At the beginning of the season you would of never thought the Penguins would of made the playoffs, let alone have the number 2 seed. After the Penguins fired their coach and brought in Mike Sullivan from their minor league team, Wilkes Barre-Scranton Penguins, they looked like a very different team. Towards the end of the season the Penguins won 15 of their last 17 games and they went on an 8 game winning streak. They did this all while one of their best players was injured, Evgeni Malkin. The Penguins could go pretty far this year in the playoffs, they look a lot like the 2008-2009 team that won it all. The toughest thing they face is having a healthy team. Right now their two goalies, Marc-Andre Fleury and Matt Murray are injured. Evgeni Malkin is still injured, and defenseman Olli Maatta is injured as well. The Penguins will play Wednesday against the New York Rangers in game one of the first round. The Rangers knocked the Penguins out of the playoffs the past two years. The Penguins will be looking for revenge, and I think they will be able to get it.
It'll be interesting to see how Fleury plays, especially with how Murray finished off the season, and Fleury just coming back from an injury. They should be able to make a good run though this year.
ReplyDeleteThe Penguins had a rough start, but it looks like they will go far in the playoffs. I'm excited to see exactly how far they go.
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