Ah the 2010 pens. Great team, fleury choked, and we ran into a red hot goalie. We should’ve won that series. We were a much better team

Matt Cooke, Michael Rupp, Damn I feel old now.

**** Matt Cooke

Don’t forget Fleury choked in 2012 & 2013 as well. I love MAF, but he failed to pick up his game when it mattered most. Costed us 3 cups. If they won them, there would be no question that Sid is the GOAT.

Should be “cost us the opportunity to have a better chance at winning 3 more cups.” I get fleury underperformed a few times In the playoffs, but unfortunately there are still no guarantees we win even if fleury is better. That being said, a red hot Marc-Andre fleury would have given us a much better shot at cup(s) from 2010-2015.
I personally would have loved to see us beat the blackhawks or kings in the SC final to cement our dynasty as superior to theirs at that time. Now it 100% is. We won before them and after them and still have a great team while the kings are at the bottom and the blackhawks are floundering in the middle.

It would’ve been awesome if we beat the Hawks cuz all the NBC & NHL media people keep hyping them up while downplaying the Pens’ achievements from this decade. I felt they should’ve won in 2018 too cuz Sid & Jake were unreal. Unfortunately, Holtby was as well whereas Geno, Phil, Brassard & Letang were all playing through major injuries so it didn’t help. I always wondered what would happen to Ovie if the Pens beat them again that year. Would he have gotten traded?

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What did you guys think of Tom Kunhackl?

Not a whole lot tbh. Pens have no need to bring him back

Yes I agree. He was a good skater & defensive Forward but his scoring ability was very weak, plus he was injury prone.

Shrug. Average fourth liner who had a decent stretch to help is win but his contribution was minimal overall. Our fourth line now is way better than anything we had even in the cup years I think. Cullen did a good job though and a younger rust didn’t score as much but was clutch. Game 7 vs TBL, right? Rush played with Geno then though.

Cooke..... back when hockey was real hockey. The team could use a guy like him today.

Did anyone see that interview with Ron Francis....."I wish there was more hitting in the game"
basically called players today a bunch of p****ies.

Yeah agree Kunhackl was decent for his role during those cup runs but his lack of productivity & proness to injury caused him to lose his spot in the lineup. I think this current team is better than 2016 overall. At least on paper. We’ll see if they can get through the slump they had before the season pause & continue their dominant run.

I miss Gonchar. He was so good

People say it was Bylsma's coaching style that turned the 09 Penguins around but in all likelihood it was probably Gonchar coming back from injury