GDT: Game VI Pens vs Stars 1930hrs EST: Dancing with the Stars

[Big Poppa Pump]

Let's see if there's a sense of urgency here.....

 

[66-30-33]

4-1 SHG?

 

[Josey Wales]

They were up in shots 20-9 & now shots are tied Must be that damn Bottom 6

 

[Coastal Kev]

The excitement is palpable

 

[Andy99]

10:1 shots in third trailing, thats something else

 

[Josey Wales]

Sure, he's also the age Joe Thornton was in the POs when we beat the Sharks for the Cup.

Are you suggesting jettisoning the savior of the franchise for a coach that is past his shelf life?

No Genius!! neither one matters

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

There is a terrible interference call on the Stars to make up for the terrible interference call on the Pens.

 

[Big Poppa Pump]

Fired the puck early, but too many passes and they didn't have any zip on them either....easy read and save from OTT

 

[canadianguy77]

That’s some net front from Jake and Rust lol.

 

[3ladesof5teel]

I do like the movement but at some point this shit has to go in. That's like 10 shots on the PP

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Y'know, maybe this is the boredom making me go even more insane than normal, but I'm not sure Bryan Rust is a great net-front option on the power play that tries long range shots by guys standing still for two minutes.

 

[Jacob]

Who the f*** is Sid passing to

 

[Ragamuffin Gunner]

PP is a f***ing disgrace.

 

[Josey Wales]

Funny it like EK makes no difference on the PP

 

[Tacitus Kilgore]

No Genius!! neither one matters

Genius is a bit generous, but thanks.

Sid had 93 pts in 82 games last year. Sully coached us to the first missed playoffs in nearly 20 years.

Sid is infinitely more valuable to this franchise than Sully ever will be

 

[Andy99]

Thank you Jesse…this is very obvious…

 

[Empoleon8771]

I'm seeing less and less of a reason to believe that this team is anything but exactly how they've performed this year.

The bottom-6 is doing what it is designed to do, they're getting exactly what they want out of that bottom-6 (low event defensive hockey). The issue is that the top-6 can't consistently score enough where a low event defensive bottom-6 works. You're not winning many games in the NHL if your top-6 is only putting up 2 goals a game, your bottom-6 can't produce and your powerplay doesn't work. That structure works if you're Toronto and have a prime aged core of Matthews, Marner, Nylander and such in your top-6. The Penguins have a late 30s Crosby and Malkin along with some complementary wingers.

That's not me blaming the top-6, it's that the fundamental structure of this team doesn't work because the top-6 isn't as good as Sullivan/Dubas thinks it is. The core players are no longer good enough where you can win games without getting depth scoring, nor is the defense/goaltending good enough to make up for that either. At the same time, you're spending so much money on the top-6 that you don't reasonably even have a way to help the bottom-6 production. I just don't know what you can even do with this team.

Thank you Jesse…this is very obvious…

Jesse summed up what I said in 2 paragraphs in a single tweet.

 

[Josey Wales]

Genius is a bit generous, but thanks.

Sid had 93 pts in 82 games last year. Sully coached us to the first missed playoffs in nearly 20 years.

Sid is infinitely more valuable to this franchise than Sully ever will be

Did Sid also Miss the Playoffs ?

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Thank you Jesse…this is very obvious…

I think that observation is like two years late, at best.

 

[canadianguy77]

You can always tell when you’re facing an extremely well coached team because that team is amazing with their sticks.

 

[HuskerTornado]

Someone needs to take the old Dupuis no hands pic and just do that for the team photo.

 

[KareemTrustfund]

Crosby is giving the puck away so much tonight.

 

[Tacitus Kilgore]

Thank you Jesse…this is very obvious…

He's really trying hard to call out Sully without calling out Sully. Weak

 

[Josey Wales]

I'm seeing less and less of a reason to believe that this team is anything but exactly how they've performed this year.

The bottom-6 is doing what it is designed to do, they're getting exactly what they want out of that bottom-6 (low event defensive hockey). The issue is that the top-6 can't consistently score enough where a low event defensive bottom-6 works. You're not winning many games in the NHL if your top-6 is only putting up 2 goals a game, your bottom-6 can't produce and your powerplay doesn't work. That structure works if you're Toronto and have a prime aged core of Matthews, Marner, Nylander and such in your top-6. The Penguins have a late 30s Crosby and Malkin along with some complementary wingers.

That's not me blaming the top-6, it's that the fundamental structure of this team doesn't work because the top-6 isn't as good as Sullivan/Dubas thinks it is. The core players are no longer good enough where you can win games without getting depth scoring, nor is the defense/goaltending good enough to make up for that either. At the same time, you're spending so much money on the top-6 that you don't reasonably even have a way to help the bottom-6 production. I just don't know what you can even do with this team.



Jesse summed up what I said in 2 paragraphs in a single tweet.

So the Moron who defended ABylsma even after he was fired right ?

 

[vodeni]

This is the only PP that for some reason plays along the wall and waste precious seconds on PP. Sid and Jake are the worst when it comes to that