Slumping Penguins Find a Way (to Lose)

One of the saddest things about watching a proud former champion fade to black is seeing them stumble about while finding new and inventive ways to lose. Or in the case of our Penguins, reverting to tried-and-true ways to lose.Puck mismanagement? Blown leads? Allowing last-minute goals?

Check, check and check.

It’s a shame, because the Pens actually did enough good things in Calgary last night to garner two points. Instead, they departed Cowtown on the short end of a 4-3 shootout defeat with that old, familiar empty feeling in their guts.

Following our trademark rocky start, we actually took it to the upstart Flames, piling up an impressive 38-25 edge in shots on goal through 65 minutes.

After…