Put a Fork in ‘em, Penguins Fall to Jets

“Them guys is done like dinner.”

The immortal Dave “Tiger” Williams offered that blunt and colorful assessment of an earlier black-and-gold (then blue-and-white) squad during the 1977 playoffs.

A wholly apt description of our present bunch as well.

In the wake of the Penguins’ disheartening 2-1 loss to the Jets in Winnipeg last night, I’m going to dispense with a traditional game summary and offer a few thoughts and observations.

IMHO, the Pens lost more than a hockey game last night. Our playoff hopes bit the dust as well. We trail the stubborn Flyers by a whopping nine points in the race for third place in the Metro. Yes, we have four games in hand on Philly. However, even if we win ‘em all (which would require a miracle at this stage) we still wouldn’t catch our in-state rivals.

The wild-card situation is just as bleak. We’re seven points behind Detroit with two games in hand. The process folks will tell you the Red Wings are outperforming their metrics and are due for a fall. They said the same thing about the Canucks earlier this season, who happen to be the best team in the league with 74 points.

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