Post-Game Talk: Cole's Plus/Minus: Sid walks into Montreal and stone cold stuns them all

[The Greatest 101]

This is the first time I watched Gudbranson play as a Pens. Gotta say pretty uninspired. Just not much to expect.

 

[KIRK]

Sid/Jake were awesome. McCann looks like he can play wing with skilled pivots, which is a nice add.

Murray was a stud, but should have been traded a long time ago.

Kessel blows

Pens are essentially a one line team right now, with random Geno outbursts.

Which is why I'm afraid JR's decision NOT to address the L2 winger issue at the deadline will bite the Pens in the ass (hopefully once they're in the playoffs).

BTW, the bloom coming off the ZAR rose is hurting Geno a lot. For everything he was doing right to help a week ago, he's doing the opposite now.

 

[ColePens]

@Jaded-Fan when the percentages come out, let me know what it moved to after all the results tonight. The color graphs don't do me well because i'm colorblind.

 

[Rossi Rat]

-GREG MCKEGG and the Carolina Hurricanes

Ain’t catching them. Just ain’t.

Crosshairs stictly on CBJ/Montreal.

 

[KIRK]

my ass is the one illegal diamond mine no one talks about

#DiamondInTheCrap (?)

 

[WayneSid9987]

Excellent efforts for the loveable losers on D and in goal tonight.

Alot of the F's need to get their acts together and/or well Sully needs to figure out his 2nd thru 4th lines. They are putrid atm.

I'd start with putting Phil back with Bjugs + a ZAR demotion.

 

[JimmyTwoTimes]

Btw do we really need to play Cullen every game? How about getting him some rest before the playoffs(if we get in)? I'd much rather see him get some time off here and there and be more fresh come playoff time.

 

[cygnus47]

That is the most nerve-wracking 5-1 game I've experienced I think. We can't get Dumo and Letang back fast enough. I hate hate hate the collapse to the net defensive strategy and I hate when we just jam the puck up the boards all night, but I guess we just don't have the horses at the moment. I hope this strategy dies immediately when we get back one of the better guys. We're fortunate that the Habs have barely any offensive weapons. We play that way against the Lightning and they score 8 goals.

Still, +++ for Sid, Jake, Murray.

I like the idea of McCann as a top 6 winger a lot. He might be more useful as Malkin's winger though.

Johnson is just a nightmare for me at the moment. He makes so many unnecessarily bad plays down low.

 

[AuroraBorealis]

-Why is Wilson playing? Do we not have any better options on the farm?

Sullivan has a weakness for gritty 4th liners because he was one himself.

 

[IcedCapp]

#DiamondInTheCrap (?)

how did we go from my ass to ZAR?

 

[ColePens]

This is the first time I watched Gudbranson play as a Pens. Gotta say pretty uninspired. Just not much to expect.

Uninspired? You mean in a good way, right?

6 periods in and he has been a freaking rock. He makes smart plays and boxes out really well. I think he reminds me more of Hainsey than Daley, but he's quiet back there and i'll f***ing take quiet.

He and JJ have been nothing short of incredible the last 3 games. (2 for Gudbranson)

 

[Night Shift]

Gudbranson did have a really solid game, although he did make a couple of bonehead plays by being too aggressive. I'd rather him play aggressive than passive though, so I don't have much of a reason to complain. I thought JJ had a meh game (way better than the badness that he was earlier in the year), but it seems like other people disagree.

ZAR was atrocious out there and Kessel wasn't much better. I also though Cullen and Wilson were bad.

I think hes glad to be out of Vancouver so he's going to start stepping up more as he gets acclimated

 

[KIRK]

Sheahan + Brassard for McCann alone would have been a steal. A ****ing steal.

No, because without Bjugs they still would be trying to square peg him into the round 3C hole (no pun intended to @IcedCapp)

how did we go from my ass to ZAR?

Alas, after a few good ones, ZAR is looking like just crap.

#NotDiamondInTheCrap

 

[ColePens]

Btw do we really need to play Cullen every game? How about getting him some rest before the playoffs(if we get in)? I'd much rather see him get some time off here and there and be more fresh come playoff time.

He looked really tired tonight. Really tired. The 4th had a good 3rd period but for 5/6 periods in the last 2 games, they've been beat up.

 

[Shady Machine]

Which is why I'm afraid JR's decision NOT to address the L2 winger issue at the deadline will bite the Pens in the ass (hopefully once they're in the playoffs).

BTW, the bloom coming off the ZAR rose is hurting Geno a lot. For everything he was doing right to help a week ago, he's doing the opposite now.

I think Kessel is the bigger issue right now on that line, but don't disagree about ZAR. He's a short fix until he proves otherwise. Time to cycle someone new up there. McCann or Blueger I guess.

 

[Andy99]

how did we go from my ass to ZAR?

One stinks more and guess which one that is...

 

[ncm7772]

Pleasantly suprised by Gudbranson thus far.

But man, Peterssen struggled again. At least I thought he did.

 

[IcedCapp]

No, because without Bjugs they still would be trying to square peg him into the round 3C hole (no pun intended to @IcedCapp)



Alas, after a few good ones, ZAR is looking like just crap.

#NotDiamondInTheCrap

is ZAR the issue? or is it Phil "He Definitely Makes Malkin Better!" Kessel the ... issue?

 

[Ryder71]

Really good gap against one of the faster teams in the league. MM held the fort after our captain stapled us to a big lead.

 

[Jaded-Fan]

@Jaded-Fan when the percentages come out, let me know what it moved to after all the results tonight. The color graphs don't do me well because i'm colorblind.

They are fairly meaningless right now other than a fun exercise and jump up and down by so much game to game.

But the link above tells you if you do the math. 64 + 10. I am not sure what that adds up to but that is the percentage.

 

[Bingo71]

We have a game in hand on them, so we're WC1 and they are WC2 currently. Same points/ROW otherwise.

Columbus is 2 behind us, but has a game in hand.

Good deal

 

[Empoleon8771]

ZAR had a bad game, but I also think that Kessel is a way bigger issue on that 2nd line.

 

[Gurglesons]

Pleasantly suprised by Gudbranson thus far.

But man, Peterssen struggled again. At least I thought he did.

He had a couple of bad plays, but the point of our D is to get the puck out of our zone and on net. Gudbranson and Pettersson do that. That’s all we need.

 

[Bingo71]

Sullivan has a weakness for gritty 4th liners because he was one himself.

Story of most coaches...

 

[ncm7772]

Man, Sid is so solid right now.