Are Pens fans worried about GA?
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Thiccboiboeser
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GA probably would be lower if they had kept Derrick "Yung Doughty" Pouliot
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Their D zone play is trash.
They were able to cover it up the last two years with dominant possesion and dominant goaltending, respectively. This year, however, their losses in the bottom 6 are glaring and it's affected the overall play of their forward group, not to mention that Murray can only do so much. He's done a LOT of bailing out, which is a big reason why the Penguins are still in a decent position standings wise.
As of right now, the Pens don't look like a playoff team in this division. That said, I think they'll bounce back. Rutherford will find a way to get some quality depth for his trash and they'll be poised to make a run.
Oh, and Letang will need to wake the f*** up as well.
They were able to cover it up the last two years with dominant possesion and dominant goaltending, respectively. This year, however, their losses in the bottom 6 are glaring and it's affected the overall play of their forward group, not to mention that Murray can only do so much. He's done a LOT of bailing out, which is a big reason why the Penguins are still in a decent position standings wise.
As of right now, the Pens don't look like a playoff team in this division. That said, I think they'll bounce back. Rutherford will find a way to get some quality depth for his trash and they'll be poised to make a run.
Oh, and Letang will need to wake the f*** up as well.
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Niemi is gone and he accounted for probably 1/4 of those goals against.
Niemi let in 16 of the Pens 95 total goals against.
So in 3 games Niemi let in 16.8% of all the Penguins goals against so far this year.
Actually 3 games doesn't even really tell the story... In 128 minutes of ice time Niemi let in 16.8% of the Penguins goals against this year.
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Worried? No. Slightly concerned? Yes. Niemi was garbage when he was here. The needs to be way better defensively though.
tony d
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Yeah, their defense is not the best in the world. Got to think they look at addressing that if they hope to three peat this year.
I don’t think anyone should be worried. All the goals are flukes and are kind of hilarious. Sometimes you just have to laugh.
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They will be fine Olli Maatta will lead them to the promised land
Seriously tho Maatta is a #2 dman so underrated
Seriously tho Maatta is a #2 dman so underrated
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Meh, the whole team looked hungover to start the season. They've just recently started looking better. They'll be fine come playoff time.
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Pens have had a ton of back-to-back games and gotten slaughtered in a lot of the back halves of those.
In their three largest losses of the year, they lost on the second night of back to backs against rested teams (10-1 Chicago, 7-1 Tampa, 7-1 Winnipeg). That is 24 goals in three games. Knock those three games down some and their number is middle of the road.
The Penguins have played more hockey the last two years than any other team. They're probably tired.
In their three largest losses of the year, they lost on the second night of back to backs against rested teams (10-1 Chicago, 7-1 Tampa, 7-1 Winnipeg). That is 24 goals in three games. Knock those three games down some and their number is middle of the road.
The Penguins have played more hockey the last two years than any other team. They're probably tired.
I agree with a lot of this though I think saying "they don't look like a playoff team" is overdoing it considering how tight things are and they're currently in a playoff spot.
Ever since Sullivan took over and the roster was revamped, they seem to basically win by playing some fairly blah D in their own zone but are exceedingly good at the quick strike offense or playing run and gun against anyone else in the league because of the really good group of forwards they have.
Their D isn't great but they're focused on moving the puck up the ice quickly and their forwards are deadly and their goaltending has been good at cleaning up the rest. This year it's probably more noticeable because yeah losing some depth and key players, but they've always looked like this team with some bizarre holes in their game that should be beatable but they just manage to run over anyone with their offense when they need to.
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the D is fine, we have four top 4 Dmen, Cole is a very good #5 and Hunwick has been pretty good. its more on the forwards imo, they have been really bad on the defensive side.
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Empoleon8771
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Like was said already, Niemi let in around 17% of the goals the Penguins have let in while playing in basically 2 of 29 games. I'm not concerned at all, your GA totals are going to look bad if you get blown out by scores of 10-1 and 2 7-1 games.
Since the day that Niemi was originally claimed on waivers by Florida, they've given up 54 goals in 19 games. Is that good? Not really, but it's middle of the pack in the league. They've had more issues with ES scoring than goals against recently. If they were scoring goals at ES like they should be, nobody would be complaining about their GA totals, because they'd be much better in the standings and they would be in line with what they did last year in terms of GA.
I'm sure Pouliot would be doing great while sitting in the press box and eating nachos here.
Since the day that Niemi was originally claimed on waivers by Florida, they've given up 54 goals in 19 games. Is that good? Not really, but it's middle of the pack in the league. They've had more issues with ES scoring than goals against recently. If they were scoring goals at ES like they should be, nobody would be complaining about their GA totals, because they'd be much better in the standings and they would be in line with what they did last year in terms of GA.
I'm sure Pouliot would be doing great while sitting in the press box and eating nachos here.
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i think you clicked a 2 instead of a 4 by accident idk
lol at maata being a 2d, shows how much hockey you watch
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People said they won't be repeating once letang went down....A LOT can change from now to April
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No the best thing that could happen to the pens is if Letang takes his head out of his ass and play like he did a year ago...
