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Post-Game Talk: Cole's Plus/MINUS: Pens need a 40 goal lead to close it out! (Pens/Bs)

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I want to know if Sid is giving actual effort out there. Aside from a couple chances to look cool stealing the puck from his frenemy Marchand, that little shrew & Pastnak basically abused GCR every shift.

Watch the first shift of the third again and tell me that 87's trying.
 
Empoleon8771 said:
Also, I think the "you need to play youth" comment is wildly missing the point with this team right now. Not only do they not really have any youth worth playing (outside of Smith), but they're struggling right now because their big guns are struggling more than anything.

The problems aren't at the bottom of the roster, they're with Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Petry, Jarry and such looking like crap. Sure, I do have concerns with how McGinn and Kapanen (especially Kapanen) are performing, but this team isn't losing because of those two.

This team isn't in any different of a spot if you shot Archibald to the moon to play O'Connor or moved on from Carter to play Poulin. The issue is at the top with the big guns, the guys who are supposed to be carrying this team.
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I still think it's hard to have a good 60 minute effort when half the team is a dumpster fire.

But yes we are built to be carried by the top six. If that's not happening, gg.
 
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Blow a 5-2 lead and end up losing. Why am I not surprised?

Considering the compete level it's hilarious that this organization deemed it absolutely necessary to sign Sullivan to an extension. No chance of a coaching change now. Brilliant work.

Literally everything good about their start to the season has evaporated after these past five games. They're back to being a difficult team to cheer for because of their lack of compete/work ethic.
 
SEALBound said:
Just flat out unacceptable.

Jarry was absolutely putrid this game in addition to several others.
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This is why I'm not sold on him going forward. He's an average starter and is looking for a big raise soon. No thanks. I don't want to be saddled with a $6+ million goalie who gives performances you can get from someone $2 or so million less.
 
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Fear not, Tage Thompson just looked like Mario Lemieux last game against the Wings. I'm sure we'll be just fine tomorrow on a b2b in a road game...
 
The most frustrating thing with this team is that Sullivan's usage of players, namely GCR and Letang, generally hurt the team. Why the hell are Rakell and Zucker playing 13 minutes today? Why is Rutta playing 12 minutes in a game where Letang is actively hurting them (Seattle game)? Why is PP1 getting 6 minutes of powerplays a night when they're not doing shit with the opportunities?

Compare the usage today for the Penguins versus the Bruins. The Penguins used GCR for over 21 minutes, with Crosby getting 25 minutes, and Malkin was essentially at 20 minutes. The next forward? Poehling at 13:42. Boston was actually rolling their lines, they only had 2 guys over 20 minute (Marchand and Pastrnak barely over it) and they had 8 guys playing 15:30 or more. The same issue happened with Letang in the last game, he was actively hurting them almost every single shift, but he was still out there every other shift.

This team is worse off when they're sending out their top guns every other shift regardless of their play and not holding them accountable for the performance on the powerplay. Sullivan is not using his pieces well, and it seems like this has been a common trend of his.
 
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DocEmrickSkitters said:
I want to know if Sid is giving actual effort out there. Aside from a couple chances to look cool stealing the puck from his frenemy Marchand, that little shrew & Pastnak basically abused GCR every shift.

Watch the first shift of the third again and tell me that 87's trying.
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Not for nothing, but Sid's line had a 22-15 edge in shot attempts, a 2-1 edge in goals scored, and a 76.99 xGF%.

Analytically, that's much better than they've performed against the Bruins in the past.

Also, Pasternak isn't on that line anymore on a regular basis, although they were briefly reunited in the third.
 
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ZorkEnchanter said:
Sound exactly like Pittsburgh media... the clowns on PPG used to be snippy about Tomlin and how *great* he is and we just need patience.

Now they don't post...
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I hate when the local media finds something positive to say about a team that blows a 3-goal lead when it's trying to snap a 4-game losing streak playing horrid hockey.

f*** off. Keep the cheerleading for when the team deserves it. Stop giving out participation trophies like these guys are 8 year old kids.
 
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Sidney the Kidney said:
I hate when the local media finds something positive to say about a team that blows a 3-goal lead when it's trying to snap a 4-game losing streak playing horrid hockey.

f*** off. Keep the cheerleading for when the team deserves it. Stop giving out participation trophies like these guys are 8 year old kids.
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You said it !
 
DesertedPenguin said:
Not for nothing, but Sid's line had a 22-15 edge in shot attempts, a 2-1 edge in goals scored, and a 76.99 xGF%.

Analytically, that's much better than they've performed against the Bruins in the past.

Also, Pasternak isn't on that line anymore on a regular basis, although they were briefly reunited in the third.
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I didn't see the 1st, but I did see the third where they got smacked.
 
Empoleon8771 said:
The most frustrating thing with this team is that Sullivan's usage of players, namely GCR and Letang, generally hurt the team. Why the hell are Rakell and Zucker playing 13 minutes today? Why is Rutta playing 12 minutes in a game where Letang is actively hurting them (Seattle game)? Why is PP1 getting 6 minutes of powerplays a night when they're not doing shit with the opportunities?

Compare the usage today for the Penguins versus the Bruins. The Penguins used GCR for over 21 minutes, with Crosby getting 25 minutes, and Malkin was essentially at 20 minutes. The next forward? Poehling at 13:42. Boston was actually rolling their lines, they only had 2 guys over 20 minute (Marchand and Pastrnak barely over it) and they had 8 guys playing 15:30 or more. The same issue happened with Letang in the last game, he was actively hurting them almost every single shift, but he was still out there every other shift.

This team is worse off when they're sending out their top guns every other shift regardless of their play and not holding them accountable for the performance on the powerplay. Sullivan is not using his pieces well, and it seems like this has been a common trend of his.
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The ice time deployment is bizarre. I don't get Poehling and McGinn getting more ice time than Rakell. Nor Rutta not playing more.
 
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