ChaosAgent
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Post-Game Talk: Pens loss to Florida: Try putting Jarry on the PP next game
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No, you said all of the coaching staff lol…if Sullivan isn’t fired, it’s meaninglesss…does anyone really think Reirden has has Carte blanche over the PP?
SomeDude
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I don’t even believe Reirden has carte blanch over tying his skates.
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Dennis Reynolds
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"UMMMMM" is his new "beavis."
Really keeps me coming back with this creative barrage of mockery.
WHAT'LL HE THINK OF NEXT?!
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Dubas is doint one thing well - impersonating Hextall by doing nothing.
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HandshakeLine
A real jerk thing
Dennis Reynolds
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The things that piss me off the most about Sullivan are the littlest ones.
Like last night, scratching Zohorna instead of Harkins, Carter, or O'Connor.
Objectively, Zohorna is the most creative player of the lot of them. Best PPG by quite a bit. With his stat line, that's not saying a whole lot, but this team can't score. A total of two goals in the last two games.
Instead, Z sits because he doesn't PK much or play close enough to "the right way."
From line combos to responsibilities to zone starts to special teams to matchups, these "little" decisions stop being little. They're cumulative. Sully is so stubborn that that he would rather lose than break dedication to his ideology.
Like last night, scratching Zohorna instead of Harkins, Carter, or O'Connor.
Objectively, Zohorna is the most creative player of the lot of them. Best PPG by quite a bit. With his stat line, that's not saying a whole lot, but this team can't score. A total of two goals in the last two games.
Instead, Z sits because he doesn't PK much or play close enough to "the right way."
From line combos to responsibilities to zone starts to special teams to matchups, these "little" decisions stop being little. They're cumulative. Sully is so stubborn that that he would rather lose than break dedication to his ideology.
Coastal Kev
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This might be too much truth for some people to understand.
Sidney the Kidney
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The bolded is by design of the coaching staff. Remember when Sullivan made that absolutely idiotic quote about them (the coaching staff) helping Karlsson become a better all around player?
Translation, we're going to f*** up what he does well in order to force him to play a safer game. Typical Sullivan bullshit of trying to turn anyone with creativity into a boring, safe nothing player.
Dennis Reynolds
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One of the stupidest things I've ever heard. And I don't mean just in terms of the game of hockey. I thought I was reading The Onion.
Zbynek
Jarry friggin sucks dude
It's mind-blowing how Harkins and his 0-0-0 in 11 games still gets chances with the big club left and right.
There's a reason I call the coach Sullivan-Harkins now. Them being married is the only way my mind can wrap around the fact that this player exists on this team.
Dennis Reynolds
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I'm tired of coaches who try to shoehorn their strongest traits as a player into the lineups of the teams they coach.
Sully was a defensive 4C who was a great on the draw and on the penalty kill. Sound familiar? Also, in 11 NHL seasons, his most productive goal-scoring campaigns saw him tally 9, 8, and 6 goals. What was that about "playing the right way"?
Bylsma was almost identical. Defensive winger who killed penalties and fell in love with younger versions of himself in Adams and Glass.
Then there's Todd Reirden who coaches the power play exactly how you'd expect a slow-moving defensive defenseman to coach a power play.
Sully was a defensive 4C who was a great on the draw and on the penalty kill. Sound familiar? Also, in 11 NHL seasons, his most productive goal-scoring campaigns saw him tally 9, 8, and 6 goals. What was that about "playing the right way"?
Bylsma was almost identical. Defensive winger who killed penalties and fell in love with younger versions of himself in Adams and Glass.
Then there's Todd Reirden who coaches the power play exactly how you'd expect a slow-moving defensive defenseman to coach a power play.
Kevin Porter had 3 points in 41 games. Sully's fancy stats bar -goals/assists/points - is pretty low for guys who play the right way.
AuroraBorealis
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Yeah his care factor is like 75% defense, 25% offense.
That would all change with Boudreau, for example. He makes lineup decisions based on offense a lot of the time. He comments on lines' lack of production. It's a focus.
You would see guys like Puustinen and Pitlick in the lineup. Carter and Harkins wouldn't play.
If guys aren't producing they get moved down or get scratched.
Gurglesons
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Still think we miss the cup if he was healthy.
HandshakeLine
A real jerk thing
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Dennis Reynolds
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I don't know, but on Wednesday at the Lightning the entire team had six shots on goal at the 10:00 mark of the second period.
That probably didn't help.
I wouldn't say Dubas is doing nothing. He's made an absurd amount of call-ups and tried every dreg we have in WBS.
He just won't fire Sullivan. Sigh
He just won't fire Sullivan. Sigh
I don't think there's any indication that's coming any time soon, no matter how much people want to hope and pray for it.
Sidney the Kidney
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I'd consider that doing nothing.
If my house is on fire and I'm running around trying to put it out using a coffee cup full of water instead of calling 9-1-1, I'm not doing anything to solve the ACTUAL problem.
