Post-Game Talk: Beantown Beatdown

[BusinessGoose]

3 pts away from a playoff spot boys!!! Lol

Wtf why are we winning games that wasn't the plan

Still in the running for a top-5 pick. But they gotta stop this bullshit, meaningless winning, or we're gonna end up back with another 12th overall or something.

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[DearDiary]

Finishing the season last in the East and 1 point from a playoff spot might be possible.

 

[Turin]

Maybe the Penguins aren’t bad. Maybe Ryan Graves is just bad.

 

[Rudy Russo]

Free Jesse Puljujarvi over Matt Nieto.

 

[Ragamuffin Gunner]

It's amazing how good your goalie can look when his two best Dman make 1 huge defensive play each.

 

[BillyOcean]

Didnt watch a lick of this but good job Jarry and Tomasino?

 

[BobCole]

Didnt watch a lick of this but good job Jarry and Tomasino?

Yes. Jarry had a good game. Pens gave up a glorious chance a minute into a game that got by him, and other than that he was solid. Tomasino is hungry, trigger-happy, and looks to have good instincts generally in the offensive zone. He has some warts to his game, sure, and candidly it's an indictment on this team's prospect pool that he's far and away our most NHL-ready young player capable of playing in the Top 6.

 

[Turin]

Honestly really like Lizotte

 

[SomeDude]

Meh. Since the Oilers forced the NHL to only allow teams to be able to win the lottery twice every 5 years, I don’t want to finish too low this year with no real consensus 1st OA.

 

[Rudy Russo]

Didnt watch a lick of this but good job Jarry and Tomasino?

Sullivan put DOC, Geno and Tomasino on a line together in the third period which lead to the game winner by Tomasino. DOC was crashing the net and Geno set up Tomasino fo rthe goal.
Jarry looked fine and had two huge defensive goal saving stops first by Letang and second by Karlsson.
We can only hope that Nieto sits for either Pujujarvi or Glass soon. Pickering or Graves may play on Saturday night over Shea or St. Ivany.

 

[Gurglesons]

The Penguins have an actual team here if Mike Sullivan was a coach with balls.

I didn't watch tonight, but I just see these flashes.

Instead we have to cater towards even worse versions of the Glass Vitale Adams line because Hayes and Acciari are making 5.5 mil.

I'm fine with us running one of Hayes, Acciari or Lizotte, but all three is f***ing dumb as hell.

Throw in the Bunting contract Dubas acquired. I get that Sully is at fault, but from the other perspective your GM acquired Hayes, Acciari, Lizotte, Beauvillier, Bunting, Glass, etc. You have to play these guys right?

Dubas is becoming even more extreme of a problem than Sully. It's insane....

 

[HandshakeLine]

So, this part of the Dubas Plan?

The Penguins have an actual team here if Mike Sullivan was a coach with balls.

I didn't watch tonight, but I just see these flashes.

Instead we have to cater towards even worse versions of the Glass Vitale Adams line because Hayes and Acciari are making 5.5 mil.

I'm fine with us running one of Hayes, Acciari or Lizotte, but all three is f***ing dumb as hell.

Throw in the Bunting contract Dubas acquired. I get that Sully is at fault, but from the other perspective your GM acquired Hayes, Acciari, Lizotte, Beauvillier, Bunting, Glass, etc. You have to play these guys right?

Dubas is becoming even more extreme of a problem than Sully. It's insane....

Yeah, again, rebuild or not, it's criminal we have done everything possible to avoid changing coaches because simply, "what if it isn't quite the time to start the rebuild" is a question that you should answer before you begin to tank.

 

[canadianguy77]

Letang’s game has completely fallen off a cliff. 3 points in his last 18 games. He’s tied for the team worst +|- and he’s still playing more minutes than anyone on the team.

The lunacy is getting tiring.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Honestly, looking at the two big Hextall renewals, Letang's is aging like milk in the middle of a heatwave, and Malkin's is just fine.

 

[Pancakes]

Yeah, again, rebuild or not, it's criminal we have done everything possible to avoid changing coaches because simply, "what if it isn't quite the time to start the rebuild" is a question that you should answer before you begin to tank.

I don't think it's that. I've said all along they genuinely like Sullivan and think he's the best coach for this team, rebuild or no. That's all it is.

The only way Sullivan will get shitcanned is if this team goes into a deep tailspin to where it starts getting embarrassing for all involved. I'm talking like ten game losing streak or something to that effect. At that point I think even if they want to keep Sullivan they'll be forced to make a change if only to appease the fanbase.

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

Letang’s game has completely fallen off a cliff. 3 points in his last 18 games. He’s tied for the team worst +|- and he’s still playing more minutes than anyone on the team.

The lunacy is getting tiring.

He was still good last year but he's looking his age this season. Even the way he's skating looks stiff and he's lost a step. Letang is in a steep decline unfortunately.

 

[HandshakeLine]

I don't think it's that. I've said all along they genuinely like Sullivan and think he's the best coach for this team, rebuild or no. That's all it is.

Then we are truly run by idiots.

He was still good last year but he's looking his age this season. Even the way he's skating looks stiff and he's lost a step. Letang is in a steep decline unfortunately.

Who could have predicted that the guy who played through a laundry list of freak injuries and notoriously only plays on instinct would age badly?

 

[OtherThingsILike]

I saw these quotes on the Bruins subreddit and thought you all might enjoy it:

"LMFAO Pens put [Grzelcyk] out in the dying moments and this sorry ass Bruins team still couldn't score. Should've been a taunting penalty."

- /u/Barakat_Firdos

"Erik Karlsson makes a play in the defensive zone. Of course."

- /u/Sliney89

 

[orby]

Glad Tomasino got a goal. I hope he does well; it would be a nice change of pace if we actually saw a player improve after being acquired by the Pens...

 

[Empoleon8771]

I think Tomasino and Malkin are going to mesh really well together, it’s early but Tomasino seems to be reading very well off of Malkin. That give and go play for the GWG is exactly what you want to see out of a winger for Malkin, the talent levels are way different but that’s the kind of stuff Crosby and Guentzel did.

People may say that this is playing Malkin with “scraps”, but McGroarty-Malkin-Tomasino looks like a damn fine line once McGroarty is ready. None of them are burners but they play at a similar pace.

 

[eXile3]

It was a sloppy, boring ass game. It was nice seeing Tomasino not only score a goal but make a play to do it.

 

[HandshakeLine]

How are McGroaty and Tomassino not "scraps" Emp?

Am I missing something?

 

[Empoleon8771]

How are McGroaty and Tomassino not "scraps" Emp?

Am I missing something?

I didn’t mean that as in saying they weren’t “scraps”, I meant that you could say that but I still like the line.

You can argue he’s playing with scraps, but the line looks like it has 2 wingers who would probably mesh with Malkin and both have upside to get better.

 

[HandshakeLine]

I didn’t mean that as in saying they weren’t “scraps”, I meant that you could say that but I still like the line.

You can argue he’s playing with scraps, but the line looks like it has 2 wingers who would probably mesh with Malkin and both have upside to get better.

Ah, I get you now. Sorry, brain's a bit foggy over here, doing a belated Thanksgiving for friends and I've been up since 5 cooking.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Didnt watch a lick of this but good job Jarry and Tomasino?

Jar and Tomato did something positive.

Good I guess if you're into that sort of shit