Series Talk: Pens vs. Habs - Episode 4

[Speaking Moistly]

I knew Johnson was going to be the death of the Pens‘ PO chances, but @KIRK and I thought it would be from undermining Geno, not Sid...

Really? I’ve been waiting for him to injure a teammate this whole time. The playoffs would be perfect timing. I, however, thought it would be a goalie.

 

[The Old Master]

I knew Johnson was going to be the death of the Pens‘ PO chances, but @KIRK and I thought it would be from undermining Geno, not Sid...

johnson is an equal oppertunety underminer.

 

[LOGiK]

Sid tripped over Johnson during a scrimmage and left immediately, although on his own power. Lower body. Seemed precautionary. He practiced this morning.

Apart from Bjugstad and Simon being unavailable, we look ready to go.

I watched the feed over and over and I cant find Sid ever hitting JJ.

1:18:45 is the last sid shift before he's just 'gone'.

McCann touches him and Rodrigues is the last person to touch him. Both more like glances than actually touching.

 

[Tender Rip]

So..... is there a better 5th line in the league than Simon Bjugstad Lafferty?
I was just wondering if we could get the cup now, 'cause depth!

Also, a person close to the team told me Jack Johnson convinced Sully that Geno feels insecure about being aggressive on the fore-check unless Johnson is also on the ice. The same person says Tesla will be at less than $600 come November, so at least one of those pieces of information might turn out valuable.

 

[Peat]

So..... is there a better 5th line in the league than Simon Bjugstad Lafferty?
I was just wondering if we could get the cup now, 'cause depth!

I mean, most of them because they wouldn't have two injured skaters on them

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

Also, a person close to the team told me Jack Johnson convinced Sully that Geno feels insecure about being aggressive on the fore-check unless Johnson is also on the ice. The same person says Tesla will be at less than $600 come November, so at least one of those pieces of information might turn out valuable.

What the actual f***

 

[SHOOTANDSCORE]

Yes. Any game that isn't on the national NBC channel will be on AT&T Sportsnet.

Thanks. That's a relief. I though NBC might take all of the games, which is the worst part of the playoffs for me.

 

[Shockmaster]

Thanks. That's a relief. I though NBC might take all of the games, which is the worst part of the playoffs for me.

Game 1 is exclusively on NBC for their primetime slot.

 

[Khelandros]

What the actual f***

 

[Randy Butternubs]

Doubt I get to watch tonight. Which means, I guess, I'll be relying on the posters here for accurate and purely objective observations.

 

[WeThreeKings]

What's with the seeming obsession in the coaching staff/front office to want to start Matt Murray despite all recent evidence pointing to Jarry being the better goalie?

 

[heysmilinstrange]

What's with the seeming obsession in the coaching staff/front office to want to start Matt Murray despite all recent evidence pointing to Jarry being the better goalie?

Murray has won 2 Stanley Cups and has a lot of playoff experience, Jarry has played well in the NHL for about 3 months.

 

[Empoleon8771]

What's with the seeming obsession in the coaching staff/front office to want to start Matt Murray despite all recent evidence pointing to Jarry being the better goalie?

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Honestly if we are rating both on recency... Murray has probably been the better player.

Unless we are counting scrimmage games.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Murray has won 2 Stanley Cups and has a lot of playoff experience, Jarry has played well in the NHL for about 3 months.

I get that but there isn't much room margin for error, if Jarry was the better guy at the pause (wasn't he?) and is playing better during the camp leading up, that would be my call.

Montreal's PP looks ineffective as usual, so should still be able to outscore us anyways

 

[Andy99]

I get that but there isn't much room margin for error, if Jarry was the better guy at the pause (wasn't he?) and is playing better during the camp leading up, that would be my call.

Montreal's PP looks ineffective as usual, so should still be able to outscore us anyways

Murray was playing better at the pause...but he’s looked in fine November form at this re-start...and that’s worrying

 

[Khelandros]

Honestly if we are rating both on recency... Murray has probably been the better player.

Unless we are counting scrimmage games.

Well no, they were both playing like mediocre goalies. Since Feb 1, Murray played 11 games, 5-5-1, .895 SV% and a 2.93 GAA. Jarry played 7 games, 3-4, .896 SV% and a 3.3 GAA.

 

[Andy99]

Mark it down: our goalie play will be the reason we either get to the finals or lose in the first playoff round...it’s a major weakness for us, as pretty much every other top East team has no question marks at goalie except perhaps the Caps with how Holtby is going to look...

 

[dogthateats]

 

[Tasty Biscuits]

Well no, they were both playing like mediocre goalies. Since Feb 1, Murray played 11 games, 5-5-1, .895 SV% and a 2.93 GAA. Jarry played 7 games, 3-4, .896 SV% and a 3.3 GAA.

Yeah, once they went back to the timeshare approach both of them were pretty mud.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Well no, they were both playing like mediocre goalies. Since Feb 1, Murray played 11 games, 5-5-1, .895 SV% and a 2.93 GAA. Jarry played 7 games, 3-4, .896 SV% and a 3.3 GAA.

Ugh... yeah... that's pretty gross.

I still very much hesitate to call the Jarry "the better goaltender" though. To me he's still an incomplete.

 

[TKalltheTime]

What's with the seeming obsession in the coaching staff/front office to want to start Matt Murray despite all recent evidence pointing to Jarry being the better goalie?

This is the type of person, who sees a player score an HT in a game and starts a thread of "HoW dO wE Get PlAYeR X oN mA Team!!?"

 

[WayneSid9987]

Jarry is clearly the better of the 2 right(yes these scrimmages count) now but i fully expect them to go with Murr.
Theres more scrimmages coming tho so things can change.

 

[Speaking Moistly]

Well no, they were both playing like mediocre goalies. Since Feb 1, Murray played 11 games, 5-5-1, .895 SV% and a 2.93 GAA. Jarry played 7 games, 3-4, .896 SV% and a 3.3 GAA.

Yeah, even if you look at their last 5 games each it’s pretty weak.

TJ
.944, 2gaa
.808, 5gaa
.909, 2gaa
.844, 5gaa
.833, 6gaa
Avg: .868, 4gaa

MM
.857, 3gaa
.885, 3gaa
.933, 2gaa
.821, 5gaa
.909, 2gaa
Avg: .882, 3gaa

I don’t envy the coaches with this. Jarry has played 33 games this season and while he was great he had also slowed down before the stoppage. It’s a very small sample size for a player a lot of people were calling a bust the season before. They have a bigger sample size with Murray but he’s had a bad season; he did turn around a rough stretch the prior season though. Now they’re supposed to use what is essentially the preseason to assess goalies and that can be a pointless endeavour.


Really, with everything going on, they need both goalies to be ready to go. All you need is an injury or a Covid problem and they’re on to the next goalie. Desmith should also be watched like a small child so he can’t lose any important documentation.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

I tend to think that Murray is going to turn in a very solid tournament performance.

If for absolutely no other reason that because it only further complicates things and muddies the waters even more for the Penguins.