Yeah, they’re having a sad tonight. Zib needs to be benched, Quinn sucks, Georgiev sucks...not saying they’re wrong.
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EightyOne
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I really don't understand his decision making this year either. He'll hold on to the puck and I'll think "oh he's showing patience and going to make a smart play." Dumo then proceeds to feebly sweep the puck at 10mph right to the other team.
That is crazy but you are right. Doing that with our whole defense on the self is just nuts. 5-1-1 in the last 7 games! That is nuts but true. What is even more impressive about that is those losses both came in Boston which is a place we haven't won since 2014. So pretty much won every game we could of expected to win and even stole a point in Boston that doesn't happen often. Good thing Boston hasn't won in Pittsburgh since 2015. Plus beating the Caps twice which are the top team in the standings at this time also makes that 5-1-1 last 7 games that much more incredible.
Gurglesons
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POJ already is our top scoring D after like four games lol.
I was right about Weber and only 12 minutes. That was even with Letang only playing 5 minutes. Scary Weber minus 2 and last game Czuczman -2. We can't even shelter those 2. Really don't know what we can do to make this work.
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It'd be funny if they kept playing terrible hockey all year and just kept winning like this somehow.
I just keep cracking up at this... Man if we won the Stanley Cup playing like this the whole year but somehow kept pulling out OT wins... hahaha....
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Pretty much what happened in 2017 against Washington, except they got even better chances against us and Fleury kept saving them.
++ POJ - he may have three first names but he's crushing it so far. Have to pay more attention to his defensive game next game but his skating and puck handling is superb.
+ Kap - continues to score. Hasn't had many shots but he's made the most of them. Causes at least one or two turnovers out of nowhere every game. If his decision making can hold up and Sully can get his head out of his ass he could be great.
+ Zucker, Tanev
- Injured Tanger. Looked like an ankle or jammed knee or something, hopefully it's just a little twist and he's only out a couple games. Only positive is that we'd finally see Marino back on the right side, pretty good odds he "suddenly" starts to look better when that happens.
------- Sully. Play the damn 2016 system Sully, we suck at passive defense and Mike Johnston already proved we couldn't generate offense from below the dots years ago. Do it. Doooooo it or get fired already.
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We passed the gut check again. It's weird how cool, calm and collected we play in OTs as opposed to most of the games when it's 5 on 5. Kap-Geno-Zucker building some chemistry is nice to see but I would like to see it against a team that actually plays defence. Line 1 was pretty bad for most of the game but came through in the end. Blueger and Tanev... what can you say? All you can ask from your bottom sixers and then some more.
Considering the injuries on D, Sid and Geno looking nowhere near superstar or even star level and the bad goaltending, it's downright miraculous that we keep getting points. Especially with the way Marino almost managed to lose the game by himself with dumb penalties and a dumb turnover that led to a shorty. Good thing POJ has been a revelation. In the long run it might be better not to get points though, gut check can only get you so far when your coach gets outcoached so often.
Considering the injuries on D, Sid and Geno looking nowhere near superstar or even star level and the bad goaltending, it's downright miraculous that we keep getting points. Especially with the way Marino almost managed to lose the game by himself with dumb penalties and a dumb turnover that led to a shorty. Good thing POJ has been a revelation. In the long run it might be better not to get points though, gut check can only get you so far when your coach gets outcoached so often.
Re Dumo and his struggles - it's not even like they're coming from skating like you'd expect from a guy with a maybe not totally healed ankle. The problem is decision making and his hands. And I think that might just be a short training camp thing, but it's something to watch closely.
Also, I must agree with everyone saying Guentzel's just off.
Also, I must agree with everyone saying Guentzel's just off.
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I was told by the medical experts of HFboards that his poor play can attributed to his shoulder still recovering.
Mr Jiggyfly
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Has a team ever lost 5 of their top 6 blueliners at the same time?
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Mr Jiggyfly
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That’s weird, I was told by the Hfboards experts that never laced up a skate in their lives, completely blown out shoulders are easy to overcome and you don’t ever think about it on the ice...
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Who said I never played hockey, bruh? I just don’t live in the past since I stopped playing when I graduated from high school in 2002. My college only had a club team, practices were at awful times, and I knew I wanted to study aboard second year on Barcelona.
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Pens x
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You are the one that said I had no right to an opinion because I’ve never laced them up. I’m just letting you know I played, which doesn’t make me any more or less qualified to criticize Jake Guentzel. Come off your high horse, friend.
radapex
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If the team can get healthy, and the guys can get their heads out of their asses, that's a nice looking top 4.
LOGiK
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Oh I'm polish all right.
I only know words by speaking only. My grandmother tried to teach me written but as a kid I showed little interest after I struggled remembering the soundings and trill... but what I do know it's all verbal and I don't know how to spell it, haha.
It makes me mad too... I really wish I did learn it, but then who would I speak to? It would be like having a secret language with my grandmother... But I already have a secret language... ASL... but that is with wifey and child =P
(I thought this was an OT thread, =P )
Mr Jiggyfly
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The guy pretending shoulder injuries aren’t a big deal is trying to lecture others about their high horse?
You can’t be serious.
If you indeed ever played, which I honestly doubt, you would never be making light of an injury like what Guentzel had.
I’ve yet to run across a single hockey player who doesn’t understand what a wrecked shoulder does to your game, both physically and mentally.
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Let’s just agree to disagree. I really like Jake, but he too has been bad. I think the shoulder injury is an easy excuse to justify his poor play, that’s just me.
Would you be giving Geno a free pass this season if he suffered an injury over a year ago, or a player that you don’t care for?
Go Pens
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