Post-Game Talk: Penguin III

[Hire Sather]

Also Lucic just straight ran the Stars goalie, scored, and it coutned

I'll never understand how they rule some of these plays. Between interference and kicking motions its a f***ing coin flip

 

[TriFF51]

We're gonna know just how not ready the team is when the Pens are absolutely demolished in Round 2....Nemeth and Schneider are just brutal out there.

 

[hackeyman]

Igor is getting out played by a 3 rd string goalie Igor is not good

CHECK THIS GUY OUT ! He's had 49 posts since 2012 and he comes on here to post that. Is that just a fake user name for one of the regular trolls ?

 

[Clark Kellogg]

Schneider has been awful also
Release the NILS!

Nils is a very steady defensive defenseman. People assume because of his size that he this offensive juggernaut.
He was getting better at the end of the season moving the puck up by learning that time is a lot shorter on NHL ice rinks.

 

[DialUp]

Nothing is more important than the requisite amount of young scoring forward talent which we currently still lack and experience can be acquired any year organically.

Seal has been broken, it's not happening. This is what we got, hope the 3rd line becomes godlike. Regardless, enjoy the next 5 years for what it will be.

 

[will1066]

Looks like Mika went vegan again

 

[mas0764]

I stand by my thinking that us being as good as we were was a year early and surprise for the front office. I thought we would have been fighting tooth and nail for WC2.

I mean, actually I think it’s the ascendance of two players in particular, Fox and Shesterkin, who skyrocketed to levels we did not foresee when we acquired them, that has been the most surprising to the team.

But we are talking about players who are 25 and under. We didn’t need to rush a window on their account.

 

[Whoot Whoot]

Looks like Mika went vegan again

does he have covid again?

 

[Machinehead]

Schneider grading better than Trouba is _______.

No, Trouba pretty bad in this game.

He's had a horrible series.

 

[Mike in Houston]

what?

AV had his favorites. Tanner Glass ring a bell over Buchnevich? Or not playing Smith and Skjei vs. Ottawa down the stretch when they were playing great and we end up blowing leads and games. DQ had his favorites too.

It's a typical complaint. That's all.

 

[Clark Kellogg]

CHECK THIS GUY OUT ! He's had 49 posts since 2012 and he comes on here to post that. Is that just a fake user name for one of the regular trolls ?

Yeah, there are few of those trolls with burner accounts floating in and out of here.

 

[mas0764]

Seal has been broken, it's not happening. This is what we got, hope the 3rd line becomes godlike. Regardless, enjoy the next 5 years for what it will be.

Probably not winning any Cups then.

 

[Brutananadilewski]

does he have covid again?

Worse. Estrogen.

 

[mas0764]

No, Trouba pretty bad in this game.

He's had a horrible series.

I agree. I was implying fill in the blank.

Surprising? Expected? Unacceptable? Etc.

 

[DialUp]

I mean, actually I think it’s the ascendance of two players in particular, Fox and Shesterkin, who skyrocketed to levels we did not foresee when we acquired them, that has been the most surprising to the team.

But we are talking about players who are 25 and under. We didn’t need to rush a window on their account.

The players rushed themselves.

 

[AlternateSideParking]

I think the decision to play Nemeth, the pp's, Our best center doing nothing, losing every important faceoff are more of the reason we lost this game.

Well they won convincingly in Game 2, so no need to make a change on defense. Power play didn’t give up a goal against, so it’s a wash, and Zibanejad isn’t the reason they lost.

Backup goalie with softie problem lets in a softie at the worst possible time. That’s your ballgame.

 

[17futurecap]

Rangers can still win this series, but it’s probably 7 at this point.

 

[Clark Kellogg]

tired of hearing about how good Igor is

Get lost. Go back under the bridge you crawled out from under.

 

[DanielBrassard]

No, Trouba pretty bad in this game.

He's had a horrible series.

Disastrous.

Probably our worst defenseman of the 4 that are actually NHL caliber.

 

[Crease]

I expected Nemeth to suck.

I wasn’t expecting Zibanejad, Trouba, and Igor to suck.

 

[mike14]

Worse. Estrogen.

Good to know he's human...

 

[ReddestRum]

LMAO. Didn't see the game, just back to work. Was planning on watching a recorded version, but thank god I didn't. 3rd string goalie outplaying the guy on the path to the Vezina. This team is f***ing soft.

 

[PuckLuck3043]

Nothing is more important than the requisite amount of young scoring forward talent which we currently still lack and experience can be acquired any year organically.

We have a lot of scoring talent, just still lack some things which will be added. Playoff experience is extremely important and this team did have 110 points. That says they were ready to take the next step. This experience will pay dividends in future years whether they win or lose this series. It's part of the process.

 

[Machinehead]

agree with the first 2 points. 3rd one is absolutely wrong.

Agree 100%. That 3rd one is a whopper.

There are 64 goalies in the league at any given time. If there were 64 forwards, guys like Vatrano and Copp wouldn't even make it to the AHL.

People are absolutely gobsmacked that a third string goalie is playing well and it's entirely normal.

Good goaltending is the easiest thing to find in sports. You should never spend money on it.

 

[Hire Sather]

Having 5 players play at elite levels at the same time is what "rushed" the rebuild.

Maybe Kakko, Laf and others improve next year but its likely the other 5 aren't as good next season.

They did the right thing.