Post-Game Talk: Game X Pens win vs Sharks: Bunch of Negative Nancy’s

[metalan2]

Penguins are on a 3 game road trip in California. I've never seen it last a freaking week and be this spread out. Sat, Tues, Thurs? Lol they play like once or twice a week right now lol

 

[Night Shift]

We won. Kids got points. Smitty scored 2. Bunch of Negative Nancy’s in here. Onto the next! Time to go duck huntin’

Oh we gonna hype the Nega-train till someone carry Injarry on a stretcher to another team

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Avalanche say Hi

Yeah and we shit the bed right after that against the Sens.

As fun as it was, we’ve seen this movie before….

 

[Rave7215]

I am appreciating the chemistry between Smith and Geno. You can see it each time one of them has the puck. Smith can do it all.

I'm still laughing at the posters from the early games saying Smith wasn't "It" and was a waste of a trade. I love that Smith continues to look great

 

[TKalltheTime]

Going only 2/6 against that horrid sharks team on the power play is a fireable offense alone… Todd needs to be gone two years ago.

 

[The GM]

Given the performance, guessing you'll see the same lineup vs. Anaheim.

I would imagine Carter plays in LA for sentimental reasons, as it's potentially his last game there.

Not unless we can trade his ass back there

 

[chethejet]

Ducks game is where things have to improve. Pens can't lose 2 of 3 here. coming back 4 and 8 suggests major changes may be needed by game 20. Dubas can't allow this team to get too far behind the 8 ball and try to come on with the older roster.

 

[Andy99]

Ducks game is where things have to improve. Pens can't lose 2 of 3 here. coming back 4 and 8 suggests major changes may be needed by game 20. Dubas can't allow this team to get too far behind the 8 ball and try to come on with the older roster.

Yeah, I mean we really need to be stacking a lot of wins, but we never beat LA in LA it seems…we tend to no show against them and they’re a really good team this season…no offense to last night’s stat pad but WBS could have beaten the Sharks…let’s win against some real teams consistently please lol

 

[Randy Butternubs]

I missed the first period but just watched the highlights. Crazy what can happen if Jake stands IN FRONT of the goalie.

 

[pistolpete11]

I'm still laughing at the posters from the early games saying Smith wasn't "It" and was a waste of a trade. I love that Smith continues to look great

Dude, there was somebody talking about trading him like last week. It's insane.

 

[WickedWrister]

 

[Icarium]

I missed the first period but just watched the highlights. Crazy what can happen if Jake stands IN FRONT of the goalie.

Two games in a row even. Won't happen much against more physical teams with better defenses but still very nice to see.

 

[Rakell67]

So if Carter and Ruhwedel had played, would they still have won? 6-5?

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Missed this one. Tough to take a ton away against a team that is somehow even worse than their winless record indicates. But obviously it's nice to see the Penguins win big when they should. Smith has been so good this year. What a pickup.

 

[BillyOcean]

I mean if Carter is scratched enough, he's going to reconsider waiving that NMC, right?

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

I mean if Carter is scratched enough, he's going to reconsider waiving that NMC, right?

That 3M would be nice to actually use. But even if he did they would have to find a team he'd waive for AND that would actually want him. I think they are just stuck with him. Though that should absolutely not prevent them from continuing to HS him. Better late than never... but it should have still been a thing starting a while ago.

 

[Ugene Magic]

Between my sons Madden tourney and a wedding I could not keep my eyes open. Missed Smiths 2nd goal, woke up to see Jake's celebration for his first goal, Nieto's goal, out again, then to see it was 4-1, then 7-1 and then out for the rest of the night.

SJS is trying way too hard to lose 10-1 b2b.

 

[Empoleon8771]

It’s great to see them kick the shit out of a bad team they should be beating, but it’s really hard to take much away from this game because of how comically bad the Sharks are.

With that being said, the 4th line looked great and Hinostroza is a huge upgrade to that 4th line over Carter. I didn’t understand why he was getting shit thrown at him in the preseason, he brings a lot of speed and forechecking talent plus has a decent bit of skill. He should be an everyday player for this team IMO.

I’m not expecting 2 goals a game from that 4th line, but I’m absolutely expecting Nieto-Acciari-Hinostroza to be at least a solid 4th line going forward.

 

[Giskard]

I don't know if it was a good idea score all the November goals in one game

 

[Empoleon8771]

I'm still laughing at the posters from the early games saying Smith wasn't "It" and was a waste of a trade. I love that Smith continues to look great

Smith is better than Zucker ever was for the Penguins, it's hilarious that people were fretting about replacing Zucker with Smith.

How's Zucker doing in Arizona? 2 points in 5 games and is already getting injured:

 

[Grouch]

It’s great to see them kick the shit out of a bad team they should be beating, but it’s really hard to take much away from this game because of how comically bad the Sharks are.

With that being said, the 4th line looked great and Hinostroza is a huge upgrade to that 4th line over Carter. I didn’t understand why he was getting shit thrown at him in the preseason, he brings a lot of speed and forechecking talent plus has a decent bit of skill. He should be an everyday player for this team IMO.

I’m not expecting 2 goals a game from that 4th line, but I’m absolutely expecting Nieto-Acciari-Hinostroza to be at least a solid 4th line going forward.

You also thought Harkins was an upgrade over Hino. But yes he should be here the rest of the year. (And should have been from day 1)

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

People are posting that this win doesn't mean much as if any of us are planning the parade because they beat a winless team.

 

[SEALBound]

I mean if Carter is scratched enough, he's going to reconsider waiving that NMC, right?

My "cold hard fantasy fan life" wants Dubas and Sullivan to bring him into the office and say: "Jeff, we thank you for everything you've done here and you've had an amazing career...but you will never see the NHL ice again as a Penguin. You can either waive your NMC and be sent to WBS or you can let us pursue a trade route to which you may not have much of a choice but we will do our best".

Problem is, I have no idea who needs a Jeff Carter right now.

 

[Andy99]

My "cold hard fantasy fan life" wants Dubas and Sullivan to bring him into the office and say: "Jeff, we thank you for everything you've done here and you've had an amazing career...but you will never see the NHL ice again as a Penguin. You can either waive your NMC and be sent to WBS or you can let us pursue a trade route to which you may not have much of a choice but we will do our best".

Problem is, I have no idea who needs a Jeff Carter right now.

No team needs any player who’s more a net positive (leadership, leadership, intangibles etc lol) from the bench than on the ice lol

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Smith is better than Zucker ever was for the Penguins, it's hilarious that people were fretting about replacing Zucker with Smith.

How's Zucker doing in Arizona? 2 points in 5 games and is already getting injured:

I appreciate Zucker's motor and he was very good in his last year here but people really did kinda go overboard about how amazing he was on that line. He was just... fine. Smith actually looks like a legit weapon. His offensive instincts and hands are far better. Smith's first goal was a snipe (from distance, too) and on Malkin's two goals he made plays leading up to them that I don't think Zucker could.