Post-Game Talk: Game V Pens win: Geno is so score

Sidgeni Malkby

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My take....
++ Geno - youngest 38 year old in the league!

- Jarry - so I don't care about the 3 goals on 5 shots. The issue is team was struggling out of the gate and, as usual, Jarry struggles along with them. Make an f***ing save when we actually need it. and give the team a boost!

+ Blomqvist - also let in 2 quick ones, the difference was he made key ones when needed before the goals, and after. We were giving away breakaways like candy.

- Sully - you know the D has issues. Fix it!

+ Bottom 6 - I love the fact that they are building chemistry.

All in all the entertainment value of that game was through the roof! Definitely a memorable one!

It had highs, lows, controversy, rare celebrations....and at the end of it all, we won! :D
 

lokomotiv15

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Last night was nice. Other than watching a team winning the cup, that is the best game/moments you could ever want. Two 20-year long franchise cornerstones hitting huge milestones, assisting on each others goals as the team comebacks from an early deficit to win in overtime at home.

Depending on who wins the cup, 1-2% of hockey fans on any given year see their team win the cup (I know the math is 3.1%, but Toronto, New York and Montreal haven't won a cup since 94 and TO + NY have one combined since '67 and they are huge fan bases) We've won 5 cups since I was born and 3 that I can remember. For 2 I was able to go to finals games/parades and party from 8am-3am with many of you fine people.

As a Canadian on top of that, I am very lucky as a hockey fan and we should have less pity party Pens fans out there. Sucking and tanking will always be awful, but even though Sid robbed some of you Yanks of gold, in 2010, we've had a pretty good 35 years of being hockey fans ;)
 

AuroraBorealis

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This series, this game 5, this choke?

And your post is asking why guys like Sid, Jake, and McCann got a pass while everyone jumped on Jarry? Are you serious?
Not asking why. Simply stating that the goalie was not the only anchor in that series, and people will pretend like he was.
But I still remember that series and know that's a lie.
That juggernaut regular season offense failed too. And L1's poor defending cost us goals against on top of their offensive failure.

There were a lot of close games still and numerous guys who were regular season beasts sucked when we needed them most. Game 5 was a shining example. 2 goals on 50 shots. A plethora of high danger chances where we got their goalie moving laterally and had openings.
AHL finishing cost them that game well before OT.
 

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Crosby was only 29 when they won in 2017. They totally screwed up from that point on for 8 years.
Winning B2B helps when Sid and Geno are late 20s not late 30s.

We're at the end because our generational talents are old and the next generation is taking over. We can bemoan roster moves all we want but Cup winners have high end talents in their prime. When was the last time a team won the Cup with the star talents being late 30s?
Not asking why. Simply stating that the goalie was not the only anchor in that series, and people will pretend like he was.
But I still remember that series and know that's a lie.
That juggernaut regular season offense failed too. And L1's poor defending cost us goals against on top of their offensive failure.

There were a lot of close games still and numerous guys who were regular season beasts sucked when we needed them most. Game 5 was a shining example. 2 goals on 50 shots. A plethora of high danger chances where we got their goalie moving laterally and had openings.
AHL finishing cost them that game well before OT.
Game 5 was lost by Jarry. 2 goals on 50 shots is irrelevant.

That game is the perfect example of "who gives a shit about the forest when it's one tree?"

Jarry's sv% or GAA does not matter from Game 5. What matters is that he made a gaffe and let in an INCREDIBLY soft 2OT goal in a critical Game 5. Period. Everything else is secondary to a very extreme extent. It doesn't matter why they are at 2OT with 2 goals on 50 shots. That's irrelevant to the game-losing goal.

That game is a good micronism of Jarry's issues today and as a whole.
 
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vikingGoalie

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Winning B2B helps when Sid and Geno are late 20s not late 30s.

We're at the end because our generational talents are old and the next generation is taking over. We can bemoan roster moves all we want but Cup winners have high end talents in their prime. When was the last time a team won the Cup with the star talents being late 30s?

Game 5 was lost by Jarry. 2 goals on 50 shots is irrelevant.

That game is the perfect example of "who gives a shit about the forest when it's one tree?"

Jarry's sv% or GAA does not matter from Game 5. What matters is that he made a gaffe and let in an INCREDIBLY soft 2OT goal in a critical Game 5. Period. Everything else is secondary to a very extreme extent. It doesn't matter why they are at 2OT with 2 goals on 50 shots. That's irrelevant to the game-losing goal.

That game is a good micronism of Jarry's issues today and as a whole.
 

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vikingGoalie

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what Sealbound said can't be emphasized enough. I've been on the get Jarry out of here train since he single handedly lost us that series against the isle. Jarry is just incapable of rising to meet the occasion. He's probably playing even worse right now because the pressure is real, he's about to lose his starting role for good, and there is a chance he is done as a starting goalie in this league. He's not fighting that off, coming into camp in "best shape of his life" does nothing for the 2 cent head of his. He should've spent all summer working with a goalie coach addressing how poorly he reads the play. I can pick it out easily because I've resembled that at times lol....
 

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This series, this game 5, this choke?



And your post is asking why guys like Sid, Jake, and McCann got a pass while everyone jumped on Jarry? Are you serious?

I'll repeat what I said multiple times because it's, again, very relevant here:

Jarry is at a point where SV% and GAA do not matter anymore. It's irrelevant and even more irrelevant now with the team in the position that it is. If you're 8-2 but your goalie is .900 sv% and 4.00 GAA, then there might be cause for concern come playoff time. We are merely looking to get into that WC2 slot. The W matters. I don't give a shit if they post .850s game in and game out, but if they come out with the win, that's all that matters this year. Jarry needs to be putting the team in a position to win every single game. He is not doing that. At the end of the day, SV% and GAA are irrelevant if your goalie is either making a pass in the video above or letting in an incredibly soft goal to start the game. Even in the three games he's been in, there are shots that your goalie needs to save in order to win a game that Jarry isn't making.

We no longer care about goalie vs goalie stats. If Neds posts a .875% but makes a key save late in the third during a tie game (or up by 1), I don't care about the the sv% afterwards if we get the W. Similarly, if Jarry posts a 1.000 but lets in a softy at the end and we lose 1-0, I'm not going to care if his sv% was 0.9999% if we have a loss.

This is a VERY hard position for Jarry to play himself out of. It's not the forest anymore with him, it's the tree(s).

06-07 Sid with a Rantanan+Nuke/Landy, Hyman+Drai, or Guentzel level linemate in 2024...woof, good luck league.

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There's no downside to getting rid of Jarry. None. Barring a more crippling contract back our way.

The downside is having a manufactured logjam at backstop... And using $5+mil to do so.

The upside to keeping him is.... Also none. He's not going to will us to the finals. The team lacks killer instinct and so does he. It would be more entertaining to see FSG light $5mil on fire outside the arena.
 
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AuroraBorealis

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Winning B2B helps when Sid and Geno are late 20s not late 30s.

We're at the end because our generational talents are old and the next generation is taking over. We can bemoan roster moves all we want but Cup winners have high end talents in their prime. When was the last time a team won the Cup with the star talents being late 30s?

Game 5 was lost by Jarry. 2 goals on 50 shots is irrelevant.

That game is the perfect example of "who gives a shit about the forest when it's one tree?"

Jarry's sv% or GAA does not matter from Game 5. What matters is that he made a gaffe and let in an INCREDIBLY soft 2OT goal in a critical Game 5. Period. Everything else is secondary to a very extreme extent. It doesn't matter why they are at 2OT with 2 goals on 50 shots. That's irrelevant to the game-losing goal.

That game is a good micronism of Jarry's issues today and as a whole.
How is that irrelevant?
Since when is the offense allowed to suck when a contending season is on the line?
They still have a job to do, regardless of what Jarry does.

2 goals on 50 shots is 4% shooting. That's completely unacceptable, especially with how much offensive talent we had in the lineup and how good the chances were.

It's possible for two things to be true at the same time.
 
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Sideline

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what Sealbound said can't be emphasized enough. I've been on the get Jarry out of here train since he single handedly lost us that series against the isle. Jarry is just incapable of rising to meet the occasion. He's probably playing even worse right now because the pressure is real, he's about to lose his starting role for good, and there is a chance he is done as a starting goalie in this league. He's not fighting that off, coming into camp in "best shape of his life" does nothing for the 2 cent head of his. He should've spent all summer working with a goalie coach addressing how poorly he reads the play. I can pick it out easily because I've resembled that at times lol....
One thing said on the broadcast last night that struck a chord with me was that Jarry "moves slowly." That's something you can't stop seeing once you look for it.
 

Honour Over Glory

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How is that irrelevant?
Since when is the offense allowed to suck when a contending season is on the line?
They still have a job to do, regardless of what Jarry does.

2 goals on 50 shots is 4% shooting. That's completely unacceptable, especially with how much offensive talent we had in the lineup and how good the chances were.

It's possible for two things to be true at the same time.
How dare you inject logic to a bunch of miserable pathetic twats on this board.

You should be ashamed.
 

Jag68Sid87

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I was on board with re-signing Jarry two years ago, mainly because the options were so odorous at the time. Might as well go with what you know. But there is no excuse to bringing him back this year after it was clear he was not going to get better here. That is on Dubas.

The G carousel was spinning out of control this off-season, we sat on the sidelines and watched it happen. Inexcusable, really.

The good news is we seem to have two very very good goaltending prospects, one in the NHL and one in the AHL. That bodes well.
 

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