ZorkEnchanter
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It’s a sign…we need to change owners…+ missed the game
+ missed the game because I was at a concert in London where a dude was inexplicably wearing a Lemieux jersey. I can’t stress how little I expected to see a Mario Lemieux jersey today
These issues have been there for years now. I'm not sure the ship can be turned around at this point. Not without a new coach.I think the plan going forward should be to iron out the defensive issues and build out from that. We’re actually scoring, we’re getting offense from everywhere. If our offense takes a hit for a bit so what. You can loosen the reins later.
Just practice coverage without the puck and where everyone should be immediately after we reclaim it: those are the biggest bugaboos.
How the defensive pairings consistently give the puck up to a lone forechecker around our goal line is almost impressive.These issues have been there for years now. I'm not sure the ship can be turned around at this point. Not without a new coach.
Probably but I feel like we’re playing worse now than we did late last year, despite being at least slightly better on paper.These issues have been there for years now. I'm not sure the ship can be turned around at this point. Not without a new coach.
Yup. We're like Top 3 in High % giveaways (for two years) and we play shit defense like this and blame our goalies.These issues have been there for years now. I'm not sure the ship can be turned around at this point. Not without a new coach.
Just wanted to add to this again for Joel.You may or may not be right but I'm pretty sure Management and Coaches are still trying to make the playoffs. And I think we all agree that they're not gonna get there with poor goaltending. That's why I asked if they'd consider keeping Blomqvist around.
Love it. If a player did the same to the Pens, we'd have Pens fans at games doing the same. It's fun.At least the "Where's Rutger?" chant was funny.
Mike Sullivan is good at forming sentences.Coach Sullivan: "From an effort standpoint, I thought our team played really hard. I think we've got to play a little smarter. And that's on all of us to try to cure some of those areas."
That's pretty much the issue. These defensive breakdowns/inability to cover anyone/run around like they have no clue have been present for YEARS. It's not something that can be ironed out because it's SULLIVAN that's the issue.These issues have been there for years now. I'm not sure the ship can be turned around at this point. Not without a new coach.
The defense is the worst it's ever been but let's not put these 3 guys on the same level. Ned at least kept us in the game until the 3rd period, with Jars the game is over in less than 10 minutes. Waive the guy already.Let's see
Ned gives up around 6
Jarry gives up around 6
Blom gives up around 4
All our goalies have sucked for 6 years... or maybe we should try to play some f***ing Defense.
If anyone took that first point as a slight to Ned.
- Ned couldn't hold it down behind this shit coach's shit system. Shocker to the dimwitted.
- Same shit defense, same shit usage, we'll get to see this at the same Bat Time every time!
- Crosby basically gave up a few times, he never gave up this much even when he looked off under MJ.
- Rust is just...what a shit show.
- Eller, bless your heart mate. Please keep playing like this so you can get out of here and be happy with a team that has a coach that isn't a dipshit.
- Who knew using an offensive winger on the 4th line would be a bad idea? *Everyone but Sullivan and Pancake raises their hand*
- Pens controlled the game for maybe 10mins out of 60. Somehow Sullivan will find it impressive with typical quotes about liking this and blah blah. Same shit every time.
- Pens have allowed 5 goals against per game against the better teams while scoring 1.25 per game in those 4.
Says that the coaching has sucked for 6 years actually.Let's see
Ned gives up around 6
Jarry gives up around 6
Blom gives up around 4
All our goalies have sucked for 6 years... or maybe we should try to play some f***ing Defense.
That's the thing - they are veterans and some of them have played elsewhere for a while in their careers and a lot of them have played better than this. So they're capable players.Every team makes these sorts of defensive mistakes. Most don’t do make them nearly as often.
Like every team gets turned around a bit defensively when they’re stuck in their zone. That’s just hockey.
The risky/sloppy line changes shouldn’t occur so often at this level. The d-pairings giving the puck away with the slightest hint of pressure shouldn’t happen so often. Our defense men should almost be in sync when they have some time and space. They should work in unison.
Instead they make sloppy passes back and forth to one another or they wait until the forechecker closes in on them and panic and give the puck away.
These guys aren’t 20. They’re veterans. It feels like there’s absolutely no attention to detail.