Great Time for the First Playoff Loss!!!

Yes, I said it.  And I really mean it!!!

I love that the Penguins are up 3-0 on the Rangers, and are on a string of 7 wins in a rows, but time for a little character check.

Being that the Penguins went down in a quick whimper last year, how about some playoff adversity this year?  See how they bounce back.  A loss at MSG would make it 3-1 and they are coming back home. 

A loss wouldn't be too far of a stretch, but lets say we win and have another long layoff and lose the first game.  How would our young Pens do today, being down a game, maybe two?  Would they bounce back and make a series of it? 

They are still young and have things to learn.  Just because they had last year, doesn't mean that they learned everything that they need to know to win it all.  You can point out the come back from 3-0 in game two as their quest for character , but it still is not a loss.  Just a thought.

I understand your thinking completely brised, I really do.  Thinking that eventually every team in the playoffs are going to lose a couple of games, so why not collect those losses at the most opportune times, say when we are up 3-0.  For a lot of years I have shared your mindset when it came to playoff losses, but respectfully, I have to disagree with you.

There is no good time to take a loss in the playoffs.  Let's say the Pens lose Game 4, which you are a proponent for, solely based on the reasoning that they haven't lost one yet.  Okay, well, now it's a 3-1 series and the Rangers have a little momentum heading back to Pittsburgh.  Maybe the Rangers win that one on a fluke goal, now it's 3-2 headed back to NY.  What you have essentially created is a slippery slope.  In the playoffs, you need to win every game, there are no rules saying that a team can't sweep through an entire playoff (although it would be very very hard to do). 

You say that "you can point out the come back from 3-0 in game two (it really was game one) as their quest for character, but it still is not a loss."  So losing is the only way to build character for a team??  I will again have to respectfully disagree with you on that one as well, especially when the playoffs are concerned.  The Pens were able to pull off a dramatic come-from-behind victory from three goals down, that is impressive and builds a ton of character on our team. 

Just because they won doesn't mean they didn't have any playoff adversity.  Rather, they stared adversity directly in the eye in game one, and came out on top of that proverbial mountain. 

  And as for a reality check? That's what I want the Flyers to get when they have to face the Penguins!

I didn't know there were GOOD TIMES to LOSE.  What if the Rangers steal the next one?  Then its 3-2 going back to NY.  Becareful what you wish for.