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Also how ya'll liking that Quinn defense?
EK is looking real "unlocked" that's for sure.
EK is looking real "unlocked" that's for sure.
I'm not a huge fan of the Quinn defense but the Quinn powerplay is looking good at least.Also how ya'll liking that Quinn defense?
EK is looking real "unlocked" that's for sure.
This is exactly what I expected from Quinn. Improved PP and far worse defending, which would outweigh the PPs improvement.Also how ya'll liking that Quinn defense?
EK is looking real "unlocked" that's for sure.
I'm not a huge fan of the Quinn defense but the Quinn powerplay is looking good at least.
Take your victories where you can get em I guess?
This is exactly what I expected from Quinn. Improved PP and far worse defending, which would outweigh the PPs improvement.
The offense has covered for him, but how long can they keep this up?
In fairness, EK has been bad at defense for most of his career, and Reirden got arguably the most diligent defensive season of his career out of him.
I was under no illusion that we were gonna get an encore that way.
At least he's scoring nicely and is making the games more fun.
Yeah, I think it's way too simplistic to just boil it down to Rutherford ruined the club by adding Reaves. It's the fact that move showed that the GM and coach aren't on the same page and the coach refused to utilize properly players who didn't "fit" what he wants.obtuse - it was Sully singlehandedly destroying the trade. You cannot allow your HC to have the most power, especially over your GM.
Wait, the commentary around Dubas was that HE was the GM to make this more Sullivan's team? Lol, JR was making it more Sullivan's team before he left, so was Hextall and now Dubas.I mean... some people are going to be loathe to admit it now since last season was kind of a dumpster fire but the big commentary around the team once Dubas was hired is how Mike Sullivan would FINALLY have a GM to be on the same page with and that he was going to basically get his wish list granted.
Whoops.
Yeah but have you considered how wrong you are?ryan reaves truly marked the end of sid competing for cups
Wait, the commentary around Dubas was that HE was the GM to make this more Sullivan's team? Lol, JR was making it more Sullivan's team before he left, so was Hextall and now Dubas.
The only issue is, Mike Sullivan's idea of a competitive team is ass.
The funniest part in all of this was that JR listened to his franchise star and got him a player that really, wasn't an issue to use at all on the 4th line in sparing minutes, Reaves wasn't a player accustomed to 15+ a night. He was a player that averaged around 8-9mins a night and then he comes to the Penguins and Sullivan quite literally throws a tantrum at the mere thought of using a player his star players wanted as protection and to feel safe with how players were taking runs at them.Yeah, I think it's way too simplistic to just boil it down to Rutherford ruined the club by adding Reaves. It's the fact that move showed that the GM and coach aren't on the same page and the coach refused to utilize properly players who didn't "fit" what he wants.
Citing the addition of a 12th/13th forward as the beginning of the end seems to ignore all the issues this coach has brought upon this club with regards forwards 1 to 11 and defensemen 1 to 6.
Sullivan's ideal team:Wait, the commentary around Dubas was that HE was the GM to make this more Sullivan's team? Lol, JR was making it more Sullivan's team before he left, so was Hextall and now Dubas.
The only issue is, Mike Sullivan's idea of a competitive team is ass.
Remember when it came out he approached JR about wanting Jack Johnson and outlined how he would utilize him on this roster and then had Gonchar back him up?People insisted for years that Sullivan was the victim of his GMs not being on the same page as him.
I have debated people as recently as just several seasons ago that insisted that Mike Sullivan simply silently sits by and takes what he gets with little to no input. Madness.
Lol, nailed it.Sullivan's ideal team:
-Sid between the smallest wingers possible who can skate fast but suck defensively and have hands of stone
-Geno between slow wingers who have hands of stone
-Lines 3 and 4 play like clones of ZAR.
Any players who don't fit into those categories, he finds a way to misuse or just flat out doesn't want his GM to acquire.
That's pretty much spot on actually.Sullivan's ideal team:
-Sid between the smallest wingers possible who can skate fast but suck defensively and have hands of stone
-Geno between slow wingers who have hands of stone
-Lines 3 and 4 play like clones of ZAR.
Any players who don't fit into those categories, he finds a way to misuse or just flat out doesn't want his GM to acquire.