Post-Game Talk: Pens / Kings: Where frustration continues!

[AlphaMikeFoxtrots]

Imagine being able to score 6 on 5

+ no shutout

 

[Knives and Tulips]

If JMFJ isnt the scratch when Dumo returns....

Cough Drop played some bomb hockey tonight. The new octogenarian we just traded for looks good. Sheary falls down a lot. Did Zucker play?

 

[deakka]

4 in a row. And i got laughed at saying playoffs might be in danger. Let's see...

 

[BillyOcean]

Pettersson turned into maatta. Johnson turned from a bad player to the same old terrible player. Schultz turned into Edmonton Schultz. Other than all that, things looking really good.

 

[Tom Hanks]

Unbelievable we didn’t win that. Dominated 5v5 and played the trap really well. Should have won 5-0. If Dumo and Marino we’re back it should have been 10-0.

At least they looked good finally.

New guys get a game under their belt too. Marleau looks like he was always a Penguin. Sheary was great.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

We haven't looked offensively competent since last Tuesday's Leafs game. Pretty disappointing considering the depth we've got up front.

 

[Bowski]

Can't put up more than one on an LA jabroni goalie (minus the barrage at the end).
This forward group is toast in the playoffs again. Gutless.

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

+++ Sid and Geno. Best 2 players on the ice
++ Riikola was very solid imo.
++ Marleau and Sheary. Both looked great
+ Horny. Was a workhorse for that line. Fantastic on the forecheck and his legs looked great.

- JJ is utter garbage again and shouldn’t be out with Letang, much less L1 or 2.
- Abhorrent first penalty kill really hurt us
- - - - - puck luck

Stings. Should have won. Nobody from LA even stood out. That’s hockey though.

 

[Gurglesons]

Team is in serious jeopardy of missing the playoffs now. I didn’t think they would win many games once Marino was injured. This D is puke level sick.

We can lose our next four games and everyone can win out and we will still be in the playoffs.

 

[StaalForOne]

+ Sully rolled 4 lines with decent consistency.
+Riikola + Schultz on D
+Sid/Geno
+Marleau/Blueger/Tanev line

 

[Extra Texture]

Man, as soon as they said Peterson was 1-3 with a sub 9 GAA, you just knew he was going to have the game of his life against us.

I’m all for facing, and overcoming adversity before the playoffs, but it would be great if we could grab some wins and not back our way out of the playoffs

 

[The Great Mighty Poo]

Well that sucked, but sucked significantly less.

Instead of an being an abortion that was just like getting a colonoscopy with a coat hanger.

 

[Pancakes]

Honestly, I wouldn't even want JJ on the 3rd pair. When Dumoulin and Marino are back, I would rather see Riikola as the 3rd LHD on this team, not JJ.

JJ was at least tolerable in that role earlier in the year.

In any case, keeping him anywhere but the top pair would be advisable.

 

[metalan2]

Pens looking more and more like last year's bunch. I truly thought they were contenders, but it just looks to similar to last season.

Absolutely inexcusable to lose 4 regulation games in a row playing against some of the worst in the league.

JJ out there with 2 minutes left is a sign of mental illness.

 

[Dennis Reynolds]

I know it's only one game, but how is Rodrigues an upgrade over anything already in the system?

 

[canadianguy77]

You need some scorers. Guys who can actually put the puck in the net.

Dominate all you want with analytics, but at the end of the day, you need some guys to put the puck in the net.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

I don't remember Petts being this goddamn slow. Not just skating either (though his skating's been bad), but he thinks the game slowly too.

Dude needs some serious time to develop, and he needs that on the bottom pairing.

JR's got work to do this summer regardless of how far we make it in the playoffs. This blueline needs an overhaul.

 

[Turin]

There was some effort by a couple...just overall, no one skated tonight. No one moved their feet, no one had the ambition to win a battle.

Adding three players is rough for flow and chemistry but this was a special kind of bad.

Jack Johnson should be a scratch next game. Putrid. Absolutely putrid.

Not sure how no one skated. There were lapses and I thought Zucker especially was lost in the 3rd but I thought they looked good aside from one huge zero bobbling the puck and getting dusted.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

JR really needs to move JJ this off season, there's no scenario in which it will be acceptable that he is still a Penguin if he is kept.

 

[Ragamuffin Gunner]

You just lost to one of the worst teams of the past decade with a rookie in the net. Do you not have any pride? Do you not have any shame? 0-4 skid looking like it's gonna keep getting bigger the more we play.

 

[cheesedanish87]

Just a bad loss.

I know they outplayed LA, but your suppose to outplay LA if your a good team, they needed to outplay LA and get the 2 points.

 

[Gurglesons]

Pens looking more and more like last year's bunch. I truly thought they were contenders, but it just looks to similar to last season.

Absolutely inexcusable to lose 4 regulation games in a row playing against some of the worst in the league.

JJ out there with 2 minutes left is a sign of mental illness.

We’ve played Toronto, Buffalo, LA and Washington. 2 of those teams are the “worst in the league.”

 

[WayneSid9987]

Every game JJ plays and we lose is a good game in my books.
They'll eventually get tired of his shit vs winning and ignoring his shit.

 

[Ginger Papa]

Skid continues.

Let’s end it in Disneyland

 

[PensPlz]