PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — This article originally appeared on PGHHockeyNOW.com.
And that is just about it for the Pittsburgh Penguins (23-28-9). With just 22 games remaining on the NHL schedule and the NHL trade deadline approaching like a scythe-wielding cloaked monster, the Penguins looked every bit like a team that has accepted its ignominious fate.
Their surrender was painfully obvious when they allowed a pair of goals within 10 seconds late in the second period to the no-better-off Philadelphia Flyers in a 6-1 loss at Wells Fargo Center Tuesday.
Even Penguins captain Sidney Crosby played a little bit of casual defense on the Flyers’ fifth goal as the Penguins could keep up the facade of believing no longer.
There was a little something not in the air. The normally angry Philadelphia crowd that greets the Pittsburgh Penguins and Sidney Crosby lacked a little hate. Even the NHL’s No. 1 anthemist, Lauren Hart, didn’t seem to have the same spark.
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