Post-Game Talk: Yikes. Pens struggle against a formidable Detroit Team

[Dey so soff*]

Pens radio team sounds like they are on HFPens often. Theyre giving up looking for positives too lol

Love those guys 1000% more than the TV crew. Borque gives it to them, no holds barred. TV crew pulls out their stack of excuses...

 

[Gold Diamond]

This team isn't going anywhere this year.

 

[Turin]

I think it’s time to break up the lines and get actually creative.

But more importantly it’s time to stop letting in 4 goals every game.

 

[Shaffer]

Yeah, a “couple” of bad games...

How do you define a "couple" then? 5? 6? 7? More? Because I described a "couple" anywhere between 3 and 8.

Anyways, I'll stop replying to you here, as it's on a bad path.

 

[MrBurghundy]

I think it’s time to break up the lines and get actually creative.

But more importantly it’s time to stop letting in 4 goals every game.

I think that last line is more important than anything else they do.

 

[wgknestrick]

Pens lost a significant portion of their 5v5 goal differential when they traded Cole. This team lives and dies via the PP and can barely keep even at 5v5. Couple that with a PK clicking at 70% (again missing Cole), and you have what you just saw. We are 22nd in 5v5 GF% and all the teams below us have already been eliminated from the PO. There are even teams above us that have been eliminated.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

This team isn't going anywhere this year.

Golfing soon?

 

[Harvey Birdman]

For long blocks of that game I thought I was watching the Gen-X Penguins in current Penguins uniforms.

 

[Gurglesons]

Man, I love this forum some days.

Ian Cole is shit.

Call me when we get knocked out in the playoffs or don’t make it and I’ll take you seriously.

 

[Dey so soff*]

How do you define a "couple" then? 5? 6? 7? More? Because I described a "couple" anywhere between 3 and 8.

Anyways, I'll stop replying to you here, as it's on a bad path.

Am I being disrespectful?

Look at their road record. Look st blowout losses to Chicago and Boston and so on.

It’s not just a couple stinkers here and there, and besides that, they’ve given up 57 goals in their last 15 games!

 

[Turin]

Pens lost a significant portion of their 5v5 goal differential when they traded Cole. This team lives and dies via the PP and can barely keep even at 5v5. Couple that with a PK clicking at 70% (again missing Cole), and you have what you just saw. We are 22nd in 5v5 GF% and all the teams below us have already been eliminated from the PO. There are even teams above us that have been eliminated.

How did they lose that with Cole? Sounds like they’ve been bad all year.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

So can we still actually miss the playoffs now??

 

[vodeni]

Pens radio team sounds like they are on HFPens often. Theyre giving up looking for positives too lol

Ol’29er had it enough

 

[LOGiK]

 

[canadianguy77]

So can we still actually miss the playoffs now??

I'm beginning to think they might want to.

 

[ncm7772]

Love those guys 1000% more than the TV crew. Borque gives it to them, no holds barred. TV crew pulls out their stack of excuses...

Same here.

 

[ColePens]

I honestly don't have much to say. This team put themselves in a bad situation. A really bad one.

 

[Ugene Magic]

I posted that in the GDT. I'd really love to know what others think. I know there are other issues. And the mix up front and collection of underachievers is pretty ugly there too. BUT, to a man, since the trade deadline, who hasn't ranged from underachieving to just plain awful on defense?

They are not all in, not at the start of the season, All-star break, TDL or now.

They gave the hometown fans a show with a winning record there. As soon as they traded Cole they were not all in, maybe, next year they are.

 

[Dey so soff*]

So can we still actually miss the playoffs now??

Absolutely. The Devils are only 4 points behind, in the last wild card spot and we play them on Thursday and Florida has games in hand...

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

I'm beginning to think they might want to.

Seriously though, can we??

 

[Turin]

Man, I love this forum some days.

Ian Cole is ****.

Call me when we get knocked out in the playoffs or don’t make it and I’ll take you seriously.

When your team was held together by a number 5 defenseman you were built entirely wrong in the first place. Ian Cole doesn’t drive the Penguins offense when they only have 13 shots after 45 minutes.

 

[Ryder71]

Seriously though, can we??

It's possible, yes.

 

[Wes Mantooth]

Seriously though, can we??

Yes. Florida has 3 games in hand but has a tough schedule. They are 12-3 in their last 15

 

[Pancakes]

Didn't see the game. Tough loss. Move on.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

All in??

We're more like all out.

Of heart, passion, luck, and caring.