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

[66-30-33]

Maybe the penguins stopped scoring on the Powerplay to spare us from having to hear Josh Getzoff say “A PPG for PGH” any more than we needed to?

What a lame cringe ass goal call.

Atleast he didn't say "in PPG" at the end.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Berube was a scapegoat for Doug Armstrong's terrible work building the Blues' roster.

That said, Berube shouldn't be an option if the Pens need a head coach down the line. He won a Cup, but that's looking a bit like a fluke.

As opposed to how good Sullivan's looked outside of the Cups?

 

[DesertedPenguin]

As opposed to how good Sullivan's looked outside of the Cups?

Berube's teams have been far more inconsistent in the regular season throughout the course of his coaching career.

Last year was the first time that Sullivan's Penguins have stumbled. The Blues have been hot and cold every other year.

 

[Darren McCord]

Last year was the first time that Sullivan's Penguins have stumbled.

Lol what

2022 - Lost Round One After being up 3 - 1
2020 - Lost in the Qualifying Round to MTL
2019 - Swept in the First Round by Isles

Those were all awful for this team.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Ducks on the menu for trade season — The Fourth Period

The Ducks have assets to trade this season, explains TFP’s David Pagnotta, who also touches the Blues, Canucks, Canadiens and more.

www.thefourthperiod.com

The Pittsburgh Penguins picked up a much needed two points Tuesday night. They aren’t making a coaching change, but GM Kyle Dubas is looking around the League for help at both ends of the ice. They’d like to upgrade their bottom-six and third-pair defensive pairing.

Fourth Period is pretty meh, but y'know.

Also, fire Sullivan and the rest of the assistants.

 

[DesertedPenguin]

Lol what

2022 - Lost Round One After being up 3 - 1
2020 - Lost in the Qualifying Round to MTL
2019 - Swept in the First Round by Isles

Those were all awful for this team.

I was referring to the regular season.

 

[Darren McCord]

I was referring to the regular season.

ok last year was the only year berube missed with the blues out of 5. regular season only matters to make playoffs.

he also did it with worse teams than sullys had. also not saying to go get him but just saying he is a fluke is dumb

 

[chrisp200]

I found Sullsma’s alt guys.

Far from it. Just posting facts. It's December, not March.

 

[CascadiaPenguin]

I was at that game with my son. Very up and down emotionally.

Pens up 3-0 to tied 3-3 in the third to 4-3 winning 5-3 with a EN.

Pekka started the series by sporting a .636 in G1, the beginning of his nightmare against the Pens.

 

[BusinessGoose]

Berube calls his players out

But that's about it

And I'm not sure if it really helps

 

[AuroraBorealis]

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Berube's teams have been far more inconsistent in the regular season throughout the course of his coaching career.

Last year was the first time that Sullivan's Penguins have stumbled. The Blues have been hot and cold every other year.

Last season was the first time the Penguins missed the playoffs, but you're being delusional if you think it's the first time they looked disorganized/inconsistent for large stretches of games.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Ducks on the menu for trade season — The Fourth Period

The Ducks have assets to trade this season, explains TFP’s David Pagnotta, who also touches the Blues, Canucks, Canadiens and more.

www.thefourthperiod.com

Fourth Period is pretty meh, but y'know.

Also, fire Sullivan and the rest of the assistants.

I guess the POJ experiment isn't going to last much longer. Wouldn't be looking for an upgrade to the third pairing if they had faith in him.

Also we're constantly trying to "upgrade the bottom six". Why not upgrade the TOP six and bump one of the current wingers down to L3 so that we can have 3 scoring lines instead of insisting on two scoring, two defensive?

 

[SEALBound]

I guess the POJ experiment isn't going to last much longer. Wouldn't be looking for an upgrade to the third pairing if they had faith in him.

Also we're constantly trying to "upgrade the bottom six". Why not upgrade the TOP six and bump one of the current wingers down to L3 so that we can have 3 scoring lines instead of insisting on two scoring, two defensive?

Max Jones for POJ is about the only realistic trade I can come up with there.

 

[Mr. T]

Hinostroza's dad looks like he was left in the dryer for too long.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

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The older Troy Crosby gets, the more he starts to look like Michel Therrien.

 

[Andy99]

Lol

 

[Buddy Bizarre]

Pekka started the series by sporting a .636 in G1, the beginning of his nightmare against the Pens.

If memory serves, Rinne had an awful record on the road compared to home. The splits were crazy

 

[SEALBound]

Ducks on the menu for trade season — The Fourth Period

The Ducks have assets to trade this season, explains TFP’s David Pagnotta, who also touches the Blues, Canucks, Canadiens and more.

www.thefourthperiod.com

Fourth Period is pretty meh, but y'know.

Also, fire Sullivan and the rest of the assistants.

I don't think Shea-Ludvig is that bad though. You have to make sacrifices when you run Grave-Letang and Petts-Erik Karlsson as your top 4. There's a salary cap. And you have Shea, Ludvig, POJ, Rudwedel, Smith...heaven forbid you try a few combinations.

Bottom 6, 100% upgrade. Harkins should be in the AHL. Gruden is more of the 4th line plug that we don't need. DOC is passable but barely, honestly. With that, it's not like we have a ton of assets to pursue any meaningful players. You need a Daley-Scuds situation where a struggling guy that you bring in reboots. But then you have to fit that under a very tight cap unless Rust and Rakell are LONG LONG term IR. If Rust is out for the next 5 months, then sure go use his space. Weaponize it and trade POJ for a $4-5mil guy to a team that wants the cap relief.

 

[Ugene Magic]

Max Jones for POJ is about the only realistic trade I can come up with there.

I'm gonna keep beating the same drum.

POJ, O'Connor and a 3rd for Duclair from SJS at 50%.

 

[Invalid cuz QoC]

G gets 19 more goals this season for 500? Just about on pace even with the recent slump.

 

[Dennis Reynolds]

Injuries are not helpful

But it's why when everyone is healthy you can't be lazy and play 8 mins a night

I still don't get how Rakell went 17gp 0g 4a on the second line with PP time. And the games he did play were early in the season Geno was more productive.

 

[Ugene Magic]

G gets 19 more goals this season for 500? Just about on pace even with the recent slump.

Sid has a punchers chance at 600.

 

[SomeDude]

I eagerly await the fan-fic piece from Rob Rossi after this Dad’s trip.

It’ll be hard to top “that’s not how we do things in Pittsburgh” but I’m sure that butt weasel will dig until he finds a way.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

G gets 19 more goals this season for 500? Just about on pace even with the recent slump.

Dude can't even put one into an open net. Doubt he gets it this year.