from Matt Vensel of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
You can look at Tuesday’s crazy comeback against the Columbus Blue Jackets, capped off by Sidney Crosby’s one-time winner in OT, a couple of ways.
One is that Penguins at PPG Paints Arena climbed out of a four-goal deficit, their first comeback of that magnitude since 2006, to pick up two critical points and avoid an embarrassment loss to the NHL’s last-place team. You could say their 5-4 win suggests they are still capable of something special this spring.
The alternate viewpoint is they put themselves in that position with another sleepy start, and their bad habits and that whiff of arrogance just aren’t going away. They were fortunate the Blue Jackets were so carefree and counting on a journeyman between the pipes. Good luck winning this way in the playoffs.
Mike Sullivan focused on the positives after the Penguins won for the fifth time in six games. But the coach has clearly grown weary of recurring mistakes.
“We’ve had a lot of conversations. Now it’s about acting,” the Penguins coach said. “You’ve just got to go out there and perform. And we’ve got to stay in the moment. It’s not always going to go the right way. We’re going to have struggles. We’ve got to work through them. And I thought that’s what we did tonight.”
Game highlights are below.
Yeah, yeah the Wings did it against the same Pens who choked a four-goal lead to lose to the Wings in OT (and in the Paint Can), capped off with a Wallman Griddy.
I think it's better for Crybaby to make the playoffs, and then get knocked out in the first round. That way they won't be involved with Bettman messing with the ping pong balls, although I think it is already set up for the Slack Hawks to procure the number one pick (Bedard).(SP).
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