Post-Game Talk: Cole's Plus/Minus: "Deja Vu All Over Again"

[Scandale du Jour]

Tony Deangelo is challenging the validity of the Pens win.

f*** that guy.

 

[ChaosAgent]

++++Kapanen
+++POJ
++Jarry
+Malkin, would have been a gazillion pluses but for that terrible late turnover
+Rust

--Sid
-----Erod on Sid's line
-----Sully
------------#58 and #8 are really bad and will sink us this year. At least one should be gone by the deadline.
----------Zucker played an eminently hateable game

 

[Jrtu]

Wasn’t able to watch the whole game, but seeing Blueger tying it up and seeing Letang win it in the shootout is good enough for me!

But seriously, as much as I love Crosby, Malkin, Guentzel, and etc, they are playing like asses.

 

[HuskerTornado]

I like 2 points.

Way too much lackadaisical, slop hockey.

 

[Dennis Reynolds]

Rodrigues had 15 f***ing minutes of icetime.

Blugars had 11.5.

WTF

 

[The Great Mighty Poo]

POJ is a player, was REALLY impressed with this kid.

 

[TySmith4Norris]

Reports of Rust and Geno's demise were premature

Sully really needs to put POJ with Marino and Kap with Sid

Jarry still swimming in the net too much but hopefully a confidence building game

 

[EVGENIMERLIN]

Bigger mirage?

Pens three wins and above .500 or the Steelers winning their first eleven?

Steelers, all season I said they were frauds to my friends and no one would listen

 

[Return of the Paek]

This is Kaps team now...

 

[Bingo71]

I suppose many will spin this as a “good sign” that they are winning games despite looking like utter dog shit, and that once they get fully acclimated, they will tear it up, but this has been a very disturbing 1st 4 games to say the least...

 

[OnMyOwn]

Would have liked to see Kapanen in OT

This whole “need to ease him in” BS is getting ridiculous. He’s one of our best wingers and miles better than ERod. Just f***ing feed him minutes already.

 

[mpp9]

Feels like this team just plays to take it to OT lol.

 

[Dinfire]

Impressed with POJ.

 

[Gurglesons]

@Empoleon8771 that is why this performance is on coaching. Pens are half assing it and winning games.

Worst game I’ve seen from Zucker.

Marino ain’t looking good.

Sullivan’s line up decisions are awful.

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

Tony Deangelo is challenging the validity of the Pens win.

Shut down the thread. It ain't getting better than this.

 

[AuroraBorealis]

Not stressing giving the Rangers a point. I don't think they'll make the playoffs.

What I am stressing is the careless puck management all game from almost everybody. Well, at least until 3 on 3 where they suddenly become possession gods.

Glad POJ and Jarry delivered for me.

And as garbage as Letang was tonight, that shootout goal was sick.

 

[trooper66]

I don’t know what to think of this team, they are Dam good when they need to be but man when the game is a toss up they break down all over the place

 

[Tom Hanks]

Time to lock up Blu 3 or 4 years. Great hands for a bottom 6er.

Played 11:22 minutes tonight

11th among forwards

 

[Jaded-Fan]

I would point out that there are no shootouts in the playoffs, but who are we kidding?

If the top six keep playing like this we ain't making the playoffs. So it is irrelevant.

 

[molon labe]

First game this season I watched. I thought Zucker/Malkin/Rust all hustled - Zucker just didn't look great doing it but I appreciated the effort. Many players were invisible (McCann) - Sid/Guentz were awesome. Letang had some bad moments but played great. All in all not nearly as bleak as I went in thinking. We're a skills based team that is rusty right now.....that said:

- Rodrigues doesn't even look like an NHL'er - he certainly doesn't belong in anyone's top 6. No clue what we see in him that couldn't be replaced by anyone in WBS.
- Dumo looks like he just took 2 years off of hockey. Skates in sand - passes brutally - pushes the puck. No clue what's going on there.

 

[JohnWillow]

Blueger is tied 2nd (with Rust and Jake) for most points this season only behing Crosby.

 

[TNT87]

Two sweet backhanders from Jake and Tanger in the SO

Way too many turnovers again.

Kap is making things happen. Congrats to POJ on his first game and assist.

Zucker was atrocious. He needs to bounce back.

 

[xlm34]

+Awesome game from POJ. Hell of a debut.
+I was critical of the price paid for KK but he’s exactly the type of player this team needed. Hopefully in Sully’s mind, two games plus a week of practice is the equivalent of a week of training camp. But I’m sure we’ll see EROD on the top line.
+Jarry played well.

The biggest negative for me is that they keep shooting themselves in the foot. I can’t remember too many goals against this year where you just had to give credit to the other team. I guess it can be a positive thing because those mistakes can be fixed, but it’s just too much of a trend at this point.

 

[KIRK]

@ColePens, I think there were some steps forward from Geno at 5 on 5. It's still up and down, but some baby step, sometimes in the same shift, but for the second half of the game Zucker did more to slow him (and Rust) down than the Rangers did.

That said, it's not about +/- anymore. They're all done with Sullivan. The Titanic is sinking, and a +/- kind of reminds me of 'if only we rearranged the deck chairs thusly'.

EDIT: In honor of @Gurglesons . . . as noted in the GDT, with Geno's secondary sidney tonight, the ONLY Pens forward who's played every game who does NOT have a point at 5 0n 5 is Sid. One would think that merits a L1 change, the obvious one for sure and the one Sully lacks the balls to make if that doesn't do the trick.

 

[heysmilinstrange]

Jarry is certainly not a calming presence in net, but I'm glad he got the win. He and DeSmith are probably going to have to bail each other out all season.