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Originally Posted by kyuss275
Shero should get a lot of blame also. Heading into the deadline the Pens biggest need was a top D man. Instead he spent assets on the 3 slowest players available.
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The Penguins defense wasn't the problem in this series, and the "3 slowest players available (plus Jokinen)" carried the Penguins for a month and showed how valuable they could be to the team. There was a specific moment when the Penguins took a step backwards and never recovered, but it wasn't when Shero made those trades - it was when Crosby returned against the Islanders. As I said a few games ago, if a coach can't find a way to insert the best player in the world into the lineup without hurting the team, that coach has gotta go.