Post-Game Talk: Don't call it a comeback: Pens-5, Sens-3

[SirBrad]

I'm in love with this team and I don't care who knows it

 

[orby]

Dan Girardi helped off the ice with a shoulder/collarbone injury it seemed. Huge if he is out.

to this game, I keep forgetting we will be getting Maatta back soon as well. unbelievable heart with this team.

Not THAT huge. Girardi has been very bad for a while now

 

[hagelin1381]

Did Schultz return to the game in the third? I lost track of him.

i saw him out there maybe once, i don't know how much he played exactly

 

[Speaking Moistly]

Dan Girardi helped off the ice with a shoulder/collarbone injury it seemed. Huge if he is out.

to this game, I keep forgetting we will be getting Maatta back soon as well. unbelievable heart with this team.

The East is going to be half dead and half AHL by the playoffs. Washington must be giddy right now.

 

[King of the Fall]

Not THAT huge. Girardi has been very bad for a while now

I'm aware, but that's still a big minute muncher on the back end.

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

If Bennett could be healthy and playing like he was and Hornqvist could move to the LW, could you imagine how happy we'd be with the wingers?


Instead Kunitz is the ****ing crown jewel of the org, Rust is hurt, Bennett can't stay healthy, Sheary is hurt and Wilson is out.

We don't need to wait for miracle answers though. Get Kunitz off the line, and the best of Sheary or Bennett on the LW gets it.

 

[Waffle Fries]

Last year, the Penguins played Ottawa. It was the third to last game of the season. If they won the game, they clinched.

The Pens went up 3-0 in the first. Then they blew it and lost in OT.

This year, the Penguins played Ottawa in the third to last game. They already clinched a playoff spot. They went down 3-0 early then scored 5 straight to win the game.

What a difference a year makes.

 

[canadianguy77]

Pens win.

Complain about Kunitz getting a puck from behind waiting for it to catch up with two Ottawa players closing on him quickly. Basically shooting it as it got there in the nick of time. He didn't even get to look at the net.


Some people have issues.

The people who defend him t this point have issues. He just flat-out can't play hockey anymore. OR he doesn't try hard enough, which is even worse.

 

[Pens1566]

2 months ago, I was fine with just making the playoffs and having a respectable showing in a first round loss. Now, my expectations are built up to the point that I don't even want to say/write what I think this team could do.

 

[SirBrad]

hard to believe it now, but at +43 the Pens are #2 in the NHL in goal differential.

 

[JakeNBake59]

and thats one scenario crossed off

 

[Speaking Moistly]

We don't need to wait for miracle answers though. Get Kunitz off the line, and the best of Sheary or Bennett on the LW gets it.

Clearly they don't need a miracle answer, they need common sense and for Bennett (we'll see what happened to Sheary) to stay in one piece. That was kind of my point. We're so close to something that would make everyone very happy and it's not going to happen because Chris has a dazzling smile.

 

[Zen Arcade]

The East is going to be half dead and half AHL by the playoffs. Washington must be giddy right now.

I'll say it again, Space Jam.

Barry Trotz even looks like the head alien.

 

[JakeNBake59]

I'll say it again, Space Jam.

Barry Trotz even looks like the head alien.

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

Clearly they don't need a miracle answer, they need common sense and for Bennett (we'll see what happened to Sheary) to stay in one piece. That was kind of my point. We're so close to something that would make everyone very happy and it's not going to happen because Chris has a dazzling smile.

Gotcha, misread that there.

Crosby looks like a different player with Sheary and Bennett, of all combos, and it ain't because Hornqvist isn't pulling his weight. How the org fails to see this stuns me.

 

[Theautho*]

I'll say it again, Space Jam.

Barry Trotz even looks like the head alien.

hagelin is lola.

 

[orby]

Do you want the Islanders or Rangers in the first round? I think the Pens could handle either but I think the Rangers are a safer bet. Outside of Lundqvist they have a very weak and battered lineup this season.

 

[Speaking Moistly]

I'll say it again, Space Jam.

Barry Trotz even looks like the head alien.

Oh my god. Kunitz was the first victim!

 

[Allie Kitsune]

Hope Sheary's OK.

With him gone, there's about 0% chance anything gets done about the Kunitz problem even if Sullivan suddenly had a common-sense revelation about him.

 

[PensandCaps]

Dan Girardi helped off the ice with a shoulder/collarbone injury it seemed. Huge if he is out.

to this game, I keep forgetting we will be getting Maatta back soon as well. unbelievable heart with this team.

Its actually bad if hes out....for us, hes awful and plays on the top pair. One of the worst dmen in the NHL.

 

[systemsgo]

Not THAT huge. Girardi has been very bad for a while now

it's huge... for the Rangers

 

[Nakawick]

Its actually bad if hes out....for us, hes awful and plays on the top pair. One of the worst dmen in the NHL.

Girardi is the rag's kunitz.

 

[Shaftception]

1) Have a bad feeling the first line is going to get shut down hard once the playoffs start barring a line shuffle. They never seem to have a game where it just seems to come easy for them compared to the second line, where every once in a while they'll just overwhelm the opponent for a shift and score. Worrisome.

2) Would really prefer they lose against the flyers in that last game if it's the difference between them making it over detroit and facing the capitals or not. Detroit would be the softest series washington can hope for out of the teams vying for that second wild card. Much rather see them have to deal with the flyers' dirty antics that might have lasting implications beyond the first round than detroit bending over and taking it in a quick and easy series.

 

[ColePens]

Raise it, too! ****ing great night.

 

[Coastal Kev]

I'm not one that consistently rips on Kunitz... But good God is he bad. Literally can't do anything out there

You know what I never will understand?? He's old, why not give him back to back games off, maybe a bit of rest will help him???


So very dumb