Penguins get buried after a pair of loses over the weekend.

The Pittsburgh Penguins are currently in Stanley Cup playoff contention and, although you might think that is a good thing, many outside observers are being extremely critical of the current state of the Penguins after a pair of tough back to back losses over the weekend.

The Penguins' losing ways began on Friday night when they gave up 5 goals to the New York Islanders in a losing effort, a loss that was quickly followed by an ugly performance against the New Jersey Devils on Saturday in which they were thoroughly dominated by a score of 5-2.

Those two losses appear to have been enough for the pitchforks to come out in Pittsburgh, with several prominent media personalities in the area taking shots at the Penguins after Saturday's loss in particular. Immediately following the loss, The Athletic's Rob Rossi spared no punches when he made it clear that he felt the Penguins would be going out early to any competent team in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

"A lot of people ask me why the Penguins don't look more engaged. I try to explain it's not effort so much as a deficient roster that can easily be made to look inept against high-to-mid level opponents," wrote Rossi following the loss to the Devils. "This team has some top-end talent, and little else. It's really that simple."

Pittsburgh radio host Mark Madden shared a similarly negative sentiment about the Penguins on Sunday when he responded to Rossi with his opinion that the Penguins should effectively throw in the towel this season. Like Rossi, Madden was critical of the current state of the Penguins and urged ownership to prevent management from making any catastrophic moves.

"The Penguins’ ceiling is a first-round loss," wrote Madden on Sunday. "No trade can elevate that. So don’t sacrifice future. Ownership must not allow Hextall to do that."

Perhaps the most scathing criticism of all though was reserved for Penguins reporter Josh Yohe, who in an open letter publicly buried a number of the Penguins' current players in a series of comments that made it clear he doesn't feel the team is worthy of another Stanley Cup in its current iteration.

From Yohe:

Their bottom six is beyond atrocious, maybe the NHL’s worst. Their third line is centered by Jeff Carter, who appears to be completely washed up and is a liability almost every shift.

The Penguins are drawing the ire of critics in the media and if things are already this bad, there's a real possibility that fan sentiment won't be lagging too far behind.