Post-Game Talk: Penguins 2, Islanders 1 (OT) - CDS Saves Dead Team Skating

[Pete Gas]

This was a Bylsma style win from what I saw.

They are bringing back moustache boy?

 

[Gurglesons]

With zero sense of urgency. Zero. Kessel, Sid, and Horny are the 3 playing with passion right now. It's so frustrating to watch these guys play so casual. Sheahan should be playing for his NHL career. Brassard should win at least one battle. Rust... jesus. And then to see Dumo play as bad as he's ever played. Letang being mentally weak tonight. I don't get it.

What happened to the team that turned the other way and played speed/skill. It was literally 2 years ago. It's not like i'm calling for 1995 or something.

JR’s fault.

 

[KIRK]

My biggest issue with the team is 90% of them play so ****ing casually.

Any idea why?

 

[KIRK]

JR’s fault.

You're half way there . . .

 

[Gurglesons]

Any idea why?

They wanna play the new Smash brothers on their PSPs?

 

[PensandCaps]

Brassard to wing. I guess. Only place, besides centering Horny where he has looked good.


So...Sheahan is the 3C?

 

[Gurglesons]

You're half way there . . .

Ah. Morehouse!

 

[Andy99]

Had em all the way

Desmith is a beast. Stole that one.

We deserved to lose this, but deserved to win the sens game. I'll take the 3 points from the two games I guess.

Yep...totally undeserved win but nice to be on the receiving end of it once in awhile and have a goalie steal a game...

It’s just unfortunate that we had to give our competition for a PO spot a point...those are things that leave a team out of the POs at the end of the season...

 

[KIRK]

Either they're not very good or they're going through the motions. Or both.

 

[Tacitus Kilgore]

Great morale win for the team. I thought we were about to lose again in OT shorthanded again. But Desmith played like Degod and you could see at the end all the dads were really into it. I saw Troy Crosby high five some other dad after Kessels mark. I think this game meant a lot to the boys

 

[KIRK]

Insert Craig Adams and Tanner Glass and you have the same thing.

I'm not sure that Glass-Adams wasn't better than ZAR-Rust.

 

[vodeni]

With zero sense of urgency. Zero. Kessel, Sid, and Horny are the 3 playing with passion right now. It's so frustrating to watch these guys play so casual. Sheahan should be playing for his NHL career. Brassard should win at least one battle. Rust... jesus. And then to see Dumo play as bad as he's ever played. Letang being mentally weak tonight. I don't get it.

What happened to the team that turned the other way and played speed/skill. It was literally 2 years ago. It's not like i'm calling for 1995 or something.

if we ever missed Horny that would be tonight, other than first line, no one absolutely no one around the net, with these weird bounces off the wall and a bunch of blocked shots, it was one and done all night long

 

[vodeni]

I mean when Jay telestrator is disgusted with the idea of Sheahan playing with Geno, you know something is wrong...

 

[vodeni]

I'm not sure that Glass-Adams wasn't better than ZAR-Rust.

no it wasn't

 

[Tacitus Kilgore]

I mean when Jay telestrator is disgusted with the idea of Sheahan playing with Geno, you know something is wrong...

Being a fighter back in the day, i'm sure Jay knows a plug when he sees one

 

[Hobodrifter]

I don’t need to bring up any links. Just google it.

I did. Seems there are two sides to the story, don't think he plead guilty to anything more than disorderly conduct. Definitely worth looking into further.

 

[KIRK]

no it wasn't

You can't definitely say that.

 

[Ryder71]

Others have mentioned it and I agree wholeheartedly that with most players there is lack of intensity, urgency and attention to detail. And it's been prevalent for quite some time now, save a few exceptions.

 

[BHD]

The whole ZAR thing is, for a lack of a better word, biz-zar. I don't get the attention given to a player who doesn't do anything particularly well.

 

[SHOOTANDSCORE]

This is all part of the strategy. They will spend the next two months playing Mike Johnston hockey and then the shackles come off.

 

[ColePens]

I'll definitely take the win. I think DeSmith is saving our butts. It's a beaut.

I'll say this, no matter how frustrating it is, i'm 100% not taking these Sid moments for granted. He may not be getting 4 points a night, but he's dominating these games. The one play where he was on the ground and got up while doing a spin move around the dman to control the puck was insane. I'll never take a night for granted because it's going to be over soon.

But at the same time, the mass frustration from Dumo (tonight), Rust, Sheahan, Maatta, Oleksiak, Brass, etc. Just drives me crazy. Fine young cannibals crazy.

 

[froods]

You can't definitely say that.

Rust, although not great this year, is in a different class than those two.

 

[BHD]

Others have mentioned it and I agree wholeheartedly that with most players there is lack of intensity, urgency and attention to detail. And it's been prevalent for quite some time now, save a few exceptions.

I think part of it is compete level. I think part of is certain players (Sheahan, Johnson, ZAR) just not being that good.

 

[Tacitus Kilgore]

The whole ZAR thing is, for a lack of a better word, biz-zar. I don't get the attention given to a player who doesn't do anything particularly well.

Well you know he got that shot block late in OT so that warrants more games with 15:00 mins or more of ice time or something like that

 

[KIRK]

The whole ZAR thing is, for a lack of a better word, biz-zar. I don't get the attention given to a player who doesn't do anything particularly well.

Me neither . . .