Speculation: Penguins off day talk thread: Yes, Sully is still the coach

[IcedCapp]

This weekend is huge. If we fail here you really gotta look at being sellers at the deadline.

How many “this is a huge stretch” stretches has this team faced (and failed)? They’re not going to win this weekend either.

 

[Invalid cuz QoC]

This weekend is huge. If we fail here you really gotta look at being sellers at the deadline.

How many “this is a huge stretch” stretches has this team faced (and failed)? They’re not going to win this weekend either.

64.7% of the time according to my sources. My XfreshStat cards tell me they have a 48.9% to scoop both wins this weekend.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

How many “this is a huge stretch” stretches has this team faced (and failed)? They’re not going to win this weekend either.

 

[HandshakeLine]

How many “this is a huge stretch” stretches has this team faced (and failed)? They’re not going to win this weekend either.

about as many times as we've retooled the roster to perfectly play the perfect system, that is perfectly perfect. except when the players screw up.

 

[BusinessGoose]

about as many times as we've retooled the roster to perfectly play the perfect system, that is perfectly perfect. except when the players screw up.

No no, only when EK and Geno screw up. The other players escape crucifixion because the puck just didn't bounce their way

 

[Andy99]

about as many times as we've retooled the roster to perfectly play the perfect system, that is perfectly perfect. except when the Euro players screw up.

FIFY

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

No no, only when EK and Geno screw up. The other players escape crucifixion because the puck just didn't bounce their way

Ricky "Five Goals" Raks and Ultimate Penguin have entered the chat

 

[HandshakeLine]

Our system is so perfect, even Sidney Crosby can't play it.

 

[SEALBound]

How many “this is a huge stretch” stretches has this team faced (and failed)? They’re not going to win this weekend either.

IC, we have ALWAYS been at war with Eurasia. Was your chocolate ration this month adequate?

 

[IcedCapp]

IC, we have ALWAYS been at war with Eurasia. Was your chocolate ration this month adequate?

I’m like a diabetic but the only thing that stabilizes my blood sugar is a Jeff carter shift when we’re down 1 with 3 minutes left in the 3rd

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

I’m like a diabetic but the only thing that stabilizes my blood sugar is a Jeff carter shift when we’re down 1 with 3 minutes left in the 3rd

Mmmmmmm yeah... that's the good stuff. Not quite as sweet as sending him over the boards in OT but it still more than gets the job done.

 

[HandshakeLine]

I’m like a diabetic but the only thing that stabilizes my blood sugar is a Jeff carter shift when we’re down 1 with 3 minutes left in the 3rd

Same but for my crippling insomnia.

 

[SEALBound]

I’m like a diabetic but the only thing that stabilizes my blood sugar is a Jeff carter shift when we’re down 1 with 3 minutes left in the 3rd

You're lucky. I suffer from an addiction to NEEDING to watch him take the first faceoff of 3-on-3 OT.

This team has really expanded my wife and I's horizons though. She loves tying me up and dripping hot wax on my back while watching Graves make mistakes and Geno give the puck away on PPs.

It's cruel, but hey, this is what a person signs up for when becoming a Penguins fan*

*A Mike Sullivan led Penguins fan.

 

[IcedCapp]

Same but for my crippling insomnia.

I’m just gonna say it, Mike Sullivan and Jeff Carter are the worst humanitarian crisis of the last decade

 

[The Old Master]

How many “this is a huge stretch” stretches has this team faced (and failed)? They’re not going to win this weekend either.

till the fat lady sings

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

I’m just gonna say it, Mike Sullivan and Jeff Carter are the worst humanitarian crisis of the last decade

Have we forgotten about Island Boys so quickly?

 

[IcedCapp]

Have we forgotten about Island Boys so quickly?

Nope. The Penguins have booked them to sing the national anthem for game 1 of the playoffs

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Nope. The Penguins have booked them to sing the national anthem for game 1 of the playoffs

...with a special appearance by MGK to honor the troops with a stirring cover of "Living In America."

 

[HandshakeLine]

I read that as UGK and was excited, even though I know in my heart of hearts Pimp C is spitting game in heaven.

 

[McGroarty2]

Ricky "Five Goals" Raks and Ultimate Penguin have entered the chat

Holla!

 

[Come on]

what part of 2.6 GA/60 vs 2.7 GA/60 you don't understand?

What don't you understand about that big tenth of a goal difference when Sid is playing against top lines and Geno plays vs 2nd or third lines? I guess we will see tonight since they did put a defensive winger with the liability. How many more terrible defensive gaffs do you need. Soon if they keep Geno on pp1 they will need to play three defenseman. But whatever you stay in your dreamy bubble and keep believing Malkin is even in the same universe as Crosby defensively.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

You look at the top teams right now and they prioritize team performance over individual performance. Managing minutes etc. Then there's the Pens. As long as Jake and Sid score, the hype for them is there to discuss all day long and blame everyone else for failing.

The Pens stopped playing for each other and started to play for themselves because under Sullivan, that's how he promotes and rewards players with skill. But the grinders? Seemingly need to do nothing to get promoted.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

How many “this is a huge stretch” stretches has this team faced (and failed)? They’re not going to win this weekend either.

This team has failed every "big test" since last season.

It's ignorant to think a season and a half later that something is going to snap and work out. The coach ran out of ideas a long time ago and can't survive off of elite performances as often to pad his stats as a coach.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Articles like this always cracked me up - if you press your reader button on mobile you can read the trash there.

Yohe: Blaming Mike Sullivan is easy, but others deserve far more criticism

Mike Sullivan hasn't been at his best this season, but if you think he's the problem, you're wrong.

theathletic.com

Entire article "We're gonna present to you why everyone else is a problem except Sullivan."

If your coach is asking the core leadership on what to do, that's a f***ing problem you ignorant walnut, Yohe. That article was last season. Feels the same this season and the ignorant can't blame Hextall this time.

 

[ThosePuckingPenguins]

Articles like this always cracked me up - if you press your reader button on mobile you can read the trash there.

Yohe: Blaming Mike Sullivan is easy, but others deserve far more criticism

Mike Sullivan hasn't been at his best this season, but if you think he's the problem, you're wrong.

theathletic.com

Entire article "We're gonna present to you why everyone else is a problem except Sullivan."

If your coach is asking the core leadership on what to do, that's a f***ing problem you ignorant walnut, Yohe. That article was last season. Feels the same this season and the ignorant can't blame Hextall this time.

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He tweeted this in reply to someone else lol. It’s funny. “Why do we always blame the coaches and never the players?” Same could be the said for the way he talks about this team. He’s never put the onus on the coaching and has put it on everything else.