Post-Game Talk: Game IV Pens vs Wings: The Karlsson show

[SomeDude]

Exactly what I preached this summer. Adding Karlsson can’t fully make up for having a bottom 6 that is allergic to offense and Chad effing Ruhwedel playing any shifts. This team is as mediocre as last years for slightly different reasons.

 

[Ragamuffin Gunner]

Refs gave them 2 free goals tonight as well. Garbage league.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Karlsson good.

That's about all I got. Letang had a rough night. POJ-Ruh was awful. The bottom-6 still ain't gonna score for shit. DOC needs to f***ing do something or Dubas can ship him out for a $25 gift card. Sid and Geno had good and bad shifts.

Ah well. On to the next one.

 

[Rudy Russo]

+++ EK

---------------------------- POJ and Ruh

+ Pettersson now leads the NHL in fighting majors (maybe)

and huge minus the bottom six.

 

[Ryder71]

I said in gdt but it's comical how much better EK is compared to Letang

He controls the game, such poise and precision. Love this guy.

 

[turd]

That bottom six is horrific. And POJ and Ruh were combined -5. Top six and top four looked good. EK65 is a machine. Need secondary help though.

 

[CascadiaPenguin]

Petersson did not have a good game, Letang looked old and off, not just on the PS play where he was obviously gassed. Carter is a liability on skates, albeit a slow one. Ruh played one of his worst games, and that isn't a low bar. Hard to overcome all of that.

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

+++EK
++ Malkin line
- - - Bottom pair

Frustrating because they can’t put a 60 minute game together- but we can see what they look like when they flip the switch.

Exactly the reason you want them to be good… you know there’s some potential to be nasty in the playoffs because they can turn it on and play urgent.

Can’t go four games with 1 total point (an assist) from all bottom 6 players. No goals.

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

The NHL is literally the only league where the TV broadcast has conclusive evidence a call should be overturned but the refs don't.

In football, the refs see views you don't get on tv, in the NHL, they show you the call should be overturned and then the refs let it stand when even Stevie Wonder can see the call is wrong.

 

[Ryder71]

To be honest, I have a hard time remembering POJ ever playing particularly well.

When he 1st came up a couple years back he actually looked really good, but after that initial rush he has been bleh. Save a game here or there.

 

[Teiran]

The hell with it; unleash EK. It seems like the only way the bottom six is going to score is if he banks one in off one of them.

 

[FreeBobbyFarnham]

Meh can’t win games when you’re only icing two lines

 

[BrookswasHere44]

They fought back from a 4-1 deficit so that's something. They also dug that hole in the second period.

Idk it sucked they lost, but for some reason it feels better than loses did last year.

Last sentence is incredibly true. Hopefully if we're going to lose it'll be more enjoyable

 

[mpp9]

Crazy amount of parity in this league. That combined with aging core is gonna make this an interesting season.

I’m just enjoying watching EK. This team would have been hilarious to watch if he was here when we were still contending.

 

[eXile3]

Will the bottom 6 score at any point this season?

 

[turd]

I said in gdt but it's comical how much better EK is compared to Letang

It’s something isn’t it? The local media has fellated Letang forever. He’s not even in the same stratosphere as Karlsson. For as stubborn as Sully can be, I was glad to see him at least rely on Karlsson tonight. Had almost 28 minutes TOI. Letang only 24.

 

[Andy99]

EK is great but unfortunately doesn’t move the needle enough to get us into contention…we’re too old and slow and it’s only going to worse as the season progresses…this game was not a good sign anything has changed from last season, Ut I will try enjoying watching the core and EK

 

[Trade]

Bring back Kessel!

He’d be an upgrade on 80% of our bottom-6

 

[SomeDude]

The positive is that Dubas seems to know the bottom 6 is dog poo based on his 1st intermission interview where he said he has to take the blame for it.

The negative is we have 0 cap space and approximately 2 and a half assets of any value to trade

 

[AuroraBorealis]

I love how EK plays with anger. We have so little of that.

 

[SEALBound]

I thought they were going to mount a come back. They were feeling it in the 3rd.

Husso was good in net. Really good. Problem is, DRW pounced on Jarry all night. We could only muster a couple jabs with the top 6.

We may be able to beat the non-playoff teams like Washington and Calgary but when it comes time to play legit teams, we are getting outskated and, more importantly, ...outsmarted often.

 

[Ryder71]

Meh can’t win games when you’re only icing two lines

I was saying that a month ago, I figured this would be an issue and it wasn't properly addressed.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Bring back Kessel!

He’d be an upgrade on 80% of our bottom-6

He wouldn't, but I'm in favor of bringing back Kessel cuz he'd drive Sullivan insane.

 

[ncm7772]

It’s only been 4 games, but the bottom six has zero goals. So, yeah…

 

[Trade]

He wouldn't, but I'm in favor of bringing back Kessel cuz he'd drive Sullivan insane.

Nieto-Acciari-Kessel would torch the league