Post-Game Talk: Canucks 3, Penguins 2 (OT) - Sid Half Asses Another OT Change

[Nadal On Clay]

Yes, he has. But if you want to believe that, you can continue to be the only person who thinks so.

Definitely not the only one. Still doesn’t change the fact that he is losing us games this year.

 

[EliteGoaltending]

what I noticed was what i thought that geno is absolutuly unlucky, every time we got scored on I looked up and here is geno skating down from the blue line while the puck is in the net

There's no tracking on that, but when 1st line goes on a change it almost always or very very often after they're giving up possession, so 2nd line starting almost all of their shifts on fly without the puck.

You'd see other Pens lines win or have possesion then pass it to D and go on change so much more often than 1st line.

 

[Mr Jiggyfly]

Was at the game and saw Crosby making the bad change and knew it was over.

No idea what he was doing there.

 

[Ryder71]

rust sheahan and hornquist could be the worst line assembled out of useful players...

Rust playing LW, Brassard playing LW, I don't see the benefit in any way to constantly play players out of their preferred positions. It's not as if we're trying to compensate due to an injury. The coaches actually see this as the best way to maximize these players respective skill and make these lines more productive? The players are culpable for some uneven efforts but I don't see the coaching staff exactly putting these guys in the best position from which to succeed. This strikes me as idiotic as when Bylsma put Malkin on wing in favor of Comrie. lol

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

Hm. Still, if you’re upset with their ice time are you made about Rust and Horny too?

I'm not sure what that means.

I think Rust and Horny have been put in stupid positions that don't help them either, if that's what you mean.

 

[Nadal On Clay]

You don't know what you're talking about.

Would you actually argue anything I said about him?

 

[Jaded-Fan]

What I saw from Geno was his going one on three, four or five thing, and of course turning it over. For the first time in forever I did not blame him at all. Everyone was just standing around watching him anyways.

 

[WayneSid9987]

CAR looks like it's gonna lose so thats good, i guess.

 

[Gurglesons]

I'm not sure what that means.

I think Rust and Horny have been put in stupid positions that don't help them either, if that's what you mean.

I mean, they played 12 minutes tonight.

That to me is way stupider than what is being done to Sprong.

 

[Ugene Magic]

Was at the game and saw Crosby making the bad change and knew it was over.

No idea what he was doing there.

I'm just glad you're local once more and able to get to Pens games more often. This Toronto game should do wonders for your marital rivalry.

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

I mean, they played 12 minutes tonight.

That to me is way stupider than what is being done to Sprong.

Is that supposed to be too much time or too little?

 

[Riptide]

Boeser has a wicked shot. Wish we had a young guy who has a shot like that who was put in positions to succeed.

Too bad Sprong doesn't have Boeser's shot.

 

[Mrs Crosby's Dryer]

Clearly this is all Oleksiaks fault. What was Sully even thinking? Didn't we make it all the way to a shootout when he was a healthy scratch? I mean, we lost said shoot out but still! Didn’t Sully know we called up a super soft 185lb d-man from WBS that the vast majority of this board would dearly and deeply love? If not, fingers crossed that we get a whole lot of Ruhwedel next game!

On to a more realistic viewpoint, it seems like Guentzel is on the verge of having a breakout season. If so, kind of bad for us in negotiations next offseason but really a good problem to have.

 

[PensPlz]

Feel like it's going to be that year were we have 10+ OT/SO losses and miss the playoffs by 1 point. The massive amount of weekend back-to-back games doesn't help that feeling either.

 

[WayneSid9987]

I also agree that this team needs a spark of some sort.
With Grant clearing, they should've brought up a Haggerty or speedster like Johnson or DiPauli and get em in some games.
In terms of in house spark, thats the best they can do other than feeding Sprong a Sid, Geno or Brass and hope he takes off.

Other than that, yea, gonna need a trade.

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

Too bad Sprong doesn't have Boeser's shot.

Too bad people can't do more than speculate on that front.

 

[canadianguy77]

Too bad Sprong doesn't have Boeser's shot.

His shot isn't chopped liver. He probably has the 2nd best shot on this team behind Phil. Makes zero sense to have him playing with 2 guys who can't seem to get him a pass with an open look.

 

[Gurglesons]

Is that supposed to be too much time or too little?

I mean, I just don’t get it. They basically are riding our top five 20 minutes a night.

 

[Jaded-Fan]

Pens are going to half ass it until Christmas, then win something like 18 of the next 20 games, then half ass it until the end of the year again.

I have scattered the bones from an eaten Kentucky Fried Chicken Bucket and read them and the Gods have decreed this to be so.

Be in awe of my Cassandra-like powers when this happens.

Or maybe this is just what they do every year.

 

[Riptide]

This team is going to be far behind NJD and CAR by December if they keep playing like this...teams have figured out how to play against their aggressive style and try to force them to work thru the NZ, which they can’t seem to do....changes in how they play are needed and I see nothing from Sully that indicates he’s going to do that...

Yes, because Sullivan is going to start changing the system after 5 games.

 

[Gurglesons]

Too bad people can't do more than speculate on that front.

You don’t have to speculate. Sprong would have actually scored more than four goals in 30+ if he had Boeser’s repertoire in terms of the cannon that kid has.

 

[Gurglesons]

Too bad Sprong doesn't have Boeser's shot.

You can tell the Sprong crowd has absolutely lost it.

Boeser arguably might only be beyond Laine and Ovechkin in the league.

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

I mean, I just don’t get it. They basically are riding our top five 20 minutes a night.

That's what happens when you load up your top 2 lines with all your talent. The way Rust-Sheahan-Horny looked, 12 minutes apiece was pretty generous. Does anyone want more of what they've been offering up?

 

[turd]

That's what happens when you load up your top 2 lines with all your talent. The way Rust-Sheahan-Horny looked, 12 minutes apiece was pretty generous. Does anyone want more of what they've been offering up?

My hot take for the evening is that we are gonna regret that Horny contract just as much, or more, than any other contract on the team currently, in a couple of years.

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

You don’t have to speculate. Sprong would have actually scored more than four goals in 30+ if he had Boeser’s repertoire in terms of the cannon that kid has.

If Boeser were used the way Sprong's been at the NHL level, I doubt it.

Sprong was an elite goal-scorer at every previous level, and everyone agrees that it's primarily because of his shot. Neither of these statements are controversial.