This is the end of the Pittsburgh Penguins as we know them.
For the fifth straight season, the Penguins were dispatched from the Stanley Cup playoffs by a lower-seeded team.
They once again suffered the indignity of a Game 7 home defeat, losing 2-1 to the New York Rangers in the deciding game of their conference semifinal series at Consol Energy Center on Tuesday night.
It’s the second time in four years that the Penguins squandered a 3-1 series lead and lost a Game 7 on home ice.
It’s the fourth time in five seasons that the Penguins finished in the top three in the Eastern Conference during regular-season play, yet couldn’t get past the conference semifinals.
And it’s all happened under the watch of coach Dan Bylsma and general manager Ray Shero. Both should pay for this collapse with their jobs.
Bylsma is all but guaranteed to be fired quickly, although he is the secondary culprit for this criminally underachieving team.
He signed a two-year contract extension after the Penguins scored two goals while being swept from the Eastern Confer ...
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Article written by Dave Lozo
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