GDT: Penguins @ Ducks THU Jan 23 at 10pm est

[HandshakeLine]

I can't believe they still haven't fired Sully. Like wtf is it gonna take.

It is going to take him magically not being from Boston.

 

[Gurglesons]

Hextall was even worse, just bleeding assets. Gave away McCann, Marino, Matheson for nothing and let Rodriguez walk for no reason.

I'm more annoyed at Hextall because he blew our last legitimate chance. Yea Dubas has sucked too but the core is too old at this point anyway. Getting futures is the right move now.

Core is fine this year and last year. Moving a 1st and just sitting around and letting the team implode is such dog shit loser mentality IMO.

But he can’t fire Sullivan or whatever excuse people want to make.

 

[Kaptah]

After the clueless mishandling of Puljujarvi it is pretty nice to follow Sullivan getting what he deserves.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Buddy he’s mishandled more than just Poolparty

 

[Victor Z]

I am pleasantly surprised that Pickering is continuing to play. Same with POJ.

I'm not sure we're really doing Pickering a "solid" by forcing him to play with an absolute dogshit partner. Baptism by fire, I guess....?

 

[HandshakeLine]

Sully probably thinks “zero event” applies to the bedroom too.

I'm not sure we're really doing Pickering a "solid" by forcing him to play with an absolute dogshit partner. Baptism by fire, I guess....?

Shades of making MAF play all those games with the Gen X squad because we kept him up too long by accident.

 

[Icarium]

The Penguins also have largely cleaned up their defensive messes from earlier this season.

Aged like milk.

And he has overseen noticeable improvement in recent weeks from young players such as O’Connor, Phil Tomasino and Cody Glass.

So Sully is getting credit for these players occasionally not being completely useless (okay, Tomasino has talent but the other two are empty sweaters 9 out of 10 games). Talk about bizarrely low expectations.

As for the game itself, the Pens played a good 10 or so opening minutes then inexplicably decided to play down to their opponent and were once again outgoalied. But I am sure this has nothing to do with coaching, it's just one of those inevitable things. Lock Dubas and Sully until 2050!

 

[HandshakeLine]

Any game now, Dubas is gonna change something! And change is gonna be an extension for a special somebody!

 

[Ugene Magic]

Buddy he’s mishandled more than just Poolparty

I smell a rat....

I did a.. 'Good job.

 

[Andy99]

I can't believe they still haven't fired Sully. Like wtf is it gonna take.

Hey, just imagine how bad it would be if we didn’t have a top 2-3 coach…

 

[HandshakeLine]

Image not having the privilege of watching Noel Acciari play 13:30 minutes a night. Yinz don't know how good we got it.

 

[Ugene Magic]

Image not having the privilege of watching Noel Acciari play 13:30 minutes a night. Yinz don't know how good we got it.

4th line 6 shots in 9:00ish minutes, Hayes 2 of the 6 in 16:44 TOI.

Top line 1 shot in 21:00 minutes, Rust out with LBI only 11:41 TOI

Your best players need to be the best players on the ice for them to win regularly.

The only shocking stat is Letang went unscathed while the rest of the D-core was a negative.

 

[HandshakeLine]

4th line 6 shots in 9:00ish minutes, Hayes 2 of the 6 in 16:44 TOI.

Top line 1 shot in 21:00 minutes, Rust out with LBI only 11:41 TOI

Your best players need to be the best players on the ice for them to win regularly.

The only shocking stat is Letang went unscathed while the rest of the D-core was a negative.

The great thing about the Edzo "season" was nobody was screaming about how he was a genius.

 

[PensPlz]

Pittsburgh sports is just so depressing.

It's not even the fact that they are losing. I can handle losing.

It's the fact that not a single team is on the right trajectory to even give them a chance to win in the future. Steelers, Pirates, Penguins... just keep doing the same shit every year and expect different results. Unwilling to change. Unwilling to make business decisions. Clinging to the past. It's literal insanity.

Sullivan, Tomlin, Nutting, and the "I feel really good about next year" yinzer moron might as well be the 4 horseman of the apocalypse. Because this city will never win another playoff game as long as those 4 exist here.

I'm tired.

 

[HandshakeLine]

It rules so much that we have done nothing to improve our team or its future and people think it's a master stroke.

 

[BusinessGoose]

I will be filing a freedom of information act to release Mike Sullivan's birth certificate. We need to investigate the rumors that he's NOT a true, native-born Masshole.

This is of critical importance and i implore the relevant government agencies to cooperate fully and swiftly on this matter.

 

[vodeni]

Petterson
Nedjelkovic
Bunting
O'Connor
Glass
Acciari
Gryzlyck
POJ

Trade them all. Burn it down.

Can we get rid of Bourque too

 

[HandshakeLine]

Can we get rid of Bourque too

In typical FSG fashion, we should have kept Errey and fired Bourque, but guess where the Ol 29'er hails from?

 

[SomeDude]

Can we get rid of Bourque too

My favorite thing about the ol’ 29er is how everything he describes about the trouble of this team screams bad coaching, yet he thinks the players are just not doing what God’s gift to coaching, Mike Sullivan, is telling them to do.

 

[BusinessGoose]

In typical FSG fashion, we should have kept Errey and fired Bourque, but guess where the Ol 29'er hails from?

 

[HandshakeLine]

My favorite thing about the ol’ 29er is how everything he describes about the trouble of this team screams bad coaching, yet he thinks the players are just not doing what God’s gift to coaching, Mike Sullivan, is telling them to do.

A reminder that:

He was never selected in the NHL Entry Draft; instead, he was signed as a free agent by the Pittsburgh Penguins on October 4, 1982.

He's one of those Bylsma/Sullivan guys.

Anyhow. Being a fan of the Pens is great because you go through the trouble to make a mean joke only to have it actually be kind of true.

 

[BusinessGoose]

Anyhow. Being a fan of the Pens is great because you go through the trouble to make a mean joke only to have it actually be kind of true.

The memes here were real..

They were true...

The whole time....

 

[DesertPenguin]

Kyle is waiting for the perfect trade!


Could you even get a mid-round pick for most of those players right now?

5th rounders for most of them

 

[BusinessGoose]

5th rounders for most of them

Wow. Spoiled much. So shortsighted to not realize Dubas needs time to cook. A 2032 5th rounder from VGK is going to be the same as TWO 2026 firsts.

Do your research before posting here.

 

[SomeDude]

Wow. Spoiled much. So shortsighted to not realize Dubas needs time to cook. A 2032 5th rounder from VGK is going to be the same as TWO 2026 firsts.

Do your research before posting here.

Sully is going to have that 2032 pick on the 4th line by 2044.

We are truly a blessed fan base.