Post-Game Talk: Pens vs Kraken: Loss - for want of a goal

[Rudy Russo]

Well. That was deflating.

Need to create more high danger shots. I don't think we win with Defensemen constantly shooting at the blue line as our tactic.

Teams just block a lot of penguin shots or have them take shots from the perimeter.

 

[ZorkEnchanter]

Exactly the same team as the last few years... Sullivan should have been gone long ago.

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

That’s possible, but if that was his master plan, saddling the team with EK’s cap for another four years was monumentally stupid

Yea that's true. It doesn't really add up no matter what his direction was/is.

 

[SomeDude]

That’s possible, but if that was his master plan, saddling the team with EK’s cap for another four years was monumentally stupid

Dubas and Spezza working away at the master plan circa 2065. Sid will still be a PPG player.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Sucks that Poulin got hurt at the time he did, cause I'd seriously give give Vegas back that miserable, sulking, pile of shit and just call up Poulin, at least he'd half assed want to be here and at least attempt to give something resembled an NHL level effort.

Smith hating being on the Pens is about the most normal thing, to be fair. Who would be happy on this team coached by the ignorant tit that is Sully?

 

[Ginormousthumbs]

From 2015-2018 this team went from causing havoc in front of the crease to the coach basically abandoning that each season. Pens could get 50 shots on net with 5 scoring chances.

The Sully Method.

Can the link for this be shared?

 

[enviSAGE]

I'm pretty sure Sully believes in the hockey gods and that a red carpet would be laid out for Jeff Carter to get a goal in his 1300th game. Because why else he would be out there over Smith with the goalie pulled is beyond me.

+++ that period and a half Geno. We need that Geno
++ POJ. He is a f'in guy. 3rd best defender at playing defense we have.
+ Acciari. Should be getting 3C minutes.
≠Jarry
- Ruhwedel. All that passing just to set our golden sniper Chad Ruhwedel for 4 SOG.
-- Puljujarvi. Is not a f'in guy.
---Eller. Biggest poser on the team. So sick of it.

 

[Ryder71]

The desired result was achieved.

Which for the long term is a good thing. TUES was the outlier.

 

[Ryder71]

Bye bye Jake.

You get a Jarry and Rust to keep you company on the way out.

Saying bye to Jake and getting a Haul for him engorges my nether region.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

This team relies so much on deflections from point shots to score goals that it's almost comical.

Sullivan's like that football coach who just calls for a Hail Mary every time. Looks good when the QB is really on and the opposition defense isn't doing a good job covering the WRs, but basically gets stumped any time the opposition sticks to the WRs like glue.

From 2015-2018 this team went from causing havoc in front of the crease to the coach basically abandoning that each season. Pens could get 50 shots on net with 5 scoring chances.

The Sully Method.

Cycle, cycle, cycle ... funnel puck back to the point for a long distance shot and hope it gets tipped on the way.

That's the creative genius Sullivan has come up with.

 

[displacedpensfan]

Not a single player on the ice for the Pens tonight had the balls to crash the net to try and score an ugly goal even once. Grubauer is going to look good if the plan is just to lob shots from the perimeter lazily like they did all night.

 

[Gurglesons]

Kinda funny when we went Malkin - Sid - Rakell to win the game.

Sullivan is such a shit coach.

 

[Zbynek]

I don't like our broadcasting team, so I like to listen to the away feed (especially on away games).

Seattle's broadcasting team is one of the few I dislike even more than our own squad. Hey hey hey, f*** off.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Kinda funny when we went Malkin - Sid - Rakell to win the game.

Sullivan is such a shit coach.

It's going to be hilarious when he finally (at some point in the next 20 years) gets fired and then proceeds to fall flat on his face with his new team. All the stunned looks around the league like, "woah, what happened? he was so good!" like when Bylsma was exposed after Pittsburgh.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

It's going to be hilarious when he finally (at some point in the next 20 years) gets fired and then proceeds to fall flat on his face with his new team. All the stunned looks around the league like, "woah, what happened? he was so good!" like when Bylsma was exposed after Pittsburgh.

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[Rudy Russo]

Kinda funny when we went Malkin - Sid - Rakell to win the game.

Sullivan is such a shit coach.

And it's too bad Sully got an extension. Because that's on the Fenway Sports Group.

 

[displacedpensfan]

It's going to be hilarious when he finally (at some point in the next 20 years) gets fired and then proceeds to fall flat on his face with his new team. All the stunned looks around the league like, "woah, what happened? he was so good!" like when Bylsma was exposed after Pittsburgh.

I actually don't think Sullivan is a bad coach, just that his shelf life expired about 18 months ago. Bylsma, in contrast, was indeed an idiot.

 

[AuroraBorealis]

I actually don't think Sullivan is a bad coach, just that his shelf life expired about 18 months ago. Bylsma, in contrast, was indeed an idiot.

Bylsma's the "idiot" with a better P% in the reg season and playoffs than Mike Sullivan, while having worse rosters on average.

 

[Gurglesons]

I actually don't think Sullivan is a bad coach, just that his shelf life expired about 18 months ago. Bylsma, in contrast, was indeed an idiot.

Bylsma at least got us to the playoffs regardless of who was hurt or not.

 

[Ryder71]

Bylsma at least got us to the playoffs regardless of who was hurt or not.

I would suspect that was a much younger team.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Two idiot coaches, for different reasons, who benefitted from being in the right place at the right time. Bylsma and Sullivan are both trash. /shrug

 

[HandshakeLine]

Having a favorite coach in hockey is like having a favorite shift manager at the Arby's you stop at for lunch every once in a while.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

I find it adorable that some Pens writers are now seeing Puustinen as the legit player that he is. These tossers were perplexed at why fans were clamouring better usage of him.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

BTW Joseph has been playing so damn well, doesn't get enough credit for it. Turdwedel is not an nhl'er at all and its comical he keeps getting played. Maybe Dubas can get a conditional 7th for him.

This team relies so much on deflections from point shots to score goals that it's almost comical.

Sullivan's like that football coach who just calls for a Hail Mary every time. Looks good when the QB is really on and the opposition defense isn't doing a good job covering the WRs, but basically gets stumped any time the opposition sticks to the WRs like glue.


Cycle, cycle, cycle ... funnel puck back to the point for a long distance shot and hope it gets tipped on the way.

That's the creative genius Sullivan has come up with.

And today they acted like they have always played in the paint and needed to vs the Kraken. Lol they've been allergic to the front of the net for a while. When Puustinen is going there and players are still not throwing pucks at the net, it's a coaching issue that seems to consistently happen.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Having a favorite coach in hockey is like having a favorite shift manager at the Arby's you stop at for lunch every once in a while.

I prefer the local Arby's manager. He gives me free cookies when I drop by. Sullivan just gives me heartburn.