Post-Game Talk: Pens/Caps - That was hockey.... allegedly

[SEALBound]

Pulled, trade incoming.

Riiko for Roslo makes a ton of sense. But given Riiko's play and Matheson's injury combine with the play of everyone else, I say nay.

 

[ColePens]

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[ColePens]

Dat saucer pass by CDS though!

I like that he says "I was just trying to get it to him." Like naaah bro. You can throw some swag on that. That was a freaking A+ 10/10 pass. That was so beautiful.

 

[Pens x]

Who starts in net on Friday against the Rags? Did DeSmith play well enough to start next game?

Sv% .84 tonight

 

[StaalForOne]

DeSmith didn't play well enough, but he won. So I imagine it's his until he loses or there's a B2B.

 

[Tom Hanks]

Who starts in net on Friday against the Rags? Did DeSmith play well enough to start next game?

Sv% 84 tonight

I can see it go both ways. I imagine DeSmith was almost pulled but bounced back.

From Sunday we play 4 games a week for 3 weeks so there will be some splitting of games.

 

[Gurglesons]

DeSmith didn't play well enough, but he won. So I imagine it's his until he loses or there's a B2B.

Desmith played well enough to win once the team stopped giving up grade a chances.

 

[Return of the Paek]

I can see it go both ways. I imagine DeSmith was almost pulled but bounced back.

From Sunday we play 4 games a week for 3 weeks so there will be some splitting of games.

For this team to make a run, they are going to have to hope that Jarry is the guy. He is far more talented.

 

[Tom Hanks]

.........And we don't give a shit how many goals Hornqvist has. If you miss him so much, leave this board and go to the Florida board.

I do! And I did pop in to the Panthers board

 

[Pens x]

I can see it go both ways. I imagine DeSmith was almost pulled but bounced back.

From Sunday we play 4 games a week for 3 weeks so there will be some splitting of games.

Yea it’s a tough call. He clearly deserved the start tonight but I’m torn about Friday.

 

[AlphaMikeFoxtrots]

Anyone who painfully wants to watch it back, I would recommend watching our layers. Our forwards get FAR too caught in deep and are always in a straight line. That is so easy to beat w/ 1 chip. Nobody is rotating in/out. Nobody cuts, then funnels. Nobody follows. A lot of standing, watching, reacting.

In a not particularly congruent way, it reminded me of watching them pummel the Flames 9-1 from good seats. The score was great, but, as I believe @KIRK likes to put it, most of the game they looked like monkeys humping a football, It was just EVERY shot they had went in, and that luck ain't there right now. They shouldn't have won that game, and the rest went to complete shit not long after. There was a push around the holidays that showed spark, we got McCann (hi, you ok bud?) but ultimately Hags for Pearson for Gustafson did...what? Give hope down the line that fizzled quickly?

Two steps of three are easier to make than others, and one easiest of all.

The easiest piece to cut loose is Sully, with a few games in hand to see where the roster really lies, what hope is there to mesh.

Work from there with what you can.

Rust...I hope finds something like his form of last season, but wasn't he shooting a ton above average last season? Try to get back up there, my dude, I believe in you.

Try also to do nothing from this game that didn't work going forward. Just...in the interest of not dying.

 

[Tom Hanks]

Yea it’s a tough call. He clearly deserved the start tonight but I’m torn about Friday.

Yeah I’m not sure there is a right or wrong answer until after the fact.

Let’s just hope whoever is in the skaters in front don’t have those big brain farts.

 

[ZorkEnchanter]

Who starts in net on Friday against the Rags? Did DeSmith play well enough to start next game?

Sv% .84 tonight

Fleury ain't looking so bad right now ...

 

[Tom Hanks]

For this team to make a run, they are going to have to hope that Jarry is the guy. He is far more talented.

Im sure he his. I was pretty confident in him before the season. The skaters have been so weird so far. Some of the analytical charts show it too. Players are all over the map.

 

[SEALBound]

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[ncm7772]

Well, they won. Which is cool. But seemed really bad (could only listen to parts).

Trying to think of positives. Sounds like Geno was better. And dude, Sceviour has 2 goals. Figured that's what he'd net all year.

 

[ColePens]

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[ColePens]

Well, they won. Which is cool. But seemed really bad (could only listen to parts).

Trying to think of positives. Sounds like Geno was better. And dude, Sceviour has 2 goals. Figured that's what he'd net all year.

Without a shadow of doubt, some guys stepped up in the 3rd. Geno wasn't perfect in the 3rd, but he stepped up. Sid seemed to look more engaged. Their attention to defensive awareness was downright awful. I cannot stress it enough. The errors made on the defensive side are not due to complexity of a scheme. These errors are directly related to flat out work ethic. That is something I cannot believe i'm saying. It's piss poor lazy f***ing work ethic. Some of it is because they need a new voice, as proven so many times in this era. Some of it is because Sully really needs to understand his team better. So part of it is schematic. But Sid/Geno/Rust tonight were PATHETIC when it came to defensive awareness. And Letang/Dumo as well. The Pens would look like a decent playoff team if they only fixed that. If they adjusted movement on the PP, similar to what you saw with out PP2 unit, then we become a top half playoff team. If the team f***ing all bought in and supported one another all over the ice, the schematic adjustments were made, and the team stayed healthy... then we would be a top 25% team with a chance to win Lord Stanley.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

@Honour Over Glory theres that word

 

[Pens x]

Lol

 

[Flying Dego]

Yea it’s a tough call. He clearly deserved the start tonight but I’m torn about Friday.

CDS looked like a bona-fide backup tonight. Bad shots went in...to his credit he played better late and the assist.

I probably go with Jarry. We will need him to get going and for the team to start playing any semblance of team defense.

 

[AuroraBorealis]

Got a genuine laugh outta the Captain @4:45. Not the easiest thing to do these days! Kid's talented.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

+++++ We sucked slightly less than the Caps did.

---- There's still so much structurally wrong with the club.

----------- Sullivan's usage of Kapanen/Rodrigues. I get it, we won. But my God I can't believe he kept Rodrigues on that top line even when Kapanen was flying. No surprise that it took 3on3 hockey, without Rodrigues, for Crosby/Guentzel to do some damage.

 

[Tacitus Kilgore]

This was a great game to try white claws for the first time.

Sceviour has a shit eating grin and I like seeing it when he scores

 

[canadianguy77]

Im reality, this was probably about the worst game they’ve played so far. The other games were a bad period or so every game, but this one was pretty ugly.

Someone needs to tell coach that Kasperi Kapanen is still on the right side of 20 and not on the wrong side of 30. That was ridiculous playing him on the 4th line when the top-6 is hurting for offense.