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

[Honour Over Glory]

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.

When Marino was doing the yeoman's work? Yeah, we all were duped too. He was marginally better than he is right now, but a lot of that heavy lifting was the legend, Marino.

 

[JTG]

I think Marleau with Malkin and Rust makes a ton of sense. I think Sheary is a notch better than Simon, but he is not a long term option there, I don't think.

Speaking of Simon, I thought he had a good game. He created some quality chances.

 

[PaulD]

Sully please when I see the pens play the ducks live on Friday night please get Johnson off of the 1st defensive unit.

Amen to that

 

[ChaosAgent]

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

I thought Rodrigues was good. All our trade acquisitions were, aside from the invisible man we ponied up tons of assets for.

 

[PenguinSuitedUp]

I don’t think this team went to the net nearly enough tonight.

 

[GregR]

I'm not going to go as far as saying they're going to miss the playoffs but home ice/Metro title seems to be slipping away, and given this team's road struggles and home success, it's probably something they need to have.

 

[PenguinSuitedUp]

Keep Riikola in the lineup. I'd even try him with Letang. Can't be that much worse.

There’s no way that replacing Johnson with literally anyone isn’t an improvement.

 

[2wayPlay]

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

I guess in 4 games we will find out because the wheels have completely come off. So much for Sully coach of the year. Pulling a MT special!

 

[Honour Over Glory]

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.

Pettersson was getting beaten to the puck, out muscled, out skated, all throughout this game, he's had more meh to bad moments than I would have liked, sophomore slump or not, I hope this is just a blip on the radar for him in his Pens career, to have it turn into a Maatta situation would suck.

Chicago does have another Dominik that I like, so I mean...

 

[Ragamuffin Gunner]

Cup contenders don't earn moral victories in losses to bottom-feeders with under 20 games left. I don't care if they'd win 9 times out of 10 or if they have injuries. That was 100% inexcusable.

 

[Gurglesons]

I guess in 4 games we will find out because the wheels have completely come off. So much for Sully coach of the year. Pulling a MT special!

I literally hate our fan base..

 

[Turin]

I guess in 4 games we will find out because the wheels have completely come off. So much for Sully coach of the year. Pulling a MT special!

They played two good games after the two bad ones vs TO and BUF. It looks worse than it is. It could be a hell of a lot better if this team wasn’t shackling it’s only really good defenseman left with its worst.

 

[ChaosAgent]

±++++++++++ Geno.

–-----------Johnson

Did Carly's boo play?

 

[Night Shift]

I really have no words other than I guess it's to be expected when you change a lot of the roster before the deadline.

 

[metalan2]

The confidence in this team is gone. Even if we do win Friday do we have confidence we can put consistent efforts and wins together?

I said after we got 80 points all we needed was 10 more wins in the last like 30 to make the playoffs. They lost every game in regulation since.

Playoff doubt will creep in if we lose in any fashion any game this weekend.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

As badly as we're dragging JJ, and rightfully so, Petts and Schultz are right there with the guy. Ruh is what he is; an AHL level guy that should never get any significant time as an NHL regular, so I'll be easy on the guy because his struggles are expected. Even Letang looked awful, though I imagine that's due to the guy trying to do literally everything since he's playing next to JJ.

 

[JTG]

I wanted Martinez pretty badly, and he is destroying it in Vegas.

 

[Love the Penguins]

The Pens played hard, they will win at least 85 percent of these games with that kind of effort against bottom feeding teams like the Kings.

 

[PaulD]

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.

lol Agreed.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

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.

This is what frustrates me about games like tonight. Great, they "dominated possession". But at the end of the day, you need to score more than the other guy. My concern when the playoffs begin and we're up against the best of the best, our wack-a-mole guys won't be able to score at those critical moments versus the opposition's better shooters.

 

[United]

Riikola was very good. He should stay in the lineup ahead of JJ when Dumo and Marino return.
And by the way that Wagner guy is mega fast.

 

[Ragamuffin Gunner]

I'm not going to go as far as saying they're going to miss the playoffs but home ice/Metro title seems to be slipping away, and given this team's road struggles and home success, it's probably something they need to have.

Pens were ~4 points from missing the POs and being tops in the Metro last year. All points matter.

 

[The Great Mighty Poo]

Pregame ritual for next time?

 

[PaulD]

Skid continues.
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Let’s end it in Disneyland

LMAO

 

[Zero Pucks]

It seems so damn hard to get Crosby and Malkin going at the same time. Makes no sense to me. This team makes me want to light my pubes on fire.