Absolutely. Alarm bells should have been ringing after getting swept by the Islanders the year before (though I guess recent back-to-back Cup wins meant that it was reasonable at the time to assume that this was just a blip), but nearly getting swept by the 12th-seeded Canadiens (a team that, don't forget, was *nine games below .500* if you count overtime losses going into the play-in round) in the Bubble was the moment it was clear beyond any reasonable doubt that their empire had fallen. That it's taken nearly four years of futility after that embarrassment to finally face reality is a damning indictment of the organization. But at least that day has finally come.
To paraphrase a quote from last year’s Yankees video: “Oh no let me blow my nose into the countless banners you have in the rafters of PPG. You can afford to be legitimately bad for a season or two. Welcome to the rest of hockey. Join us in the pile of misery.”
@@neeltheother2342Dubas is a classic example of how analytics works in the regular season but never in the playoffs. Penguins will get nowhere with him at the helm.
As a Blackhawks fan, it's sad to watch your dynasty start to crumble. At least you got 3 cups to sit back and enjoy. It'll be a sad day when Crosby finally hangs em up, he looks like he has a few good seasons left though
As you've repeated many times: "We all have an expiration date." That's where the Pens are right now. As a Pens fan who's only been a fan since 2017, I'm willing to go down with the Pens and continue supporting them through their rebuild over the next few seasons. At least we aren't the Sharks. (No I'm not a bandwagoner. I started following the Penguins when I was only 10 in 2017).
As a result of the Erik Karlsson trade, if the penguins finish in the bottom 10 this year, they'll either have to give the sharks the top 10 pick or let it slide to an unprotected first in 2025.
Rumors of Karlsson returning to Ottawa makes every fan in that city go "no, no, no!!! Wait, wait wait!!!!" I mean this season sucks, but Staios better steer clear of Karlsson!
I have this perfect fandom, the canucks are my 1a and the pens my 1b, as the pens fall to shit, the canucks are rising out of it. the 2010's were great to me.
I'm 19 and one of my first memories was Marc-Andre Fleury single-handedly winning us the 2009 Cup, I've grown up with them making incredible cup runs in 16 and 17, and even in 2021 putting up their 3rd best regular season ever. Penguin fans can't be mad this is happening, the 20 years of success had ro eventually end, and now is the time
I've been a hurricanes fan my entire life since I was born in Raleigh two years before they won the cup. And this is the first time since that cup run that the canes have actually done something like this. Going out and getting the big fish in free agency shows that Dundon and Waddell want to win a cup. I love it
The pens are so frustrating. I want this team to do so well as someone who’s just a year or two into getting into hockey, but they’re not making it easy.
Sorry to hear you got covid brother. Hope you get back to 100% real soon, love watching your videos. As for the Pens, they had a golden opportunity to let us all take a nice hearty laugh at the Panthers and blew it against not one, but two of the league’s basement teams. For that, they had to pay a price, the hockey gods would be avenged.
As a panthers fan I’m grateful to the pens for shitting the bed so badly against the blackhawks last year. We might have lost in the final but damn it was a fun playoff run
Well UTree, it was nice knowing you! You have brought me so many moments of joy and laughter. I will not be mad at you if you drown in booze tonight given the news you have just gotten.
As a Hurricanes fan,y'all win this deal long term if Ponomarev plays like he did when called up here. He could probably slot in your bottom 6 now. I liked Bunting but thanks for Jake🙂
I agree. Ponomarev has potential. But man did we fleece the Pens and Caps. Absolute steals at the deadline. Gives me hope that we can't not just make a deep run in the playoffs, but possibly win it all
@@troybaxter we did not fleece the Pens at all. We gave up a lot for a rental I felt we got fleeced,speaking long term. The Kuznetsov addition lessoned the sting of that fleecing
I wonder how he would feel if you told him that Korean-born Jim Paek played on the Cup winning teams in the 90s or Olli Mätta(a Finn) was on the team in 15-16 and 16-17. Probably not as offended as he would be if you told him Craig Adams, who won the Cup in 08-09, was a Canadian born in Brunei
Who's here now that the Penguins currently hold the 8 seed in the East? I swear, from the Steelers getting Arthur Smith and Russell Wilson, the Pirates off to a hot start, and now this, every single Pittsburgh team is currently trying their hardest to make fun of Tree in every single way.
There’s a possibility we blow our playoff spot to the elderly Caps or the OT loss merchants on Long Island but at least we’ve outperformed every expectation we’ve had this year. People predicted we would be rubbing elbows with the Sharks and Blackhawks in the cellar.
@@philly_sports1558 even if you miss the playoffs by a point or two the flyers have done well, give thanks to torts. I swear torts could drag a team of 12 year olds into the nhl playoffs.
The fact that one of the related video the algorithm coughed up was the Maple Leafs: A Half Decade of Failure, says it all. We had our fun times, now it’s time to dip into the well.
What I learned from this video: 1. We're basically a shell of what we were in the mid-to-late 2010s. 2. We need to desperately rebuild. 3. We probably led the league in shorthanded goals allowed this season.
As a Lightning fan, I’m already beginning to prepare myself for the pain of a rebuild. We’ve watched all our role players from the 2020 and 2021 cup runs fall victim to the salary cap. Now Stamkos and Hedman are on the wrong side of 30 and Vasy hasn’t been the same since his back surgery.
Fair play young fella thru your pain & anguish you managed to create an informative post, 100% gallows humour but thanks all the same, from the UK i salute you.
As of March 11, 2024 - The Penguins are 19 games of full 82 season and with 64 pts, placed 13' in the Eastern Conference = they are 10 pts under for making the wild card 8th place! I personally want to say it is "possible" on paper with the boat-load of tallents. BUT reality performances says that will not happen.....
At the end of the day, this is a good thing for the Penguins. They've been clinging to a misguided sense of competition for years now and need to reset.
We'll take care of him, Tree. We Caniacs always go crazy for the new guy in his first game. Sometimes I feel like we're the Southern version of Cardinals fans. Just give us an excuse to cheer for a player lol
im a relatively new hockey fan, started watching the postseason in 2015 as a casual fan without a country just enjoying fresh eyes on a new sport. i actually developed a hatred for the pens before i even decided who i was a fan of, admittedly easy for me to hate a pittsburgh team as a baltimore resident and ravens fan from their inception. got super invested in wanting them to lose and latched on to the capitals because with no knowledge of hockey history and a basic but burgeoning understanding of the sport and its rules it seemed like the capitals were the team with the best shot to beat them, went to game 2 in 2017 and game 5 in 2018 and those two experiences were some of the best ive ever had at a sporting event. knowing much more about the sport all these years later i know i was a lunatic to become a caps fan in the hopes they could beat the pens, but im invested now and 2018 was a great ride. theres also still a strong hatred for the pens but a side appreciation for them being the team that got me invested in the sport even if it was a desire to see them fail. i wish i couldve seen the crosby ovechkin rivalry play out in full instead of just catching the tail end of it
As a rangers fan who’s on 22, I have had to suffer at the hands of Pittsburgh many times, but I can’t even be happy you guys are sellers, just had to send Guentzel to Carolina 😭
This was bound to happen after competing for almost two decades straight. At least we got 3 cups out of it and it won't be as bad as the 03-04 dumpster fire lol.
Спорт
That Finland soundbite caught me off guard.
FINLAND!!!!!
I dieddddd at that
Why is there always something from SpongeBob that just works.
CHA CHA CHA
FUG :DD
@@imrustyokay Me, a Eurovision fan: 12 points?!
Penguins: how can we make the yinzer miserable?
Steelers: hold my Iron City
The Penguins know they need to embrace the art of the tank.
The Steelers refuse to do so.
Pirates: We got this guys..hold the Primantis..
Dude just got Russell Wilson and he’s posting Penguins content 😂
He was in the middle of making this vid before he got the news
They're no longer the Steelers, they're the Pittsburgh Memes.
Steelers country, let's cry
russell wilson is not saving the steelers.
appropriate reaction
"Nothing good's coming out of Finland as far as I remember"
- Me right after stubbing my toe on a vintage Nokia product.
They should have cleaned the house right after the Habs debacle in 2020.
I never understood why changes weren't made after that. It was becoming clear that the team was getting further away from being a contending team.
totally agree. thw writing was on the wall and they did nothing.
@@darthvader3742Because Ron Hextall happened, that's why.
Absolutely. Alarm bells should have been ringing after getting swept by the Islanders the year before (though I guess recent back-to-back Cup wins meant that it was reasonable at the time to assume that this was just a blip), but nearly getting swept by the 12th-seeded Canadiens (a team that, don't forget, was *nine games below .500* if you count overtime losses going into the play-in round) in the Bubble was the moment it was clear beyond any reasonable doubt that their empire had fallen.
That it's taken nearly four years of futility after that embarrassment to finally face reality is a damning indictment of the organization. But at least that day has finally come.
Maybe not clean house but Malkin and Letang should have definitely been traded. Sullivan should have been canned after losing to the Rangers in 21.
STEELERS NATION, LET'S RIIIDE
Steelers Nation Let's SLIDEEE
Steelers County, let's forge
The ride never ends, this might be the perfect fit, just not if you like Pittsburgh
The mediocrity continues.
Get on your bike and ride!! Bad Motor Scooter. Montrose I want to ride my Bicycle, I want to ride my bike! Queen.
Motorcycle Momma. Sailcat.
To paraphrase a quote from last year’s Yankees video: “Oh no let me blow my nose into the countless banners you have in the rafters of PPG. You can afford to be legitimately bad for a season or two. Welcome to the rest of hockey. Join us in the pile of misery.”
I'd say having lived in the shadows of Crosby and Pittsburgh for the last decade or so, you're definitely getting a kick out of this lol.
He warned us
Fuck the Flyers!
May they have a 30 year drought
“Nothing good has come out of Finland” *laughs in Mikko Rantanen*
Other than goalies
I would’ve told that redact
Teemu Selanne you idiot.
I just hope the penguins aren't stubborn to a rebuild like the Steelers.
Dubas is smart enough to try and weave in a retool and rebuild. The real question is how FSG will handle it...
As a Sens and Oilers fan, I fucking love seeing the pens being so bad 🤣🤣
@@neeltheother2342FSG has a boner for Sullivan. Let that be a signpost as to their thought process...
@@neeltheother2342Dubas is a classic example of how analytics works in the regular season but never in the playoffs.
Penguins will get nowhere with him at the helm.
The coach should have been tossed three years ago, too late.
1:28 Love the nostalgic Simpsons Hit & Run level 1 song added to the video
Fits Pittsburgh sports teams
Back to homer 1 (hopefully you got the reference)
"That was so painful!"
As a Blackhawks fan, it's sad to watch your dynasty start to crumble. At least you got 3 cups to sit back and enjoy. It'll be a sad day when Crosby finally hangs em up, he looks like he has a few good seasons left though
Not for one fan who thinks they are better off without foreign players. As a canadian listening to that i had to laugh!
The days of our Steelers 2024
Laughs in Sharks fan with the Penguins first round pick
Arthur Smith mixed with Russell Wilson and the Steelers…………..my sincere condolences.
As you've repeated many times: "We all have an expiration date." That's where the Pens are right now.
As a Pens fan who's only been a fan since 2017, I'm willing to go down with the Pens and continue supporting them through their rebuild over the next few seasons. At least we aren't the Sharks.
(No I'm not a bandwagoner. I started following the Penguins when I was only 10 in 2017).
Sharks caught a stray there
You'll be back eventually, could take a few years though. Just hope my team stays good enough to make it competitive, 2022 was fun
As a Sharks fan, all I can say is that I’m fucked essentially. At least I also have the Leafs…
😂@@ResoluteMujigae
5 years minimum probably closer to 10 years for the full rebuild to happen if everything goes smoothly
As a result of the Erik Karlsson trade, if the penguins finish in the bottom 10 this year, they'll either have to give the sharks the top 10 pick or let it slide to an unprotected first in 2025.
Welcome to the erik karlsson curse
Rumors of Karlsson returning to Ottawa makes every fan in that city go "no, no, no!!! Wait, wait wait!!!!" I mean this season sucks, but Staios better steer clear of Karlsson!
As a Capitals fan, we’re currently in the exact same boat. It’s like our teams are conjoined at the hip.
PITTSBURGH SPORTS, THE RIDE NEVER ENDS
you won three cups. stop bitching.
@@noahbiehler3181 for the record, I ain't a Pens fan. Or a Pittsburgh sports fan in general.
Accurate for Steelers and Penguins fans
The Penguins are waddling....like penguins.
Tonight, on where's my liquor?
Steeler nation, let's smelt!
Yes I know it's a Pens video but still.
*Time for the 100 proof*
I’m more excited for the draft than the season 😭
ruclips.net/video/nEJUI4hthUg/видео.htmlsi=KqYddjBBGmqZPcoD
Yoo-hoo!
_Speaking of the Russell Wilson signing, I wonder if Ciara will love Pittsburgh…_
lol. Don't think so. Signed, a former Pittsburgh resident
I'm slightly sad that the Penguins are falling, but I'm mostly just cackling in Flyers.
From a Broncos fan i'll just say enjoy Russell Wilson Pittsburgh Country!
With the Flyers in the playoff race over the Penguins, it's even more crazier
I have this perfect fandom, the canucks are my 1a and the pens my 1b, as the pens fall to shit, the canucks are rising out of it. the 2010's were great to me.
I'm 19 and one of my first memories was Marc-Andre Fleury single-handedly winning us the 2009 Cup, I've grown up with them making incredible cup runs in 16 and 17, and even in 2021 putting up their 3rd best regular season ever. Penguin fans can't be mad this is happening, the 20 years of success had ro eventually end, and now is the time
Agreed. It is unfortunately the end of an era :(
I've been a hurricanes fan my entire life since I was born in Raleigh two years before they won the cup. And this is the first time since that cup run that the canes have actually done something like this. Going out and getting the big fish in free agency shows that Dundon and Waddell want to win a cup. I love it
The fucking Penguins, the fucking Steelers... the rest of us laughing.
Don't forget the Pirates and their "comfortable being mediocre" owner. The Unholy Trinity of Yinzer Hell is forming up this season.
@@petergray2712you might be thinking of the Rockies owner. But Bob Nutting probably agrees, he just won’t say the quiet part out loud.
Today is April 6th, 2024.. the Penguins hold the WC2
The pens are so frustrating. I want this team to do so well as someone who’s just a year or two into getting into hockey, but they’re not making it easy.
It truly is amazing how long ago 2017 feels right now! I wasn't even a Penguins fan, but I already miss Guentzel by proxy.
Sorry to hear you got covid brother. Hope you get back to 100% real soon, love watching your videos. As for the Pens, they had a golden opportunity to let us all take a nice hearty laugh at the Panthers and blew it against not one, but two of the league’s basement teams. For that, they had to pay a price, the hockey gods would be avenged.
As a panthers fan I’m grateful to the pens for shitting the bed so badly against the blackhawks last year. We might have lost in the final but damn it was a fun playoff run
THE FUCKING PENGUINS went from a saying out of pure satisfaction and salivation to misery and disappointment
Is that Simpsons Hit and Run Theme 1 in the background???
God damn right it is
As bad as the Penguins are, much worse situations exist: *you could be a Sharks fan like me.*
or a sens fan
@@FFSRayyor a yotes fan
Or a Blackhawks fan.
Unfortunately for Tree, the Sharks are his 2nd team.
@@conorcahill5422nah Blackhawks already got helped last draft…
The sound of a Band-Aid being ripped off:
RRRRAAAALLLLEEEEIIIIGGGGHHHH!!!!111
HEY TREE, LET’S RIDE!
Except the Pirates the Steelers and Penguins are in denial they aren't what they were
The Penguins are the new Red Wings....Enjoy this title.
The Red Wings are in competition again so maybe not too accurate right now.
@@shocktrauma85it’s exactly accurate. The red wings of old have moved on and now have a potential successor!
Thanks for taking heat off the Devils’ lost season, Pens.
Don’t look smug, Flyers, with that deadline.
ladies and gentlemen, Penguins hockey
This could age hilariously
STEELERS NATION LETSSS RIDEEE🎉
The penguins had their moments. The glory days are gone, and now it's time to rebuild.
Well UTree, it was nice knowing you! You have brought me so many moments of joy and laughter. I will not be mad at you if you drown in booze tonight given the news you have just gotten.
Holy shit that radio call-in is amazing
Days of our steelers season 6
Staring: Russell Wilson
SUPER happy that Guentzy get a better shot at another cup. Love that guy. I can't wait until his first game back.
“Nothing good has come out of Finland” um, Kasperi Kapanen? With his two hat tricks as a Penguin?
As a Hurricanes fan,y'all win this deal long term if Ponomarev plays like he did when called up here. He could probably slot in your bottom 6 now. I liked Bunting but thanks for Jake🙂
I agree. Ponomarev has potential. But man did we fleece the Pens and Caps. Absolute steals at the deadline. Gives me hope that we can't not just make a deep run in the playoffs, but possibly win it all
@@troybaxter we did not fleece the Pens at all. We gave up a lot for a rental I felt we got fleeced,speaking long term. The Kuznetsov addition lessoned the sting of that fleecing
The "fan" clip you used is hilarious.....does he not realize the many different nationalities of the main guys who won Pittsburgh their cups?
I wonder how he would feel if you told him that Korean-born Jim Paek played on the Cup winning teams in the 90s or Olli Mätta(a Finn) was on the team in 15-16 and 16-17.
Probably not as offended as he would be if you told him Craig Adams, who won the Cup in 08-09, was a Canadian born in Brunei
Well when the average age of the team is 93 this is what happens
Days of Our Steelers: Russell Wilson Edition
Michael Bunting let’s ride
Take good care of him
- signed a Leafs fan
Just a couple of years away from where the Sharks and Blackhawks are today. . . .
It is truly a dark age for Pittsburgh sports.
Who's here now that the Penguins currently hold the 8 seed in the East? I swear, from the Steelers getting Arthur Smith and Russell Wilson, the Pirates off to a hot start, and now this, every single Pittsburgh team is currently trying their hardest to make fun of Tree in every single way.
As a flyers fan, this is cathartic
There’s a possibility we blow our playoff spot to the elderly Caps or the OT loss merchants on Long Island but at least we’ve outperformed every expectation we’ve had this year. People predicted we would be rubbing elbows with the Sharks and Blackhawks in the cellar.
where’s your cups tho
@@philly_sports1558 even if you miss the playoffs by a point or two the flyers have done well, give thanks to torts. I swear torts could drag a team of 12 year olds into the nhl playoffs.
1:45 holy cow I haven’t laughed this loud in years
As a Caps fan it's been jarring to see the superstars I grew up with hit a wall like this.
How do you keep reverse jinxing teams like this homie?
Ah yes. The legendary Konstantin Koltsov and Rico Fata. Never forget those Dark Age Penguins teams.
The fact that one of the related video the algorithm coughed up was the Maple Leafs: A Half Decade of Failure, says it all.
We had our fun times, now it’s time to dip into the well.
My poor poor Penguins. It was a nice run.
As a penguin fan I’m just happy to watch the core 3s last days
What I learned from this video:
1. We're basically a shell of what we were in the mid-to-late 2010s.
2. We need to desperately rebuild.
3. We probably led the league in shorthanded goals allowed this season.
.....and in the interceding month, Crosby is single-handedly willing the Penguins to the playoffs
Good one
And then the Caps put a stop to that
As a Lightning fan, I’m already beginning to prepare myself for the pain of a rebuild. We’ve watched all our role players from the 2020 and 2021 cup runs fall victim to the salary cap. Now Stamkos and Hedman are on the wrong side of 30 and Vasy hasn’t been the same since his back surgery.
Fair play young fella thru your pain & anguish you managed to create an informative post, 100% gallows humour but thanks all the same, from the UK i salute you.
I'm not a hockey fan but i absolutely love you having music from The Simpsons Hit and Run in this video and it feels like it fits here.
"Nothing good's come out of Finland that I remember."
Dude. Hydraulic Press Channel.
Everything that has a beginning, has an end.
The ending was chef's kiss perfect.
Dead weight on that Penguin team
My main regret is also never getting a half-priced Jake Shake.
Simpsons Hit and Run music as the backdrop hits hard!!!
Lost Jake Guentzel and gained Russel Wilson in 4 days. I don't know how to feel lmao
Wait? Are we gonna get generational talent through the Dragon Balls?
As of March 11, 2024 - The Penguins are 19 games of full 82 season and with 64 pts, placed 13' in the Eastern Conference = they are 10 pts under for making the wild card 8th place! I personally want to say it is "possible" on paper with the boat-load of tallents. BUT reality performances says that will not happen.....
At the end of the day, this is a good thing for the Penguins. They've been clinging to a misguided sense of competition for years now and need to reset.
I was totally thinking of you watching this game, Big U!!
We'll take care of him, Tree. We Caniacs always go crazy for the new guy in his first game. Sometimes I feel like we're the Southern version of Cardinals fans. Just give us an excuse to cheer for a player lol
"Nothing good comes out of Finland as far as i remember."
Are you sure about that?
Juuse Saros
Tuukka Rask
Sasha Barkov
Sebastian Aho
@@ResoluteMujigae
Teemu Selänne
Jari Kurri
Saku Koivu
Esa Tikkanen
Miikka Kiprusoff
Mikko Rantanen
Roope Hintz
The list goes on and on.
Yeesh, that's a Yinzer radio caller if I've ever heard one.
So the Pens are finally paying their dues for their back-to-back Stanley Cup wins in 2016 and 2017. Especially for 2017!
Let the ride begin. First the pens get routed and then the Steelers sign Chef Russ. I worry for tree’s mental health
That pens fan calling into the radio show sounds like don cherry
That first sentence ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
i will be honest im from the uk i call my twin sister penguin i think im gonna support this team
I am watching the pens decline with joy
Lauri Markennan came out of Finland and as a Jazz fan that’s great!
im a relatively new hockey fan, started watching the postseason in 2015 as a casual fan without a country just enjoying fresh eyes on a new sport. i actually developed a hatred for the pens before i even decided who i was a fan of, admittedly easy for me to hate a pittsburgh team as a baltimore resident and ravens fan from their inception. got super invested in wanting them to lose and latched on to the capitals because with no knowledge of hockey history and a basic but burgeoning understanding of the sport and its rules it seemed like the capitals were the team with the best shot to beat them, went to game 2 in 2017 and game 5 in 2018 and those two experiences were some of the best ive ever had at a sporting event. knowing much more about the sport all these years later i know i was a lunatic to become a caps fan in the hopes they could beat the pens, but im invested now and 2018 was a great ride. theres also still a strong hatred for the pens but a side appreciation for them being the team that got me invested in the sport even if it was a desire to see them fail. i wish i couldve seen the crosby ovechkin rivalry play out in full instead of just catching the tail end of it
It’s a damn shame for my Penguins: no energy at all
The ride is now yours, Tree!
As a rangers fan who’s on 22, I have had to suffer at the hands of Pittsburgh many times, but I can’t even be happy you guys are sellers, just had to send Guentzel to Carolina 😭
Just keep clinging on to 2022 it's all we got lmfao
It is truly the end of an eta. Chad Ruhwedel, the eternal 7th defenseman, was traded.
the best birthday present ever
As a Red Wings fan, I’ve been waiting for this downfall… and I love it😂💀
From a Flyers Fan I Agree With U and I Hate The Penguins!
Im not a fan of any penguins rival teams, I also wanted to see this downfall
Remember Pens: it could be worse, you could be the Sharks
This was bound to happen after competing for almost two decades straight. At least we got 3 cups out of it and it won't be as bad as the 03-04 dumpster fire lol.