AuroraBorealis
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Yeah I'd be fine with that.
I'm a big believer in really finding out what you have before discarding it.
Poulin's played 6 games at this level. Odds are he turns into nothing but you never know for sure.
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I'm a big believer in really finding out what you have before discarding it.
Poulin's played 6 games at this level. Odds are he turns into nothing but you never know for sure.
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What a f***ing moron. Acciari on that 4th line makes more sense than Puustinen, f***ing Christ, please f*** this team up in enough losses in a row so this kind of f***ing favouritism over logic horse shit finally ends.
Sullivan is a dumb f***ing
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BrookswasHere44
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Jag68Sid87
Sullivan gots to go!
I think you are right. The problem is I do not believe for a second that we will ever see the day when Dubas is here and Sullivan is not. If I am proven wrong, I will be one happy camper.
Not that I believe Dubas is going to turn it around. Just that Sullivan is the poison that needs to be sucked up and spit out of this organization right now.
Jag68Sid87
Sullivan gots to go!
It has always been a problem with Sullivan. He does reward certain players, but it is never about blind merit. It always seems like there is an agenda.
He has never liked Poulin from day 1. He has never liked Puljujarvi. But Matt Grzelcyk got rewarded for some reason. He can't defend, so it can't be that. He passes the puck from left to right to Malkin better than Karlsson and Letang. So now he is the PP1.
You don't want to suggest that birth certificates matter a lot to the coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins, but we have seen too many instances where that certainly seems to be the case.
AuroraBorealis
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With Poulin I sort of get it though. He put himself in a tough position with bad camps, including this one. He was rough defensively in his handful of games at the NHL level.
He was not good in 2021-22 or 2022-23 for Wilkes. Then there's the injuries and the mental health.
However, last year he was strong in Wilkes and deserved the call. This year too.
I do agree with your overall sentiment. There's definitely an agenda. Some guys really need to do way more than expected to force their way in. Defensively-inclined players have a big advantage and are more a part of the plan.
I think the Grzelcyk move was more Quinn than Sullivan, since he runs the PP. But it surprised me. We were like 10th in the league on the PP at the time. Weird time to screw with it.
It hasn't worked either. We're now 15th. Maybe they just wanted to reduce Letang's minutes and workload?
Edit: Oh, snap. Poulin called up.
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Gurglesons
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Can’t wait to see what Poulin does in his 3 games over the next three weeks playing 5 minutes a night.
Malkinstheman
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Wow I'm shocked, very well deserved call-up. Just unfortunate that he will get 7 mins on the 4th line for 2 games
Just like Puustinen…has he done anything? He had a goal and still can’t play more than 8 min…hard to show anything under this coach
BusinessGoose
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"Sam just can't get it together, Kyle, he's gotten seven shifts a night when you bring him up here.... I need me someone like Cole Smith out of Nashville. I have a system here and I need guys who can play it!"
Deport Ogie
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Sullivan does more or less have a history of riding the hot hand in goal but I'd have bet a decent sum of money that Jarry was going to get the net today..."we want to see how he looks."
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The one thing that Nashville fans said of Glass was that he was indeed made of Glass. So this tracks.
I haven't had any issue with Hayes on the 4th line. Getting a 2nd and a 3rd to take him with what he's provided, it's really, REALLY hard to complain.
Yeah, Nieto will get a conditioning stint and then a couple games out of respect. I think he's on his way to being an AHL journeyman. That said, if waived, Colorado might bring him back for free. I can see the horrendous injustices of giving him unearned time though because it IS Sullivan.
Puljujarvi-Eller-PuustinenWhat a f***ing moron. Acciari on that 4th line makes more sense than Puustinen, f***ing Christ, please f*** this team up in enough losses in a row so this kind of f***ing favouritism over logic horse shit finally ends.
Sullivan is a dumb f***ing
Beau-Lizotte-Acciari
makes a TON of sense. Too bad we won't see it.
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If and when DOC looks like a dud next to Sid again tonight, what they SHOULD do is give Poulin a look there. What they WILL do is.....nothing.
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pistolpete11
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"very best players, he was deserving of the call-up, as most of the guys that would be in the press box are currently injured so we needed a couple healthy scratches in there, and that's the biggest reason why he's here. "
pistolpete11
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I dunno. Not a bad guess, but Sullivan's going to really need to shake things up after they get blown out tonight. What better scapegoat than a Finn getting 7min on the 4th line?
Gurglesons
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By points percentage the Pens are the fourth worst team in the east. They've just played a lot of games.
BusinessGoose
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It's just annoying
We know we're not good anymore, but the east is bad enough, that if we weren't such clowns wasting points, we COULD make post season.
It's the same in MLB.. Pirates are ass, but their leage/division is so bad, like 15ish more wins might have gotten into playoffs...but no, have to go on nearly multiple TEN game losing streaks
