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

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Love me some "Shutdown 4C Jeff Carter" coaching.

Good thing the bottom-6 doesn't have five ineffective, bordering on worthless players, with the only guy who doesn't suck absolute shit being a pedestrian Lars Eller.

 

[vodeni]

https://x.com/JG_PxP/status/1715036488059003054?s=20

Glad we are putting Jeff Carter at center to solve our problems.

well Acciari is not present and they don't have another forward, story for another day...also Letang is absent, hope he is not hurt or something

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Letang was doubled over on the bench multiple times last night throughout the game. I don't know if he was just winded from extended shifts or hurting, but with him missing practice, I assume he was banged up a bit.

 

[SomeDude]

Letang was doubled over on the bench multiple times last night throughout the game. I don't know if he was just winded from extended shifts or hurting, but with him missing practice, I assume he was banged up a bit.

Probably just trying to untangle his jock from getting burnt by Andrew Copp.

 

[3ladesof5teel]

Probably just trying to untangle his jock from getting burnt by Andrew Copp.

To be fair he was the last player on the ice at the end of his shift and Copp just jumped on.

If you didn't know this yes you would think Tanger got smoked.

 

[SomeDude]

To be fair he was the last player on the ice at the end of his shift and Copp just jumped on.

If you didn't know this yes you would think Tanger got smoked.

Does anyone care how long Rich Pilon’s shift was when Mario embarrassed him so much they made a statue out of it?

 

[Zirakzigil]

Hey... We are trying something new!

 

[Zirakzigil]

Letang was doubled over on the bench multiple times last night throughout the game. I don't know if he was just winded from extended shifts or hurting, but with him missing practice, I assume he was banged up a bit.

He went into the boards pretty hard during one rush. Wouldnt surprise me if hes sporting some good bruises.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Does anyone care how long Rich Pilon’s shift was when Mario embarrassed him so much they made a statue out of it?

Probably Rich Pilon cares.

 

[chrisp200]

Is the revamped bottom six really any good? Lots of talk about the "upgrades" but:

Acciari
Carter
Eller
Nieto
O'Connor
Harkins

Just not looking good on paper, at least. I'd be willing to bet good money that none of these guys even scores a dozen goals this season. And really no upside except maybe O'Connor. Um, I'm sure this has been discussed quite a bit before. I'm usually on the main boards although I'm a Penguin fan.

My Best-Carey

Are you serious about betting this? I will take that bet for a pretty large sum if you want to do it. We can find someone we both agree to hold the money.

 

[Andy99]

 

[DesertedPenguin]

I wouldn't be surprised if Letang has a groin injury or something along those lines. He overextended himself on a couple plays last night.

 

[Gurglesons]

Excited to see Colin White get called up...

 

[DesertedPenguin]

If Letang is going to miss time, they need to call up Ty Smith and play him on the right side. You can't have Ryan Shea and Chad Ruhwedel as two of your right side defensemen.

 

[Andy99]

If Letang is going to miss time, they need to call up Ty Smith and play him on the right side. You can't have Ryan Shea and Chad Ruhwedel as two of your right side defensemen.

Lol…this is Sullivan we’re talking about…he’s going to play Ruh on the second pair and try a safe option like Shea or Fedun or one of the older vets in WBS lol

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

The good news is that Letang's been pretty rough in the first four games. The bad news is that now the team's real thin at RD with nobody in-organization to step up if Letang is out for a bit.

Godspeed Karlsson. At least he's used to being the only guy on a blueline worth a damn after years in San Jose.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Hopefully Letang doesn't miss much time if at all. He's had some struggles early on but this team looks like dooks ES without him in the lineup. And there's only so much Karlsson to go around. And there isn't shit behind him to help fill in.

 

[pistolpete11]

Sweet. Took only 4 games to potentially lose 1 of the of the 4 guys they can't afford to lose.

Glad to see the bottom 6 changed at least. Those guys should all be put on notice.

 

[SomeDude]

Glad to see the bottom 6 changed at least. Those guys should all be put on notice.

I mean change is good but I don’t know that anyone has ever been glad for Matt Nieto to move up the line up.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Well, we don't know how much time Letang's gonna miss, if any.

But being Pens fans, we can assume he's out until the New Year.

 

[deakka]

Harkins on waivers. Dubas not messing around

 

[Gurglesons]

Harkins on waivers. Dubas not messing around

Good. But, like I said it's going to be Colin White being brought up.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Harkins on waivers. Dubas not messing around

I don't mean to single you out or anything, I just think it's funny to imagine waiving a guy who was claimed off of waivers as some cut throat "woah Dubas isn't messing around" move.

 

[pistolpete11]

I mean change is good but I don’t know that anyone has ever been glad for Matt Nieto to move up the line up.

Don't care. The bottom 6 should be put into a blender until something good happens.

 

[deakka]

I don't mean to single you out or anything, I just think it's funny to imagine waiving a guy who was claimed off of waivers as some cut throat "woah Dubas isn't messing around" move.

No offense taken!

I mean. It's not earth shattering. But at least were not going on for 20 more games with what's clearly not working