every line's defensive play was subpar...First line left some glorious chances for Buffalo, CDS stood on his head or they missed, fourth line could not clear the puck for minutes, Carter could not skate out of his zone if the life depended on it...luckily Sully watches films and understand this...It did not help that Letang and Marino could not win one battle and made multiple turnovers...so if you think that L2 was the only reason we got scored on...
well, we have been talking about this for a while now, the problem with that is that they usually give good players at least a full season sort of before they start benching them, I think everyone thinks that Dumo will regain his mojo a little bit, I don't see anything changing here...I stated so many times that that is my biggest concern for going deep in the POs...Letang Dumo, first pair that will paly 25 minutes...if they play like they have been playing last 20 or so games nothing else will matter...
Well, unless Jarry is posting a Brodeur-like save % in the POs…I think Dumo is suffering the effects of multiple injuries to his ankle region, including this season…but yeah, who knows if he’ll ever return to form or if he’s washed
neither one had...Marino probably worst game in a while, prompted Yohe to ask Sully about him...Marino is not good actually non of our dman are good under pressure, Dumo, Petts and Marino lost just about every puck they had on their sticks if they were turned around and got under heavy and fast forecheck, that or blind around the wall play that ends up icing...I think the way to dominate the Pens and beat them is just to put the buck behind if you have fast skater and pressed them against the wall...no idea what the remedy is
This is incredibly off topic, but something that has been bugging me. Does anyone else think he is on a bunch of stimulants or something? From the rapid eye movement on the bench and his overall appearance, especially in his face, just something doesn’t sit well with me. Just kinda has that “look” from someone that abuses the shit out of stims such as Adderall or something harder.
If Malkin had Rakell there instead of Heinen, that would have likely been the difference on one of those plays, and the Pens would’ve been sitting pretty with another two points.
Maybe, Rakell has had a couple glorious chances in the last couple games, which is great, but he hasn’t finished…we need him to finish…that’s why he’s here
Maybe but Rakell played 5 minutes with Sid and Jake didn't score either. Someone being a better scorer in general doesn't guarantee goals in a given game. Once Rakell gets some practices with the team and moves into the top 6, we will see if he can help steal games like that.
He can play both sides but Ducks fans think he’s slightly better on the left wing. That is where his best seasons came, too.
Funny you posted this thought, I was about to post something along the same lines. As much as everything is nitpicked here, the lackluster effort for a better part of season has gone largely unnoticed/discussed outside of the GDT's.. Could be the roster and lack of youth, could be an overbearing coach or a combination of both.
