Bumping the diminutive minor-league waiver claim to skate alongside Evgeni Malkin? Yikes!
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You know the scene at the end of T2 when the T1000 was in the molten iron, changing shape at random, trying to find one that worked? That's Sullivan trying to solve every problem with line combinations.
It's embarrassing the Penguins couldn't muster the effort to win the game on Jagr night. Crosby & Letang are in it to win it and the rest of the team…… is there.
They will lead 3-2 until they lose 4-3 . Thats generous.
Maybe Phillips is the next Theo Fleury. They're both 5'6''. Let's hope they have more commonalities than diminutive stature.
Watched some of his AHL highlights and a few commented that Phillips reminds them of Gaudreau. What a gift that would be if this kid comes anywhere near that level.
Make him munch crow Phillips…go get 'em kid! 🤣
My answer to the title question: don’t know don’t care. See you next season.
0 for 7 on the pp tonight 😂😂😂so predictable….#firesully
I think the owners need to look at dubis..cause if this is the kinda stuff we r going to deal with..then i may need to switch teams..cause i cant keep watching this team self destruct,well i guess its beyound that now..this team.meaning gm..an coach..never let the good guys from the minors, stay if they r good..or the keep them when they arent doing anything. Or keep people to long that dont deserve to be here..meaning smith,an a few others..an malking has hit a wall..its plan an simple..he cant chase down a puck..hes slower than a turtle,,onec an while he takes off..but it doent get any better
I was so excited for Dubas, Karrleson, and Riley Smith to come to Pittsburgh. It’s all been such a disappointment.
This team has traded young talent and picks for a decade + now. The team needs to start moving into the future. It's a cycle and it's ok.
a definition of line strengh one wrote, carolina has 3 2nd lines and a forth! so for the pens it looks like, a clear 1st, 2 3rds and one forth line…
They are doing nothing. This team is done
Cannot believe they picked up "tiny" Matthew Phillips, let alone moved him up beside Geno. If quickness is his strength, how does that mesh with Geno?
Definition of insanity is…?? Sully needs to go!! Don't care who likes him, he lost the locker room years ago!! Enough's enough!
He’s 5’8”………😂😊. Good job DK
They would put Mario out for the last 20-30 seconds of PK. It would throw the opponents 2nd PP unit off because they worried to much about him scoring.
13 shorthanded goals in a season!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Finally I think it's over now. That loss vs LA was just backbreaking…
He was incredibly nervous the other night. I was at the game the other night and he looked incredibly shaky. Get the puck and just send it back to the point whether someone is there or not. He will obviously collect himself in time, but……. As for putting him with Malkin, that 2nd line has looked lethargic. We will see I guess.
Something has to be done. I am not shocked.
Dk we def want it tommorow. Even if the the team is down. We look up to hearing your take on things ❤
Geno would be a great third line center.. Fewer minutes, fewer mistakes, more pouting.
Sully sure does love his vanilla ahl midget players
I love the Pens, but I’m having a very hard time watching this team. It’s time to get rid of Guenrzel , because this team’s not winning nothing. Smith, Rakell, Joseph, can go, and Graves if it is even possible to move that horrible contract.🤦 please bring in youth, and energy players, I can’t watch another game. Those players I mentioned bring nothing and have no heart. Dubas managed to put a team together worse than last year’s team😂 , and that’s hard considering Hextall was trying deliberately destroy this team.
Totally agree with you DK. I don't get Sully's moves at all.. SMH
In reality what difference does it really make? Neither Rakell nor Smith nor DOC nor anyone else has been able to score on Malkin's wing this season. We're debating which chair to put on which deck on the Titanic.
Put Smith and Rakell with Sid. They have both struggled at times this year and time with Sid might just be what wakes them up. Put Rust with Geno.
I don’t know what else they can do at this point…also the odds of Phillips being really good aren’t very high but he was a pretty prolific scorer at the AHL level and at this point with no options it’s worth a try.
What are they doing? I think what Jagr would refer to it as "Dying Alive".
Move Smith up to the first line with Sid and Rust to see if there is any chemistry and move Rakell back with Geno. We know Geno and Rakell have had chemistry in the past. Putting Phillips on the 2nd line is ensuring that you get no production from that 2nd line. This is a 1 line team right now.
This really is a collective team gag/choke. I dont know that I;ve seen teams do something like this before. Sullivan seems to be in desperation mode just trying any/all combo's hoping something will immediately click, not having the luxury of sticking with a combo and giving the combo time to gel.
Is Malkin better off as the 3rd line center now? Need an entire new second line for next year 😭 i guess we also haven't seen Malkin with a decent winger yet
Harkins and White are pathetic they get a chance every night and do absolutely nothing its embarrassing honestly but those two truly dont care they get their pay at the end of the day. 95% of the roster is just here for a paycheck none of them have any heart none of them care
Malkin has been a lazy POS for years. I thought he looked like he was trying last month, but he fell back to his old self.