to pull that off

 

[um]

Crosby has not enough magic left in him to pull that off

Crosby was magic last year and it wasn't enough.

It is a team game, and the Pens are a bad team.