Post-Game Talk: Flyers 4, Penguins 2 - Letang Giveth Away

[Ogrezilla]

Sloppy game. It was never going to be easy to win in 5. Take it in 6. Go Pens.

 

[SirBrad]

Anyone that's watched them all season cannot be surprised how the end of that game turned out. Now a Game 6 with all the pressure on the Penguins to keep this from going to 7 games.

 

[PenguinSpeed]

-Do they sell 48 hour energy drinks? Kessel looks like he is dying. A 5 hour or two 5 hours simply wont be enough next game for Kessel.

 

[Colonel Mustard]

Bury this team sunday. Please

 

[BHD]

The fact that this series is going at least six is very troubling.

Not really. Now, if they lose the next game, then yes. However, you're assuming the worst, per usual.

 

[The Greatest 101]

Dominating but losing.It happens. Also Lestink strikes again.

 

[seabs926]

Dumo has been really good, but that's the 3rd goal that he has either screened or redirected.

 

[Fatty McLardy]

Not easy scoring goals when elliot is not giving them away I guess. Someone needs to tell geno and Kessel to get their head out of their ass..

 

[USMC607]

------------ Letang, ZAR, Kessel

The passes were awful and urgency just weren't there.

Onto the next one.

 

[Nadal On Clay]

No show by the stars tonight.. f***

 

[TNT87]

Inexcusable short handed goal was a killer. Terrible all the way around.

Had a chance to rest up and completely shit the bed.

 

[Jacob]

Kessel sucked ass.

 

[Uemoda]

And this is why this team will not 3 peat.


Too many lazy idiots who have zero killer instinct.

You're wrong. Very much so.

Rough game but anyone who thought this was going to be a cakewalk is fairweather. Fourth win is always the toughest.

Clean it up. This team still three-peats.

 

[xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Hope Geno is not any worse for wear next game. Hope Kessel can muster a better game out of his broken body. Hope we decide to keep it simple and shoot the puck when given an opportunity. Hope Letang is not on this team after the NHL draft.

End it in Philly. Horrible effort tonight. Players should be embarrassed, as should the coaches for their squad being so unprepared to play.

 

[Gurglesons]

You may want to sit this one out, because every hot take that rakes Letang over the hot coals is 100% money.

It’s easier to look at Letang then realize Crosby was playing like shit with wild passes all night, our PP broke the games back on the laziest pass ever by Kessel, and the Pens basically reverted back to the perimeter hockey of the Bylsma era.

This game is on Phil.

 

[Speaking Moistly]

They did that to themselves but i think I’ll peace out from the mess the pgt will become.

As far as Letang. His minutes are up again and I think he needs to be kept to 22-24 consistently.

 

[HuskerTornado]

Needed this game tonight....completely blew an opportunity to rest up for the second round. A lot of injured guys, and who knows what Malkin's knee is going to be like tomorrow...

Not pleased with much of the effort. Letang was god awful. On the ice for all 4 Flyers goals....

 

[canadianguy77]

Now we have 2 gimps on the 2nd line. Can't wait for game 6...

 

[KIRK]

Prayers for Malkin people!

Joke aside, that 4 on 3 galled me.

Geno was hobbled.

Phil refused to make any effort.

Sid got no support when he had the puck and gave none when he didn't.

Schultz refused to shoot.

It is so easy to defend a 4 on 3 in a scenario like that, where nobody moves and nobody provides support.

EDIT: One other thing . . . I have NO idea why Big Game Brass is being as underutilized as he is on the PP. Actually, I do . . . he moves his feet, he provides puck support, and there's no room for a guy like that on the top PP.

 

[Tom Hanks]

Philly didn’t play that well either but we had our chances to win.

 

[ColePens]

I trust this team and they'll have another chance in Game 6. Letang/Kessel owe this team. They played f***ing horrendous hockey. Together they were on the stat line for having 7 giveaways. So if the stat keeper is giving them 7, it was probably closer to 10.

81 + 58 = -5/7 giveaways/2 shots/ 0 points/ 57 minutes of ice time.

 

[cheesedanish87]

PP
Phil
Murray

All were terrible.

Only bright spot of the game was that it looked like the Pens actually had a 3rd line tonight.

Brass line was good.

 

[UnderratedBrooks44]

Well, I got to see a competitive game. Oops

 

[EightyOne]

The fact that this series is going at least six is very troubling.

Troubling, yes. Unexpected, no. Team hasn't really strung a solid week together in months.

 

[fate]

First half season defense tonight, not good enough. Mentally not there tonight

 

[SomeDude]

In 3 years when people are complaining about the Hornqvist contract, remember how much he means to this team right now.

 

[Ryder71]

Not really. Now, if they lose the next game, then yes. However, you're assuming the worst, per usual.

I was pretty upbeat actually until this loss. But because the playoffs are a war of attrition as much as anything, this is a big loss indeed. The road only becomes more difficult. We could have used some rest.