GDT: #21 | Penguins vs Bruins | Fri Nov 23 @ 730PM est | SN360, SNE, SNO, TVAS, NESN, ATTSN-PT

[Coach Travis]

Rust is terrible. I don't care. He doesn't deserve top 6 minutes.

I thought he’s looked pretty good on Sid’s line

 

[ColePens]

Awwww yeah John Cena music...

What a WEIRD usage of a wrestler's theme song.

 

[Shady Machine]

What in the blue **** are you on about?

You need help discerning jokes from serious posts

 

[KIRK]

Can’t wait for that.

It will be . . .

 

[ColePens]

LETANG DO NOT DO THAT!

 

[Gurglesons]

Yuck Letang.

 

[vodeni]

OMG can sheahan win one friggin puck

 

[ColePens]

Marchand just cannot help himself

 

[EightyOne]

How much does the lack of any sort of cohesive defensive structure play into this though?

You have 5 guys defending 3 below the hashmarks and its like a bunch of headless chickens. No one picks up a man, you have 3 guys skating into the corner to get a loose puck vs one guy, and they still lose the battle.

Point men from the other team have 5-10 seconds to make a decision, and no one can block a shot for **** on this team.

Every game. For, what, 120 games now?

 

[Ginormousthumbs]

Rat trying to sell that one

 

[Gurglesons]

It will be . . .

Hopefully they bring up JR’s preseason declarations of watching footage for a week that they didn’t over 4 years.

 

[Sideline]

OMG can sheahan win one friggin puck

No.

 

[KIRK]

How much does the lack of any sort of cohesive defensive structure play into this though?

You have 5 guys defending 3 below the hashmarks and its like a bunch of headless chickens. No one picks up a man, you have 3 guys skating into the corner to get a loose puck vs one guy, and they still lose the battle.

Point men from the other team have 5-10 seconds to make a decision, and no one can block a shot for **** on this team.

I think it's hard to know how much of this is about coaching when half the defense needs a makeover.

Personally, I think coaching is part of the problem, so you're preaching to the choir, but the bigger problems are related to personnel choices JR has made over the last 16 months.

 

[Turin]

There are no words for Jack Johnson anymore.

I'd rather have Maatta. God forgive me.

Well.. yea.. that should have always been the case.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Gotta watch out for that big nosed face licker.

 

[Zirakzigil]

Crosby, Rust and JJ to start?

 

[Jules Winnfield]

Whelp, what will Sully do now? Rust just checked himself in the boards and injured himself.

 

[KIRK]

everyone who's called Jack Johnson a bad defenseman were right about Jack Johnson.

no... not bad defenseman, per se. bad hockey player.

Actually, the people who merely called Jack Johnson a bad hockey player were the polite ones.

 

[Gurglesons]

LOL. 100% clearly interference on Rust there.

 

[SirBrad]

Woo hoo a point! A half a win is worth celebrating at this point.

 

[ColePens]

OMG can sheahan win one friggin puck

I don't even know why the coach tries to put him out. He's worthless.

 

[canadianguy77]

Well that takes care of one problem

 

[Ogrezilla]

and Rust hurt too?

 

[Ginormousthumbs]

Rust hurt. AHL hotline incoming

 

[domaug]

Rust injured himself trying to cut off Miller.

so we may not see him with Sid anyway.