GDT: #60 Sabers vs. Pens|Ge...dom! Sat, Feb. 22|1:00PM|PPG

[Andy99]

It's like the Pens just wanted to prove to themselves that they could get into first place if they really wanted to, and once they got there were satisfied and prefer not to have the bulls eye on them by being in first.

I can only hope there’s that amount of conscious decision that went to these losses...as opposed to we’re just bad...

 

[SEALBound]

To play like this after the Leafs game is not good.

Hopefully this fires them up for the Caps game tomorrow...

 

[Slaaapshuter]

Shitty shitty D-corps. Thank effing good we have Letang because I'll happily trade away every single rest of the turds not injured for a bag of popcorn.

 

[IcedCapp]

Andy’s more of an emotional slide than a roller coaster

The word slide would indicate that he was, at one point, on the top end of the emotional scale, though

 

[FreeBobbyFarnham]

Beside the few tap-ins, Zucker has been pretty meh overall since arriving here.

 

[deakka]

Hopefully this fires them up for the Caps game tomorrow...

well. i thought the Toronto game would make them turn up for this one. But apparently they dgaf anymore

 

[The Great Mighty Poo]

Out of town, thankfully I forgot to record the game?

WTF is happening?

Dookie, and LOTS of it.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Sullivan will give his usual angry post game conference, but really, he's a lot to blame in this as well, you have to motivate this team to come out against the Sabres at least, after the game against Toronto and then the line-up choice, scratching Riikola for Trotman.

This crap is a full on team effort of pathetic play.

Except for Horny.

 

[Zirakzigil]

Make the bad man stop!

 

[Turin]

Shitty shitty D-corps. Thank effing good we have Letang because I'll happily trade away every single rest of the turds not injured for a bag of popcorn.

You’d trade away a collection of #5-8 dmen? Dang chill.

 

[Andy99]

The word slide would indicate that he was, at one point, on the top end of the emotional scale, though

stop talking about me like I’m a meme...lol

 

[canadianguy77]

Say what you will about Riikola, but Trotman isnt an NHL player.

 

[Shockmaster]

Beside the few tap-ins, Zucker has been pretty meh overall since arriving here.

To be fair, it's hard for any player to live up to the legend that is Simon.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

At least he didn't get 700 against the Penguins.

Silver lining, yes.

 

[CascadiaPenguin]

We're going to get f*cked tomorrow

Thank you for posting that. In the history of HF, there is no post less accurate than one predicting doom after a **** game. Now I feel better about tomorrow!

 

[madinsomniac]

Has Hf boards wiped out a metric ton of Posts for anyone else by interrupting with a reload or commercial lately?

 

[Slaaapshuter]

You’d trade away a collection of #5-8 dmen? Dang chill.

Yes, a bunch of # 7-8 dmen. Anything else to comment?

 

[Victor Z]

S0... which direction do the Pens go to overpay for a defense upgrade?

Get someone who can actually move the puck (i.e. another Trevor Daley?) since right now only Letang can do that and he moves it to the other team way too much of the time; or someone who theoretically can actually clear the crease instead of being outmuscled every time (can't think of any recent deadline trades to compare to; it sure wasn't Ron Hainsey or Douglas Murray).

 

[BoysofWinter66871]

Gardiner isn't the answer.

Ruh and Trotman just can't be lineup regulars. Schultz has been pretty brutal too, dude looks like he doesn't care at all.

 

[canadianguy77]

Sullivan will give his usual angry post game conference, but really, he's a lot to blame in this as well, you have to motivate this team to come out against the Sabres at least, after the game against Toronto and then the line-up choice, scratching Riikola for Trotman.

This crap is a full on team effort of pathetic play.

Except for Horny.

Not to mention letting Simon slide for his terrible play. Zucker must think he ended up in bizarro world. Probably wants to go back.

 

[Andy99]

JR just needs to sit on his phone...there ain’t nothing out there that’s going to help this team...just get healthy and hope they decide to play hard and smart and the stars come out to play ...

 

[WayneSid9987]

Watching this current D trying to play NHL hockey has become oh so tiresome.
Throw in the nothingness out of 2 or 3 F's as well.

 

[KIRK]

Not knowing what's gonna happen in tomorrows game, I'll say this, Monday is going to be very interesting now. We've seen what this team can do and there shouldn't be all out panic based on a couple bad games in a row, but they have been sputtering a bit the last month or so (even when winning) and it seems injuries are certainly now catching up to them, especially Jake and Dumo. We'll see if JR thinks healing players will fix the team or if he needs to adjust the mix.

Jake, Dumo, and Marino.

You can't be this thin on the wings AND in terms of defensive ability to aid offensive transition and not expect it to catch up with you at some point.

The other issue is identity: The Pens identity flows from Sid and Geno attacking. When Sid was out but we had the Jake-Geno-Rust superline, that set the tone for everything. In an ideal world, you could have two lines stacked enough to set the tone for everything. Instead, we've got Sid and Geno both semi-neutered, and the whole attacking thing is hit or miss . . . and usually entails only one attacking.

Get Marino back. Maybe get him a partner. Then add a guy to the top 6 (not a top, top guy, but at least someone who fits better), and I still think the Pens can take anyone in 7.

But, I'm not sure JR finds the partners to make it happen, and I'm not sure that's the way he's inclined to go.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Say what you will about Riikola, but Trotman isnt an NHL player.

Agozzino and Trotman shouldn't be on this team, Agozzino is basically a regular right now, he's Sully's Kevin Porter this year, a guy that doesn't belong but is being used like he is. This would easily be remedied by moving McCann to C where he belongs and Blueger to the 4C spot.

But nah, need more Aggo and Trots.

 

[FreeBobbyFarnham]

To be fair, it's hard for any player to live up to the legend that is Simon.

Simon is what he is, a 4th liner that Sid likes for some reason. But for a "top 6 forward" Zucker certainly doesn't look like one.