Post-Game Talk: Pens vs Jackets: Ending regular season with a win

[Zirakzigil]

Good to end with a win. Off to the playoffs!

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[Dessloch]

McGinn wanted to keep Crosby tied with Guentzel for the team lead in points - hence the missed EMPTY NET attempt - what a way to show loyalty to the captain

 

[Randy Butternubs]

Dicey parts of the game, but I liked most of it. Go Pens!

 

[dogthateats]

I don’t like the low effort way Rust threw that T-shirt over the glass

 

[KareemTrustfund]

ERod keeps shooting the shirt cannon into the netting

 

[Tender Rip]

DeSmith great. Malkin great, and L2 by far our best. Petterson with a big night. Boyle coming up big ES.

PK bad, also when CBJ didn't score. PP absolutely disgusting (Letang especially).

L1 showed clearly all the reasons it shouldn't be, even with Guentzel individually playing very well.
Carter's line OK, but hard to overcome how bad Kapanen is these days. Hope we play whoever is hotter from WBS. Just a liability out there.

Thought the defenders were all largely OK ES. When we were under pressure it was usually due to lack of work from the forwards.

Gotta play a lot better against the Rangers. Gotta switch Rakell and Rust again, because Rakell does better defensively and the line just looks better, while Geno and Rakell don't seem to gel very much, even if the line was very good today.

Either way.... can't say they did anything to dispel the worries most have. But I still do think we have a better shot at Rangers than Florida, so there's that. Maybe have Kapanen harakiri himself with a run at Shesterkin after like 2 minutes of game 1 and then replace him with Zohorna, DOC or something. Of course I would never advocate such a thing.... eh.

 

[NeedleInTheHay]

Rust really is a team player, trying to keep his contract down

 

[Andy99]

Rust really is a team player, trying to keep his contract down

he’s been MIA for the last two weeks…

 

[Peat]

Fun enough game, best part was the second half of the second period, hopefully nobody died.

 

[orby]

Correct me if I'm wrong...since goals are the tiebreaker in determining scoring leaders, Guentzel finishes the year with the team scoring lead. That makes this the first Pens season where someone other than Crosby or Malkin led the team in scoring since Dick Tarnstrom in 03-04.

 

[jmelm]

Pettersson4Norris!

And some of ye fools wanted to trade him.

 

[Turin]

Season went by pretty quick with such a condensed schedule late season. Hopefully the team from December shows up in the playoffs.

 

[canadianguy77]

The coach needs to let off the reigns a bit with his dmen offensively. They can do some damage as Petts showed tonight. This team isn’t going to win a Stanley Cup this year if it tries plays tepid, mistake-free hockey. Go for broke or go home. Probably go home either way, but at least make it fun.

 

[Pens1566]

So Letang just had his best scoring season ever ...

 

[Tender Rip]

The coach needs to let off the reigns a bit with his dmen offensively. They can do some damage as Petts showed tonight. This team isn’t going to win a Stanley Cup this year if it tries plays tepid, mistake-free hockey. Go for broke or go home. Probably go home either way, but at least make it fun.

What? You think Sullivan is reigning in our D-men. That's completely nuts to me.
If anything he lets them go too much, at least in certain games against certain opponents with certain lethal stars on the other side, and the reason our D-men don't activate even more than they do is that they're justifiably worried that no forward will circle back to cover for them unless Blueger is on the ice.

 

[SEALBound]

Rust playing like he has one foot out the door is problematic.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Well, mission accomplished. We're still a one line team, except now it's L2 instead of L1.

Hopefully Geno's line can carry us in the playoffs because Rust is going to prevent Sid's line from being a factor.

 

[Kristopher Letang]

So Letang just had his best scoring season ever ...

58 assists

 

[canadianguy77]

What? You think Sullivan is reigning in our D-men. That's completely nuts to me.
If anything he lets them go too much, at least in certain games against certain opponents with certain lethal stars on the other side, and the reason our D-men don't activate even more than they do is that they're justifiably worried that no forward will circle back to cover for them unless Blueger is on the ice.

I’m not talking about darting for 50/50 pucks along the walls at the blueline. That’s almost always a bad decision.

I’m talking about activating dmen from their own zone and letting them do their thing if there’s an opening to do so. It’s a riskier game, but it’s a game this team is much better built to play.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

So Letang just had his best scoring season ever ...

S'amuser à Montréal.

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

ERod keeps shooting the shirt cannon into the netting

Marking the 2nd time all year E-Rod has been able to hit the net consistently.