It always seems to be the same guys, same mistakes.
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FOr the first time in my life i feel apathetic towards watching the pens games. Now though, its like management isnt doing everything they need to do to win. Same coach, same old players, same awful goalie, same system same comments after the game same same same. i just dont care
I highly doubt they play the young guys until Sully is gone.
2 years ago, the Pens and the Caps both missed the playoffs. Last year, the Pens just missed and the Caps scraped in (with a negative goal differential). This year, the Caps are league leaders.
Genuinel question: What are the differences between the way these teams have retooled in the last seasons?
(I don’t have time for a deep dive into this topic or analysis of the Caps’ successes)
we got pumped 6 to 2. embarrassing. wasn't even close. its mind boggling to me that Sully is still here. doesn't matter if he is an ok coach. something has to give.
There's no one to blame for all that but Sully.
It's either he's blind or ignorant.
Neither is going to win games
They suck. Hard to take, but they suck. They went so far back to their drunken beer-league gaff passes and non-clears. The Pens can always turn something into nothing with endless turnovers. Sid may be injured- he’s not playing well and his passing is as moronic as Malkin or Karlsson
Aaaaaaanddd, nothing changes when nothing changes. Not choosing to change the important parts is choosing to accept them.
I took a few games off as I was away for vacation and relied on the Daily Shot for my game breakdowns. They sounded like they somewhat turned a corner, sounded like they were getting away with some things, but generally sounded like baby steps were made. I did watch the Toronto game, a soft team constructed by……ahhh Dubas, who is flashy but stumbles against gritty play, but none the less the Penguins played well. Now bring Colorado to town, they are bigger and faster, and much better then the record suggests. DK, you are right, its the same guys, the same line up, and I could go on a binge attack on Sullivan and Dubas, but why? One thing that was clear last night and has been exposed many times is our top lines do not match up with top teams, simply put, Rust and Rakkell are not line one guys on any other team. They may be among the best on the Penguins but seriously, they'd be lucky to get on many teams line 3. and it shows, and against popular opinion, Sid looked checked out for much of the game……you can hear if swearing on the ice in frustration. There are two guys in the lineup that are crashing and banging, playing with a ton of heart that I would insert next to Sid and that in Lizotte and Bunting, both can puck handle, possess the puck, score, and insert energy into a lifeless line 5 on 5. With Montreal and Ottawa coming, they should win both but probaly get at least a split, you'd hope, and so what! All this recent hot streak did is create delusion that this team can compete, and justify Sullivan and Dubas's decisions! This team is far from fixed, and looking at all the empty seats in Pittsburgh, their season ticket holders seem to have better things to do then sit through games like last night.
this is why I play NHL 25…I can make the Pens have an actual logical roster.
Jarry stinks. That's just the way it is. Those 6 games were just a spurt of luck. I don't think they'll win more than 25 games this year unless by some miracle they can turn it around
DK, I don't know if this has any meaning. It seems to me if the pens can't score, they can't win … . I would like to see them be more aggressive taking the puck away and playing keep away. It's as though they go back on their heels and let the other team do what they want. Easy enough to say, not do. If they are only gonna score 1 or 2, they probably aren't gonna win. Much better chance at 4 or 5. Is asking for 2 goals a period too much to ask? I think being offensively will make them better defensively.
It's what you get from Jarry. He gets a great game and all the Jarry fanboys jump up and say all-star and then he sucks for the next 6. Just buy him out and get Blomqvist back.
I’m with you grisleSUCK NEEDS TO GO. Why does Sullivan do nothing about him being so awful. Like you said the fourth line is trash . We have so many zombie players.. people who seem slow and lost.. it’s painful. This team needs a real shakeup
Why take that daily question if that’s your response?
I find my self infuriated when I see the starting lineup before every game. I will not watch another game until Grzelcyk, Nieto, and Accari are out, and Pulijarvi is in.
It’s a crime pulljarvii isn’t playing.
Sooo, if the SAME PLAYERS are making the SAME MISTAKES…but they keep getting PLAYING TIME….then..the COACH…COACHING IS THE PROBLEM
The attendance (15,362) last night. Typical of most home games lately. The boos are started to rain more down with poor play. Their joke of a Power Play couldn't even get into the O-Zone to even get set up one time. Letang & Karlsson both got lost off to the side of the net near the boards on 1 goal. How did they both get out there together? /s Such malaise on this team most nights abound.
Other than that Mrs Lincoln ……
I agree with the inserts that should be made but Noel Accari should stay in with a big HOWEVER being he should not be center he seems to play better when he’s not a center get O’Connor or someone to center for him
It's funny to me that even the media can't understand that the Pens are just old and bad. I mean even Crosby only has 1 goal this month (10 games). They're just bad. They won't be good again until they cycle through these next 3-5 years and hopefully get a generational player via the draft in an upcoming summer. But they can't just "get rid of" or "send guys away" like Graves and Jarry. They make too much money with too much term left. And if you buy them out now, they are going to be dead money on your cap through 2033 in the case of Graves, and through 2031 in the case of Jarry. So the only thing to do is keep playing them and hope that they get hot for a stretch and someone out there is foolish enough to trade for them. Now Gryzelyck is another story … he should be scratched and waived already. And he only hurts your cap for the remainder of this season, and there is no long-term impact to that.
Will be at the game in Ottawa. Hope to see a Win