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The Pens met the Devils in the first round of the playoffs and the series went all the way to the 7th game. After last years frustration, the Pens weren't going to settle for the Presidents trophy and destroyed the Devils 12-2 in the 7th game
In the second round it was the Flyers again, same as last year, but this time around the roles changed and the Pens dispatched them in 5 games with relative ease
Eastern conference finals, the Tampa Bay Lightning await, but an unfortunate knee soreness injury takes star C and captain of the Bolts out of the series for all but the last game and the Pens have no issues and progress to the Stanley cup final winning the series 4-0 (seen a thread mentioning that minor day to day injuries in the Playoffs shouldn't stop players playing)
The trip to the final came at a costly price as D Klingberg suffered a concussion and is sidelined for the next 8 months
The Stanley cup final paired the Pens against the Ducks. Missing C Getzlaf, the Ducks roster didn't stack up against the Pens more youth full line up, C Crosby was lost for the last 2 games with a minor wrist injury and D Lindholm with a similar minor injury which in real life would never stopped them from playing in the final ( Crosby was out for 4 days and Lindholm for 6 ) After going up 3-0 the Ducks won game 4 but that was all ant the Pens won the Cup in game 5
Might be a coincidence but in all 3 seasons so far the cup was won on the 31st of May
D Klingberg won the Norris and the Lady Bing
G Murray won the Vezina and Jennings
LW Tanew won the Selke
D Lindholm won the Conn Smythe ( missed 3 games in the playoffs, better options available)
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