Where to begin?

The Pens lose.

The Pens lose.

The Pens lose.

The team is struggling like me trying to have intercourse, just wheezing and sputtering along. Sometimes there are moments of vigor and desperation, sometimes, I, just like the team, seem to give up.

Problems?

The boys are playing soft. Nobody is scoring except for Crosby and Malkin. Colby Armstrong is forever in the press box while Georges Laraque gets significant time.

Yo, tonight against the Devils Laraque played a solid game. Until, well, until he threw that horrible pass out from behind the net like he thought for a moment he was Wayne Gretzky that led to the Devils go ahead goal.

After, of course, the team struggled to get back into the game after spotting the Devils two goals in the first period.

Straight up, Ruutu played stellar. He was starting crap from puck drop and delivered the hit that woke the team up and got them back in the game.

Who cares?

The Pens have lost 4 out of the last 5 games. All of them were division games. Last Wednesday, the Pens had an opportunity to overtake 1st place in the Atlantic Division. Now, well, forget it.

Any solutions?

I don’t really know at this point. They’ve been unprepared for games, showing no effort, and are generally playing sloppy hockey.

I say fire Michel Therrien and hire Jim Tracey. The former Buccos manager is obviously looking for work, and after what amounted to a two year baseball shaped aborted fetus he laid as manager, he probably won’t be getting any opportunities in MLB. That way, there will be no accountability at all and he can just stand on the bench with a wad of chew in his mouth while Max Talbot drinks beer on the bench and rapes 19 year old college girls who got into Matrix with a fake ID.