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

[Sidney the Kidney]

Yeah, Auston Matthews can shoot, but can he PK on Mike Sullivan's Team USA Olympic squad?

Dubas: "Toronto has Matthews and David Kampf available for trade. The cost for either is our 1st."

Sullivan: "Only a 1st? Holy shit, pull the trigger immediately!"

Dubas: "Yeah, I'm as surprised as you are that we can land a center of that quality for only a mid 1st"

Sullivan: "I know. I figured it would cost a lot more for us to get Kampf!"

Dubas: "Uhh ... what?"

Sullivan (muttering to himself): "Now our bottom six is complete!"

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Dubas: "Toronto has Matthews and David Kampf available for trade. The cost for either is our 1st."

Sullivan: "Only a 1st? Holy shit, pull the trigger immediately!"

Dubas: "Yeah, I'm as surprised as you are that we can land a center of that quality for only a mid 1st"

Sullivan: "I know. I figured it would cost a lot more for us to get Kampf!"

Dubas: "Uhh ... what?"

Sullivan (muttering to himself): "Now our bottom six is complete!"

Nobody loves to run a 1st line, 3rd line, 4th line and 5th line quite like Mike Sullivan.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Yeah EK seems totally fine with the year he is having, too.

Doesn't at all seem like a guy about to snap and start tossin' trashcans.

 

[KrisLetAngry]

I have two thoughts on that:
1. Smith, DOC, Rakell, Rust are all better than Puustinen so I get it.
2. I totally agree and wish that we used that as a means to spread out talent to the 3rd line:

Jake-Sid-Rakell
DOC-Malkin-Puustinen
Smith-Eller-Rust

But...Sullivan.

If we want to discuss the overall game of NHL sure they can be better and that's where Mayne giving them tougher zone changed could work.

Putts has the 5th best Even strength time over 60.

GCR
Malkin
BIG Puuts

No one else is above 2/60 after that

Puuts at 2.3 and Rakell at 1.7


He was producing and if anything that's what you want from the Malkin line is some production.

 

[cvrle1]

Considering Sullivan's and Bylsma's obsession with certain types of players who play like they did, I'm thinking our next coaching hire should be a former 100 point player whose entire game was built off of skill and creativity.

Wonder if Mario would be interested in coaching lol. Hell, he was the owner, so why not coach now, And then after he can move into GM role, only to come back out of retirement one more time.

 

[Randy Butternubs]

Puustinen only with 4 points in the NHL since December 27. Coincidentally, that's also when he stopped exceeding 11-minutes per game.

Not entirely right.

After December 23rd, he didn’t play more than 10mins in any game. December 27th was his highest TOI after the 23rd at 10:52. He was getting minutes as low as 5:31.

Nah, I'm entirely right:

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Nah, I'm entirely right:

Mate did you actually read what I wrote?

 

[cygnus47]

IMO Sid is the main problem on the PP so I hope PP2 gets a fair shake during the games. Can’t wait for them to score then have Sully undo it and go on another drought.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

IMO Sid is the main problem on the PP so I hope PP2 gets a fair shake during the games. Can’t wait for them to score then have Sully undo it and go on another drought.

You're joking, right?

 

[cygnus47]

You're joking, right?

I know, I know…

One can dream though…

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Honestly, who even gives a shit anymore.

 

[Randy Butternubs]

Mate did you actually read what I wrote?

Did you actually read what I wrote?

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Did you actually read what I wrote?

Don't really care to be honest. In the end a player that should have had a better shot was misused by an ignorant coach. The minutes sucked. The usage sucked. Same shit for 7yrs and nothing will change.

The team f***ing sucks. There's no one on the team I wouldn't trade right now and that includes Crosby, I'd trade his ass tomorrow. f*** FSG and f*** Sullivan.

 

[Mr. T]

We'd lose at least two regular poster when that happens, it would seem.

And like 11 more to the ICU for jerking themselves into a state of dehydration.

 

[SomeDude]

And like 11 more to the ICU for jerking themselves into a state of dehydration.

Electrolytes are key

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

There's no one on the team I wouldn't trade right now and that includes Crosby, I'd trade his ass tomorrow. f*** FSG and f*** Sullivan

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Electrolytes are key

“Gotta get a swig of the ol’ Fiji water, Steigy!!!!!”

 

[Honour Over Glory]

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I just don't see the point. This is absolutely not a playoff team and keeping the core to keep failing under the same coach is just pointless and eventually the inconsistent play and the 2nd playoff miss will drop more in attendance. While saying trade Crosby etc is harsh, this team is so poorly managed thanks to ownership, that there's no real light at the end of the tunnel. Just a closed off end.

Sullivan is the highest paid and worst coach in the NHL. The teams that are lottery pick teams? They don't have the roster Sullivan has and that's their excuse. Sullivan's excuse? Ignorance.

 

[Andy99]

Jets forward roster is much much better and deeper than the Pens lol…plus they have Hellebuyck …apparently the Jets don’t subscribe to the Sullivan theory that offensive contributors should be MIA on lines three and four

Kyle Connor - Mark Scheifele - Gabriel Vilardi

Nikolaj Ehlers - Sean Monahan - Cole Perfetti

Nino Niederreiter - Adam Lowry - Mason Appleton

Morgan Barron - Vladimir Namestnikov - Alex Iafallo

 

[66-30-33]

Jets forward roster is much much better and deeper than the Pens lol…plus they have Hellebuyck …apparently the Jets don’t subscribe to the Sullivan theory that offensive contributors should be MIA on lines three and four

Kyle Connor - Mark Scheifele - Gabriel Vilardi

Nikolaj Ehlers - Sean Monahan - Cole Perfetti

Nino Niederreiter - Adam Lowry - Mason Appleton

Morgan Barron - Vladimir Namestnikov - Alex Iafallo

Getting smoked tonight. Not watched a Pens game since the Vegas disaster, I guess I’ll watch tonight.

 

[Come on]

IMO Sid is the main problem on the PP so I hope PP2 gets a fair shake during the games. Can’t wait for them to score then have Sully undo it and go on another drought.

Ummm???

 

[Andy99]

 

[Andy99]

Getting smoked tonight. Not watched a Pens game since the Vegas disaster, I guess I’ll watch tonight.

Yeah, Jets are one of the best road teams and the Pens haven’t played a lot recently…the rust factor will be huge, and I don’t mean Bryan Rust…I see Jarry giving up another early goal in the first few shots lol

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

This one will be a spanking. And not in the Pens favor.

In the great tradition of Jets games ya'll might as well start taking bets on who is on IR after this one, too.

 

[Grouch]

Harkins doesn't need the optional skate. He's upstairs signing an extension.

This one will be a spanking. And not in the Pens favor.

In the great tradition of Jets games ya'll might as well start taking bets on who is on IR after this one, too.

PLEASE let the 4th line get crushed so maybe changes take place.