Post-Game Talk: Pens 3, Sharks 2: Bones With Sweet Chin Music for the W

[Allie Kitsune]

Letang has zero ability to maneuver penalty killers with his actions. He likes moon walking across the blueline and missing slapshots 10 feet wide.

Who on our D-corps DOESN'T like missing wide?

 

[Son Goku]

I think the better story will be Matt Murray, and how he got pulled and came back calm and collected and lead the team to a Stanley Cup victory. That's a good story, rather than a few dinosaurs who finally in their career stumbled into one.

Stumbled? You don't "stumble" into the Stanley cup finals.

 

[IcedCapp]

Who on our D-corps DOESN'T like missing wide?

Daley (RIP) and Schultz. Maatta and Cole aren't horrible, either

 

[hooverdam]

I want to win with points from all of our pylon, Scuderi-lite defensemen, none of whom can move the puck as well as Justin Braun.

Just realized that every goal was assisted on by a different defenseman.

 

[ChrisKuuuunitz]

If the Pens D could get a puck out of our own zone to a forward on the move, or hit a net with a shot, or not ice it every time they get it.

And we call them offensive defenseman lol

 

[Jaded-Fan]

One on the charts that surprised me was the one showing Jones and Murray having almost identical playoffs with Murray having a slight edge. Both were well within the upper echelon of playoff goalies, but neither at the top. To be honest I saw goal an area where we had a decided edge, bigger than the slight one that the analytics showed.

It is one way analytics, if well done, are nice to have. It removes bias and makes you reexamine things you might believe.

 

[Lemieux66]

Man it would be so glorious to hit 2-0 after tomorrow. I won't panic if we lose, but what a sweet start if we can bump to 2

 

[Jaded-Fan]

Man it would be so glorious to hit 2-0 after tomorrow. I won't panic if we lose, but what a sweet start if we can bump to 2

Tomorrow is game seven.

My prediction?

Win and this series is over in five. Lose and it goes seven games.

I think that the former is more likely than the latter. And most who get paid to make these predictions agree.

 

[Lemieux66]

Yea Im sure sharks will make if a series no doubt, but I gotta say... I really felt like tampa was the one, they were pretty freaking good... And sharks to me just look so much slower, but that's just me.. I don't get that sense of struggle like tampa.

And the othrr thing is Jones won't hold up each game like he did, we could of easily had 5 or 6 goals.

 

[Malkinstheman]

Seem like Polak of all people had like 10 shot attempts during the game. Kept seeing him trying to shoot the puck. Not sure why he kept trying but from what i remember sharks lost possesion a couple of times because he kept trying to shoot it.

 

[Killswitch7187]

Yea Im sure sharks will make if a series no doubt, but I gotta say... I really felt like tampa was the one, they were pretty freaking good... And sharks to me just look so much slower, but that's just me.. I don't get that sense of struggle like tampa.

And the othrr thing is Jones won't hold up each game like he did, we could of easily had 5 or 6 goals.

I definitely feel the same way in regards to TB's speed compared to SJS's. Drouin was just absolutely so slick, it was unreal. Kucherov and, at times, Johnson were so slick and smooth as well.

The good news for San Jose is they match the creativity those 3 Lightning forwards showcased. Couture I thought was a monster along the boards, and Thornton is good for a few slick plays. But the matter of the fact is, Drouin would just glide into the zone, stop up, change up the tempo on our D.

Drouin made the D-Core respect his shot... I wonder if Thornton can/will do the same.

 

[socko]

I think I would rank both the Lightning and Capitals above the Sharks. It's close between the Sharks and Rangers. I'd probably give it to the Sharks because they have a scarier PP, but 5 on 5 I think the Rangers are better.

 

[Lemieux66]

Thornton really looked like a dinosaur to me, a few times they took the puck off him I thought that's not fair lol

I'm not sitting here confident yet, I'm happy with the situation but hockey changes on a dime. So I'm containing my excitement, but I don't really fear sharks, at least not yet

 

[td_ice]

I'm sure it was because of Drouin himself and not a lack of trying, but when defending him, it looked like our players were told that Drouin had an extremely communicable disease.

 

[Lemieux66]

I think I would rank both the Lightning and Capitals above the Sharks. It's close between the Sharks and Rangers. I'd probably give it to the Sharks because they have a scarier PP, but 5 on 5 I think the Rangers are better.

Yea I think caps and tampa are better than the sharks as well.

 

[Jaded-Fan]

I think I would rank both the Lightning and Capitals above the Sharks. It's close between the Sharks and Rangers. I'd probably give it to the Sharks because they have a scarier PP, but 5 on 5 I think the Rangers are better.

I don't even think that Ranger fans believe this.

 

[ColePens]

I don't believe Geno is healthy enough to blast one timers right now. His shot looks weak.
Maybe the story about the torn ligaments in his elbow were right?

I do think you are on to something. Twice he backed defenders in with how he skates and twice he sort of chest sniped instead of what he normally does. I call it "chest sniping" but it's not TK chest sniping. He just can't pick his corner.

 

[Allie Kitsune]

I think I would rank both the Lightning and Capitals above the Sharks. It's close between the Sharks and Rangers. Af I'd probably give it to the Sharks because they have a scarier PP, but 5 on 5 I think the Rangers are better.

Yeah, no.

Nobody on the entire NYR squad ever struck me as a threat, not even King Henk. I know other people were spooked by him, but all I could think of was the visual from a couple years back where we got him pulled and he facepalmed.

After that, we've faced all quality teams and made them all heart-stoppers.

There's always going to be that "On Paper" Talent Gap, but the Pens have shown a quality that says they're here to win that 2nd/4th cup.

 

[billybudd]

Seem like Polak of all people had like 10 shot attempts during the game. Kept seeing him trying to shoot the puck. Not sure why he kept trying but from what i remember sharks lost possesion a couple of times because he kept trying to shoot it.

Given the choice between playing Polak and Douglas Murray, I'll take the latter every time.

That's Murray now, not Murray 10 years ago.

 

[billybudd]

I'm sure it was because of Drouin himself and not a lack of trying, but when defending him, it looked like our players were told that Drouin had an extremely communicable disease.

I think what they were doing was giving him rope and hoping he'd hang himself with it.

He created a decent amount of scoring chances, but what was sort of glossed over is he had as many or more brutal giveaways and turnovers in bad places. Not a player who would hit the ice for me if I had the lead in the third period of a playoff game.

 

[Jaded-Fan]

Seem like Polak of all people had like 10 shot attempts during the game. Kept seeing him trying to shoot the puck. Not sure why he kept trying but from what i remember sharks lost possesion a couple of times because he kept trying to shoot it.

Was it just me or did it seem that the Sharks started to get frustrated and take shots from every angle and distance at times last night, much like the Rangers did against Zatkoff? Maybe that was part of it.

 

[ColePens]

I think what they were doing was giving him rope and hoping he'd hang himself with it.

He created a decent amount of scoring chances, but what was sort of glossed over is he had as many or more brutal giveaways and turnovers in bad places. Not a player who would hit the ice for me if I had the lead in the third period of a playoff game.

His speed was pushing us back. The guy was dangerous in that series and the common thing to do is back off because you are scared to get smoked. It happens.

 

[ColePens]

Let's move back to the series talk