Post-Game Talk: Pens 4-1 win vs Canucks: The one where the Penguin eats the Orca

[Zirakzigil]

Great game. Jake with the hatty. Good to get a win.

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[66-30-33]

Goals...wtf?

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Thank God the Canucks suck.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Jake's first 4-point game since 2019, which was also against Vancouver.

Confidence boosting win against a real bad team. We take those.

 

[Kristopher Letang]

Guentzel: 3 goals 1 assist
Crosby: 1 goal 2 assists
Letang: 3 assists

The stars showed up when needed.

Jarry .957

 

[Ragamuffin Gunner]

Jake and Sid figuring it out which is awesome. Tang getting 3 As and TJ was great again.

Zuc is just bad.

 

[Ugene Magic]

Jake on the road...

Best game I've seen from Sid.

 

[Pancakes]

Our "smother the other team and get a million shots" 5v5 offense looks a lot better when we can add a few powerplay goals to pad it out.

Take those away and this is another 2-1 win lol. Or possibly even a loss if the Canucks get a bounce.

The PP matters and we need to get it going

 

[Will Hunting]

Jake, Jarry, Sid. Good 2 points. Right now we just need to cement that wildcard spot. Can´t imagine us going higher than that but that wildcard spot is open for us with Columbus, NJ, Philly and Isles all struggling.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Guentzel: 3 goals
Crosby: 1 goal 2 assists
Letang: 3 assists

The stars showed up when needed.

Jarry .957

I know it was against a bad team, but hopefully that snaps Sid out of his funk. He actually looked engaged tonight and had a couple of nice setups to Jake that Demko made saves on aside from the 3 point night.

 

[StaalForOne]

Obvious pluses to Guentzel and Sid. Jarry was good as well..

I liked Bluegers and McGinn, but I don't think Kap fits on that line either. They should swap him an ERod.

Dumo/Letang played well, same as Marino/Petts. Petts has been way better this year on the whole vs last year.

 

[66-30-33]

9:45PM...i'm just gonna head to bed now. I hate 7PM start games.

 

[LosingStreak06]

I am now on a 12-game streak of watching Pens losses while missing their wins. Sid would have me assassinated if he knew.

 

[HuskerTornado]

3rd period became more fun once the PA guy played Tequila. I wasn't even planning on having a drink tonight. Power of suggestion,

 

[Pancakes]

9:45PM...i'm just gonna head to bed now. I hate 7PM start games.

Sleep well old man

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Obvious pluses to Guentzel and Sid. Jarry was good as well..

I liked Bluegers and McGinns, but I don't think Kap fits on that line either. They should swap him an ERod.

Dumo/Letang played well, same as Marino/Petts. Petts has been way better this year on the whole vs last year.

Kapanen ... I just don't know. I keep waiting for him to break out but aside from that hattrick game, he hasn't been the skilled forward who provides secondary scoring that I was hoping he'd be.

I do like the idea of swapping him with E-Rod. Kappy can be the neutral zone puck carrier for the Crosby line, then dish it off to Sid/Jake once he enters the zone. Plus he's got more natural ability than E-Rod.

E-Rod's more effective when he's on a defensive line where he can just put his head down and try and create one man offense off of rushes. He's not really suited to doing what Sid and Jake need out of their third wheel.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

It's not that Jake's putting up points. I genuinely couldn't give a f*** less about RS points from the guy, as his problem has been playoff hockey for years.

It's that he's firing away at range again, and getting good mustard on his shots. That's a really good sign. If he keeps up his (admittedly really good) play around the net come playoff time, he'll get manhandled and completely taken out of the game. If he's able to find soft ice and be a threat from the circles, that's where I think he can turn his shit around in a post season atmosphere.

Or keep padding those stats and increasing his trade value. Either way.

 

[Zirakzigil]

Sid I think is finally finding his groove. Good to see.

 

[Kristopher Letang]

9:45PM...i'm just gonna head to bed now. I hate 7PM start games.

Spoiled West coast fans… ha!

Try a 10PM start!

 

[Ugene Magic]

Spoiled West coast fans… ha!

Try a 10PM start!

What's the worst they have? 4:00pm starts?

 

[Pancakes]

It's not that Jake's putting up points. I genuinely couldn't give a f*** less about RS points from the guy, as his problem has been playoff hockey for years.

It's that he's firing away at range again, and getting good mustard on his shots. That's a really good sign. If he keeps up his (admittedly really good) play around the net come playoff time, he'll get manhandled and completely taken out of the game. If he's able to find soft ice and be a threat from the circles, that's where I think he can turn his shit around in a post season atmosphere.

Or keep padding those stats and increasing his trade value. Either way.

Yeah he's found a way to be a threat from range again and that's huge. People talk about him getting manhandled near the crease his last few playoffs and shying away from contact due to the shoulder injury but I think people forget that during his really good run during his rookie season he actually scored a lot of playoff goals from all over the ice. He wasn't just good around the paint. Plenty of goals from range.

So I think you're right. He gets that back and he's a threat in the playoffs. If he can only score goals around the paint, it'll be a struggle.

 

[Kristopher Letang]

What's the worst they have? 4:00pm starts?

9AM

 

[StaalForOne]

Kapanen ... I just don't know. I keep waiting for him to break out but aside from that hattrick game, he hasn't been the skilled forward who provides secondary scoring that I was hoping he'd be.

I do like the idea of swapping him with E-Rod. Kappy can be the neutral zone puck carrier for the Crosby line, then dish it off to Sid/Jake once he enters the zone. Plus he's got more natural ability than E-Rod.

E-Rod's more effective when he's on a defensive line where he can just put his head down and try and create one man offense off of rushes. He's not really suited to doing what Sid and Jake need out of their third wheel.

I think he'll be fine once Malkin comes back. Those 2 worked very well together. I'd just like to see him tried with Sid out of curiosuty. He doesn't work with Erod, doesn't work with Carter, and didn't work, with a very limited sample, with Blueger.

 

[Jobeycool]

The Penguins are awful against good teams...against lousy teams they look amazing..

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

PS. I can see why Vancouver's operating at something like 67% on the PK. They're really, really bad and made the Pens look like a well oiled machine on the PP.