Post-Game Talk: Pens 3, Yotes 2 - The Thank God It Was Arizona Edition

[KIRK]

No it is the corpse of Chris Kunitz!

You ****ing lose!

Dude, I said the corpse on the left and the LW on the right in my original post.

All seriousness, I do think Perron on Geno's LW happens when he returns.

Beau on the RW won't happen. We both know that.

 

[Jag68Sid87]

Everything? Are you trapped in the year 1994 or something?

So the fact he's been a great coach in the KHL means nothing?

Like him or not from a personal level, he's exactly what this team needs to light a fire under their *****.

 

[KIRK]

So Harrington gets his shot?

At least there's that.

Yep. Scuderi needs a partner.

 

[KIRK]

Everything? Are you trapped in the year 1994 or something?

The Penguins team culture certainly is. Why not pick from that year's ranks?

 

[ObsessedCreative*]

So the fact he's been a great coach in the KHL means nothing?

Like him or not from a personal level, he's exactly what this team needs to light a fire under their *****.

Sooooo the KHL is the NHL? did you see what a last few stints were like in the NHL? He makes bylsma look like Scotty B.

 

[ObsessedCreative*]

The Penguins team culture certainly is. Why not pick from that year's ranks?

If that's the case just give me EJ he is the prototypical push over coach he would fit right in.

 

[Jag68Sid87]

Sooooo the KHL is the NHL? did you see what a last few stints were like in the NHL? He makes bylsma look like Scotty B.

Remember how bad Maurice was in his Toronto stint and second one in Carolina. Then he took time off and returned and now is doing well again.

Coaches need to step away for a while, go somewhere else to come back fresher.

Other than Babcock, who won't be fired, I don't want any fired head coach. I want a fresh start, with new ideas.

And a guy who has been in Russia lately has plenty of appeal to me, considering we have the best Russian player in the NHL.

 

[drpepper]

So Harrington gets his shot?

At least there's that.

Unless the coaches think that Domoulin would be a huge detriment in comparison to Harrington, Domoulin should be up.

Harrington is still waiver exempt next year. Domoulin will either have to be up with the Pens next year or risk being lost on waivers at the start of the season.


Also, unless Keenan has had a personality transplant and completely changed his approach to how he treats his players and the front office in the KHL, I would expect Keenan to be worse than Torts in VAN. It is a complete mismatch.

 

[KIRK]

Remember how bad Maurice was in his Toronto stint and second one in Carolina. Then he took time off and returned and now is doing well again.

Coaches need to step away for a while, go somewhere else to come back fresher.

Other than Babcock, who won't be fired, I don't want any fired head coach. I want a fresh start, with new ideas.

And a guy who has been in Russia lately has plenty of appeal to me, considering we have the best Russian player in the NHL.

Honestly, while I get the rationale, Mike Keenan wouldn't be my first choice.

That said, any coach who would try to maximize the impact of Sid and Geno would be better than this coach or his predecessor.

 

[Mr Jiggyfly]

BILLY G will NEVER LET THAT HAPPEN!

oops, I've said too much.

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But BB surfs and plays the piano!

Why doesn't Billy G like him? Did BB not let Guerin club him with his stick in practice?

 

[IcedCapp]

But BB surfs and plays the piano!

Why doesn't Billy G like him? Did BB not let Guerin club him with his stick in practice?

Billy met too many of Beau's kind when he played. He won't stand for that ****.


Unrelated:

having watched like 13 Ducks games over the past month, I have to say: getting Kesler would have been great for this team. Just an awesome player.

 

[Mr Jiggyfly]

Dude, I said the corpse on the left and the LW on the right in my original post.

All seriousness, I do think Perron on Geno's LW happens when he returns.

Beau on the RW won't happen. We both know that.

Ya it won't happen, obviously. But having Perron there should be fun. I think those two play a similar e-w game and they will flow well. May take some time, but that's expected.

 

[Jag68Sid87]

Honestly, while I get the rationale, Mike Keenan wouldn't be my first choice.

That said, any coach who would try to maximize the impact of Sid and Geno would be better than this coach or his predecessor.

Yeah, and quite frankly I don't trust any 'hotshot' coach anymore. Guy Boucher was supposedly going to revolutionize offensive hockey, and he was all about a 1-4 forecheck! I remember Patrick Roy telling anybody who would listen to him that Boucher was, in fact, a defensive coach (not offensive).

Johnston, same thing. He was supposed to be a great offensive coach because of the way his teams played in the Dub, but he's been excruciatingly defensive minded and passive beyond comprehension.

We need someone a lot more obvious.

 

[drpepper]

Also I know people really like Winnik on Crosby's wing, but I thought Winnik looked poor there outside of the last period (missing passes, wrong tempo, Hornqvist was frequently the F3 on the forecheck?, turnovers, stopped skating, etc). That said, he usually has one period or a couple of plays that look good.

The past two games have been very uneven from Winnik for me.

I am not convinced Winnik-Crosby-Hornqvist has long-term (through playoffs) viability.

 

[Jag68Sid87]

Also I know people really like Winnik on Crosby's wing, but I thought Winnik looked poor there outside of the last period (missing passes, wrong tempo, Hornqvist was frequently the F3 on the forecheck?, turnovers, stopped skating).

The past two games have been very uneven from Winnik for me.

Winnik's a band-aid solution. One of many within this organization.

 

[66-30-33]

Yeah, and quite frankly I don't trust any 'hotshot' coach anymore. Guy Boucher was supposedly going to revolutionize offensive hockey, and he was all about a 1-4 forecheck! I remember Patrick Roy telling anybody who would listen to him that Boucher was, in fact, a defensive coach (not offensive).

Johnston, same thing. He was supposed to be a great offensive coach because of the way his teams played in the Dub, but he's been excruciatingly defensive minded and passive beyond comprehension.

We need someone a lot more obvious.

BB would probably be the best coach we could hire. If a guy's strengths work for Crosby/Malkin then you should go for him. He also calls out his own players as we saw in the 24/7 HBO series. Depends how Ducks do, BB might not be back with them next season and be a FA.

 

[Mr Jiggyfly]

Billy met too many of Beau's kind when he played. He won't stand for that ****.

Talented players?

Unrelated:

having watched like 13 Ducks games over the past month, I have to say: getting Kesler would have been great for this team. Just an awesome player.

He's a good player, but I didn't want to give up DP for him.

Maybe if it was Despres instead....

Winnik's a band-aid solution. One of many within this organization.

Ya but he's better than Kunitz.

 

[IcedCapp]

talented players?




He's a good player, but i didn't want to give up dp for him.

Maybe if it was despres instead....

ead.


His name... was... SIMON DESPRES

 

[66-30-33]

ead.


His name... was... SIMON DESPRES

Syemon Depress.

 

[djt153]

looked like slightly better ice time for beau. I missed the first 50 minutes - how did he look?

 

[NeedleInTheHay]

So we get our 2 top goal scorers back but lose our franchise defensemen for probably the season, that sounds like the Penguins we all know and love.

 

[Joejosh999]

looked like slightly better ice time for beau. I missed the first 50 minutes - how did he look?

Funny you should ask. We were instructed by a DK Tweet to "isolate on BB every shift!" In a Mackey-worthy attempt to build a swell of anti-BB sentiment amongst fans....

Hilariously, BB had one of his stronger games in weeks IMO.

 

[MrBurghundy]

BB's player usage/decisions are mildly infuriating, and I'm not referring to anything SIMON DESPRES related.

Mildly? Wouldn't that be an improvement?

 

[Headshot77]

We all need to pray to the hockey gods: Please leave winnik on the top line. Please leave kunitz and letang on the second power play.

 

[Jaded-Fan]

The Pens once hired a coach who did not speak a word of English to make Jagr happy. I think that he just pointed a lot and drew stick figures on a board.

So it could be worse.