My take on this whole thing is the pens are setting the rest of the league up, perhaps playing possum, saving the energy and not wanting to risk further injury and being fresh going into the playoffs. the goal here is to win the Stanley cup not the presidents trophy or division title we all know that does not mean much when there are 2 seasons in the NHL all you have to do is make the playoffs and its a totally new season- the first to win 16 games...
this team has way to much talent ad fire power to be getting shut out and losing to s**t teams. scoring 0,1,2,3 goals a game with a loaded offense Crosby, Malkin, Kessell, geuntsel practically an allstar team by itself we all know teams play better when the opponent is better ,take the Tampa game for instance, so if the pens are looking down and out going into the playoffs it plays right into the opponents hand the pens wont get the respect if they finish lwer in the seeding plus they will be fresher so there is I think a silver lining to all of this, and murray gets hotter come playoff time he does step it up a notch I think. how else can you explain having golden opportunities to pick up points in the division and totally throwing them away. regular season means nothing just make the playoffs and then be healthy be underdogs and be fresh!