Penguins Q&A: Woeful defense, coaching decisions. Who should be in, who should be out?
Pittsburgh Hockey Now’s Dan Kingerski breaks down the Penguins inept defense. Readers ask why coach Mike Sullivan hasn’t scratched Matt Grzelcyk, and who should be in the lineup and who should be out after a disastrous loss to the Rangers.
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Not sure why Sullivan is so upset. They aren't a good defensive team and that's what week defensive teams do. At least they weren't blown out.
Safe travels!
Enjoyed the discussion Dan, safe travels!
I've recently started watching your videos. I think they are great. This car video was just fine, keep doing it!
My question is do you have a car with the steering wheel on the right side or is the camera reversing the image? Maybe 3 days off is not good for them, all the older guys get stiff. They seem to play better when they play with less rest.
Sullivan sucks.. sooo sick of him complaining and nothing changes. Imagine that pens score… next shift the other teams scores can’t believe itb
He can take Grzelcyk off the top pairing.
MY GRAMMA WAS TOUGHER THAN THIS ENTIRE TEAM !
Well, if he made any in-game adjustments, I didn't see them. If he called a timeout half way through the 2nd period to read them the riot act, I missed it.
After action report in the car was fine, audio and video was clear.
I’m confused. The team stinks. We all know that. They wins. Few games. The. I start hearing hey, maybe they don’t stink. They lose a game against a better team, after winning a game they had zero business winning, by basically one goal. And now the world is coming g to an end.
This team needs a full rebuild and yet cant do it because they have committed to a core that will be 38-39 years old next season
Shut up about Jesse Puljujarvi. Puljujarvi SUCKS. Puljujarvi was drafted 4th overall ahead of Matthew Tkachuk and is a BUST. Puljujarvi can't play with McDavid, Draisaitl, Crosby, or Malkin. JP is comparable to Rust, Rakell, Tomasino, Glass, and Puustinen. JP is not comparable to Nieto or Hayes. Tomasino has 3 goals already. JP has 3 goals in 20 games. JP isn't a 4th line role player, he can't even play his own role.
Another great video, love your insight on this penguins squad.
Matt Grzelzyk might suck defensively but he has 11 assists and contributes on the power play. Graves sucks defensively and he has 0 goals, 0 assists, and 0 points in 20 games and is a -8.
Look, it comes down to either these are just bad players, in which case it’s the GM’s fault for picking them, OR they are good players but not being trained or played properly, in which case it’s the coach.
Grezlyck CAN NOT PLAY ANYMORE…in front of ANYONE…unless someone else is hurt…he's our 7th or 8th defensemen…play SHEA or WHOMEVER…I'm tired of seeing him..look completely lost on D..jumping up when he should be stepping back…SIT HIM DOWN
that picture of Sullivan has a little bit of Beaker vibes