League News: NHL Talk - (News n' Scores n' Stuff) | 2024-25 Summer Edition

[Nogatco Rd]

OMG... the ESPN crews on the Chicago and Edmonton games are so terrible.

RIP Phil

 

[usiel]

RIP Phil

I'd give the TNT guys a nod as a bit better.

 

[Calicaps]

RIP Phil

I've been a wreck all day. Honestly, it hit me way harder than I expected.

 

[RedRocking]

I've been a wreck all day. Honestly, it hit me way harder than I expected.

Seriously - such a bummer. I’ll be playing some Dick’s Picks around the house all weekend.

 

[Ridley Simon]

I've been a wreck all day. Honestly, it hit me way harder than I expected.

84 tho. Good life. Would be very happy to get to 84.

I hear ya tho

 

[usiel]

84 tho. Good life. Would be very happy to get to 84.

I hear ya tho

For me I don't know what I have in store for myself considering both sides of my family are really differing so for me don't want to last too long. My Dad's side super long lived all around but they do get some type of Alzheimer-like descent. My Dad's mom at 93 she lasted to 104 though that last 5/6 years were zombieland. My Dad is in the middlezone at 89 though still just able to still be at home with some extra care. Mom's side which I follow more physically they only lasted to late 60s/eary 70s and were taken out mostly heart stuff but quickly not anything diagnosed.

 

[trick9]

Yikes.

High-danger chances for/against vs. EDM:

Crosby 5-9
Malkin 1-9
Letang 1-8
Karlsson 4-8
Pettersson 2-8
Rakell 1-9
Bunting 1-8

Talk about giving up on defense.

Crosby still leads the league in bleeding high-danger chances against by a whopping 8. Only 2 non-Penguins in the top-10 are Dougie Hamilton and Colton Parayko. For Crosby his 41% high-danger chance ratio is daunting given he still gets his soft offensive zone starts.

 

[usiel]

Yikes.

High-danger chances for/against vs. EDM:

Crosby 5-9
Malkin 1-9
Letang 1-8
Karlsson 4-8
Pettersson 2-8
Rakell 1-9
Bunting 1-8

Talk about giving up on defense.

Crosby still leads the league in bleeding high-danger chances against by a whopping 8. Only 2 non-Penguins in the top-10 are Dougie Hamilton and Colton Parayko. For Crosby his 41% high-danger chance ratio is daunting given he still gets his soft offensive zone starts.

On top of everything no puck luck. It will eventually turn around.

 

[BallardEra]

Sullivan is fired for sure if the Pens lose again tonight.

 

[TheSmokingMan]

Sullivan is fired for sure if the Pens lose again tonight.

The players have quit on him... even Crosby. I don't think Sullivan is necessarily a bad coach, but he is way past his expiration date in Pittsburgh. That team needs a new direction, and he isn't the one who can give it to them. Although, even if they do fire him, the Pens have much bigger systemic issues. They have no cap space, very few tradable assets, and not many promising young prospects. Changing the coach is about all they can realistically do. That may give them a temporary bump, but it does nothing to change the overall downward trajectory of the organization.

It's mind boggling that some people keep saying that the Caps are only making moves to help Ovie get the record and yet the Pens get no criticism of how poorly they have been managed in the twilight of Crosby and Malkin's career. By comparison, BMac has done a masterful job of retooling his team and setting us up for the future.

 

[hockeykicker]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1850297923495420309

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1850297923495420309

Earning that bag!

 

[Silky mitts]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1850994367378694454

 

[BallardEra]

Pens lose again. Now dead last in the Eastern Conference and only ahead of the Sharks in the entire league.

They are allowing the most shots against per game with the second worst GAA in the entire league.

 

[Calicaps]

Pens board is delightful right now. Everyone's screaming for Sully's head. And yeah, he's surely run his course in Pitt. But I hardly see anyone complaining about Dubas. Which I'm surprised by, but also totally good with. Keep him.

 

[RedRocking]

Pens lose again. Now dead last in the Eastern Conference and only ahead of the Sharks in the entire league.

They are allowing the most shots against per game with the second worst GAA in the entire league.

I mean, this all objectively hilarious. And Sullivan continues to have the best job security in all of NA.

HOWEVER, I don’t want them to be bad enough to get Hagens. Cause you just know that, if they’re in striking distance, ‘ol Gary will help out his favorite “model franchise.”

So, hopefully Sid puts them on his back to propel them just out of lottery range.

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

I was just checking. It does look like the Pens own their lottery pick.