Post-Game Talk: The Comeback Kids get it done

[dogthateats]

If we drafted Lafreniere and he had 0 points through his first 5 games this place would explode lol

 

[Zirakzigil]

There's more objectivity in old Soviet era Red Army radio propaganda than Mears' play by play at this point.

Until proven otherwise, there is a conspiracy to sap and impurity us! Glad to see they pulled out a win.

 

[PensandCaps]

Blueger deserved an empty netter for his play today. oh well

 

[StaalForOne]

+Jarry looked much more like himself tonight.
+The new top 6 sans ERod
+Liking POJ early
+I like Teddy. You always know what you're getting with him.
+Guentzel #100 and gets the monkey off his back. Goal #100 against the same team he got #1 against

 

[Pancakes]

Copying my post from the GDT. Good teams find ways to win, even when they're playing bad.

The Penguins have been playing like crap this year and they are 4-2. If they're doing this while mostly playing like garbage, what is it going to look like when the top-6 gets rolling? It's too talented to not get its shit together.

Yeah the Rangers I think should have won both of these games. Actually I'm not sure we deserve any of the wins we've had this year. So having 4 wins out of this crap play is great in that sense.

Need to be a lot better almost everywhere though.

 

[Tom Hanks]

Definitely the smoothest win. No huge breakdowns and Jarry keeping it tight.

We’re slowly looking better

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

Sheeeesh Panarin had net to shoot at there.

+++ Jarry weathered the storm late.
+++ win in regulation. Good teams find a way.
++ Rust on L1
+ Blueger at 3C. He’s so solid.
+ most “normal” game of the year.

- - - Got outplayed imo. In that normal game. Wasn’t too big of a gap but I think the Rags pushed us.
- I can’t be too harsh on him bc he came up big when it counted but I was gonna rip on Jake here before he scored
- Line combos and pairings still feel meh. That’s on Sully.

 

[Ugene Magic]

McCann with b2b unassisted goals.
Jake 100!!
Rusty!!

Jarry with an above average start.

 

[Andy99]

Rust's resurgence in energy and effort on L1 was inspiring.

Anxious to see where Zucker-Geno-Kappy goes.

you forget though...that’s only if Rodrigues is out any time...otherwise, Sully will have him back on L1

 

[Ryder71]

We needed this!

 

[PensandCaps]

13-14 redux.

I'll take being up 3-1 in the 2nd round. And hopefully getting one more win

 

[Ginormousthumbs]

Regulation win! Yay!!

 

[KIRK]

Copying my post from the GDT. Good teams find ways to win, even when they're playing bad.

The Penguins have been playing like crap this year and they are 4-2. If they're doing this while mostly playing like garbage, what is it going to look like when the top-6 gets rolling? It's too talented to not get its shit together.

Paraphrasing my reply, I'd be inclined to agree a lot more if (a) the Pens played with anything resembling structure and support with and without the puck and (b) if the Pens did this against a team that bothered to play defense/had something more than a crap defensive core.

Doing that against Boston will be a baby step, but I still think this transcends just 'playing badly'.

 

[AlphaMikeFoxtrots]

In all honesty, my greatest wish for this game was giving up fewer than 3 goals.

Progress

 

[Scandale du Jour]

We won in regulation.

That's the only thing worth saying. 4th win a row, first in regulation.

 

[Ryder71]

POJ and Jarry were very good tonight.

 

[K Fleur]

I thought the second half of this game was the first time this team has been fun to watch all season.

 

[xlm34]

If we drafted Lafreniere and he had 0 points through his first 5 games this place would explode lol

Seeing Lafreniere and Kakko just reminds me how lucky we were to get Crosby and Malkin. Not that those two won’t be great players, but ours were immediate franchise changers.

 

[Big Poppa Pump]

If we drafted Lafreniere and he had 0 points through his first 5 games this place would explode lol

Nah, Sully would've had him on the 4th line or scratched

 

[Tom Hanks]

2-0 in GDT’s. 100% strike rate!

 

[SUBdrewgANS]

Thank god they got it done in regulation.

 

[mpp9]

13-14 redux.

Instead of Gladams, we got the corpses of 87 and 71.

 

[Ryder71]

Still, I'm not overly excited about our overall play.

 

[Gurglesons]

I'll take being up 3-1 in the 2nd round. And hopefully getting one more win

No MAF

 

[KIRK]

We won in regulation.

That's the only thing worth saying. 4th win a row, first in regulation.

Is it a good thing or a bad thing?

I suppose the answer depends upon what one wishes to see the Penguins do this year . . .