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tysonhos · 18 hours

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jeff scores in what is likely his last game and geno gets the puck for him

#happy retirement old man #pittsburgh penguins #jeff carter #sidney crosby #michael bunting #evgeni malkin #pens lb

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intheupside · 17 hours

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happy retirement big jeff

Jeff Carter confirmed this was his last NHL game.

Carter on what's next: "I'm going to be a dad. You miss a lot being a hockey player - you're in and out in a way… My family sacrificed a lot for me to live out my dream. I'm going to be home and be a dad and then figure it out from there." 🥹

#pittsburgh penguins #sidney crosby #jeff carter #evgeni malkin #michael bunting

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nowitsturbo · 2 days

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them 😌

#pittsburgh penguins #sidney crosby #evgeni malkin

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pimpim90 · 3 days

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Sid was talking to Geno, then Rusty came over, Sid laughed with Rusty. Happy family 🥹

#sidney crosby #evgeni malkin #sidgeno #geno #bryan rust #pittsburgh penguins #pens lb

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sportsthoughts · 3 days

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the malkins are back! - 15/4/24

#anna girl are you ok #evgeni malkin #pens lb #pittsburgh penguins #luce's gifs

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tangerwolls · 3 days

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preds @ pens | 04.15.24

#sid why are you staring at me like that #sidney crosby #evgeni malkin #kris letang #alex nedeljkovic #pittsburgh penguins #pens lb #my gifs

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robindrake13 · 2 days

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🐧🐧

#pittsburgh penguins #evgeni malkin #mama i love him #i am looking respectfully

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idontlikeem · 21 hours

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I know you’ve been around the 2014-15 season, but do you remember what was the general vibe on the Pens that offseason? Think that was the height of the media hit pieces on The Core after Chicago won their 3rd Cup in 6 seasons while we just had one, and the Kessel trade happened shortly after. IIRC the mood was pretty down since our roster was so messy everyone wondered if we’d only end up with just 1 Cup. Shows that things can change fast in hockey you know?

yeah, it was a weird time. that season, they were coming off having blown a 3-1 series lead in the second round to the rangers and a subsequent housecleaning of the entire front office (the reported reaction to which gave us the delightful "they increasingly came to believe they're the only ones that have each other's back" quote). we had a new coach that was determined to throttle back the high-octane offense of the stars, and it started great- they won a TON the first part of that season, but the demands of this new play style and injuries wore on them, and IIRC that was the year that it took them until literally the 82nd game of the season to clinch their playoff spot, and then they got eliminated in the first round by- once again- the rangers.

the national media was totally convinced that sid and geno were a one-hit wonder and had peaked in 2009. the deals they signed were starting to be questioned. and then when the 15-16 season started and sid went through an epic production slump, people started wondering if this was how his career trajectory would go—one cup, his prime cut off by head injuries, and a long slow march towards mediocrity, saddling the team with his contract until they could feasibly put him on LTIR and send him away. fall of 2015 is also when we got geno saying "we're a little bit mad at each other" (multiple links because the audio is gone and each article has slightly different quotes), which sidney was quick to walk back for him lol. it really looked like this was going to be it, and the franchise and their legacies would become irrelevant.

and then GMJR fired johnston and hired sullivan, and sid started scoring again, and the team came together, and—well, we all know what happened in the spring of 2016, and again in the spring of 2017.

narratives really can turn around fast, can't they?

#pens lb #pittsburgh penguins #sidney crosby #evgeni malkin

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cr0sby-87 · 17 hours

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