i guess you can look at the scores and say the pens have no problem scoring goals. but they do. pucks are going in but they are not going in the right way, as a result of extended pressure and possession that wears down the other team. they scored 3 or 4 goals last night. and no point were they the right type of goals to or a result of the right kind of play. the right kind of play is where the other team can barely get a hold of the puck, and when they do, they're already tired. they fight to get up ice on one play to every five of ours, and then the exact players we have on D right now can be confident and make the simple play, and either take it away, block the shot, or give up one that ends up in murray's chest and get a faceoff. win it and start again
kunitz prevents this from happening. fleury prevents this from happening. these lines prevent this from happening. the current D personnel would look like geniuses if this is the situation they were in. the complaints would vanish. i know this because this is what happened in the playoffs. it's really that simple. getting back to this requires guentzel coming up and a forward trade. D is a bonus at that point. i have faith in the players on D they have now, once healthy and in the right situation. offense is more important. sorry to say it, it is pure short sightedness or black and white thinking to say the pens gave up too many goals therefore plug in a better dman. there's no nuance to that and i don't believe you understand the team and obviously missed out on the cup run. "we score enough goals we need better D", i have no respect for that opinion and it's the kind of nonsense people said when sid and geno carried bylsma's teams around. it's dumb. the problems are up front
and i mean be real if you're in here defending kunitz in the middle of all this something is wrong with you