Ryan Wilson: Penguins losing trend continues Penguins losing trend continues

Many missed defensive assignments and a general lack of toughness on defense as well. Not boxing out around the goalie either.

Dzone structure has been awful all season.

1LW was our biggest need all offseason but we signed 3/4 line tweeners and a bunch of #7 dmen.

When Dubas and Crosby talked this offseason, I bet a lot of the talk was centered around the next 2 years beyond this year. This year was always going to be a loss.

This team is just so amateur which is especially worrying considering the age and experience. We could have Igor in net and we'd still struggle. We leave guys in front of the net alone, we blow assignments and allow them to walk right in, etc. It's just embarrassing for it to happen to a team that is old enough to do better. If this was a team of young kids learning, we'd have a different attitude.

There's no point in getting upset about the results, this season is going to be bad. Hopefully it pays off with a good draft pick.