Too much to ask Penguins’ goaltenders to make a save?
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another "skinner special " ? this goaltending tandem will not cut it in the playoffs , its musharav or bust !
Skinner is just another version of Jarry, but slightly different. While Jarry has better athleticism and good positioning, Skinner can play a bigger role in rebound control and can handle goaltending in high pressure moments. Reasons why he has made the finals twice. But as they both do, they have weaknesses.
why don't the pens just get a 600 pound sumo wrestler. with the size of the goalie gear these days he'd probably fill up most of the net.
I dunno. Shots being 13-5 in the third while you're trailing and starting off talking about goaltending doesn't feel right to me.
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Skinner has always played like this and that's why he got moved
Jarry sucks
When the dust settles on this season it’s going to be VERY hard to be disappointed on a macro level, given the expectations entering the season. HOWEVER, we obviously want them to win, and then have some success in the playoffs. 13 of the last 15 games, they’ve given up at least 3 goals. You CANNOT survive anything in the playoffs needing to score 4 every night.
Was it me or did Sid just look off last night.
Our goalies are rebound machines!! And the defense is too small.
Hey DK…..Pittsburgh had nothing and looked committed to sacrificing that game. Tampa is good, real good. Besides Chinakhov the first line was horrible, Sid looked 50%, and Rust was awful. Let me say that again, Rust was bad and turned over the puck all night, he was bad. You are right, I won’t put it all on Skinner but he was not good. But last night there was no effort, no swarm, no unity, while I think they’re outclassed by Tampa they should still be able to play a style to slow them down. Thinking Muse saw Rust as bad, changed the first line, but it was too late. They better be better on the weekend, and they face a team that punishes hurt bodies. Nothing to take away from last night.
Yes, we tried a rookie, in 2016 in Murray and won. We must put the Russian in there. There is nothing to lose. Risk wins, it is in the Pens history and DNA.
Scapegoating goaltending for this loss is so wrong
DK I’m sorry. You have no idea what you are talking about. Yea Skinner wasn’t good there’s no doubt about it but to put the main and only blame on him IS FOOLISH it’s always easier to blame the goalie all of the time when people don’t know what they’re talking about. One goal was a weird bounce off of the boards which lead to a breakaway another goal we lost all coverage in front of the net after another weird bounce behind the net. But hey I guess they have to be prime Marty Broduer for you to consider a goalie “even good “ 🤣
In all honesty, we were playing with house money tonight anyways would have been nice to win but literally means pretty much nothing if we lost. Remember Tampa is still in an absolute dogfight for the division crown in The Atlantic so they have a lot to play for. This game is probably just another overreaction like the fanbase has been doing all season long.
The penguins got thoroughly outplayed by a team who needed this game more. Goaltending has certainly not been a strength but this isnt the game to complain about it. .
Better thing is to remind ourselves that the Leafs have NEVER won 3 playoff rounds. The year they won, they only had two rounds. You’re welcome
Maybe the team didn’t want to empty the tank tonight in a house money game and Tampa Bay was probably more desperate. I will say they do have to be serious against Florida tho. I also wouldn’t mind if we gave murgashov a shot in net tbh.
I'm not sure I'd consider home rinc an advantage. While the numbers are even offensively, we play better defensively on the road.
I honestly think even if we had Dominik Hasek in his prime last night I still don’t think we would’ve won last night in my opinion.
They just didn't have there legs. It was obvious from the puck drop.
The reality is that the Penguins, last night, looked tired outside of a few players (Karlsson, Chinokhov, Rust, Acciari and Girard). I give the boys, including the goaltending, a pass on this one given, I'm certain, the emotional drain that the Islanders and Red Wings game(s) had on them. Tampa brought their A game (and their legs) and the Penguins, clearly, brought, best case, their C game (and no legs). Big weekend coming up on Saturday and Sunday. The boys will get home today, hopefully get a good rest tonight and it's back to the grind on Saturday and Sunday. I suspect, with the leadership in the locker room, this team will be fine (as they have been all season).
Make a save? How about don't make so many careless turnovers that turn into easy goals. They are lucky the score wasn't 10-3. Not many goalies could have survived the terrible passing and defense in front of them. Karlsson said "We didn't come to play". Crosby and the first line were completely outplayed.