Vomit time

Hey, lose 12-1 or 1-0 it is still only one loss, and the Penguins still lead the series 3-2. I still expect the Penguins to win the series in 6 games by defeating the Lightning on Monday in Tampa. That said, it would be a bit like whistling past the graveyard to not be concerned about the firepower of the Lightning exposing the Penguins penalty kill, and the up and down play of team MVP Marc Andre Fleury. I do think I saw an APB out on Jordan Staal as well. Today's vomit was a lack luster team event, from poor decision making, to an inability to clear the front of the net, to an inability to finish on quality chances, to Marc Andre Fleury for the second time in three games surrendering soul crushing goals with alarming regularity. I remember local pundits asking for this matchup as they felt that the matchup between Fleury and the 41 year old Roloson greatly favored the Penguins. Well, Fleury has played very well in 3 games, and he has played like shit in 2. After five games, Fleury has .903 save percentage for 10th place out of playoff goaltenders, and Roloson has a stellar .942 for second. With regard to GAA, Fleury has a 2.50 for a mediocre 8th, while Roloson is at 2.06 for second again. Clearly, the goaltender matchup has not favored the Penguins as anticipated. I hope that true to form, Fleury bounces back Monday night, and the Penguins steal this series, and hope for the return of Crosby to stimulate some offense, and for the return of Cooke to give the horrid PK some swagger back. On that note, the Tampa power play was 4 for 7 today........yeah, 4 for fucking 7 against the regular season's number on power play unit. They are now 8 for 22, which is about as dominant as a team can hope to be at the pro level. And again, the power play was 0 for 6 for Pittsburgh, making it 1 for about 19 I think? Whatever it is, it is horrific. The Lightning have beaten the Penguins by a combined 13-3 in the last two games in Pittsburgh. I will say that I cannot wait until they pack KovaDouche's bags at the end of the season. Madden started this playoff series saying we will be begging Shero to sign Kovy for next year. I am begging for a hall pass to blow the lazy Russian slug's brains out. I don't want to spend too much more time hammering on the Penguins today, but it is alarming how quickly they seem to collapse when they fall behind right now. Today's 6 goal loss was the largest margin of defeat on home ice in the Penguins post season history. Today's loss makes the Dan Bylsma coached Penguins 0 -5 in potential series clinching games on home ice. Rupps goal today was his first playoff goal since his game winning goal in Game 7 of the 2003 Stanley Cup Finals as a member of the New Jersey Devils! Okey, it is time to bounce back and end this mess on Monday night in Tampa boys.