Salary Cap: Pens '24-'25 Salary Thread: The Crosbicles Volume XIX

[Sidney the Kidney]

I think at this point a monkey could come in and make these guys better

A monkey might actually try something new.

 

[Malkinstheman]

After years the team is finally getting secondary scoring but now the whole team plays defense like they've never played hockey before. One thing gets fixed another breaks

 

[Honour Over Glory]

It's not our goalies," Crosby..."It's on us to play better in front of them."

"We're giving up odd-man rushes," Crosby said. "We're not getting clears."

He added: "Look at the game-winner. I lose the faceoff. Then I don't get my guy. And it ends up in the back of the net."

"We can't keep giving up five or six goals a game if we want to win," Crosby said.

Crosby calls on Pens to improve habits: Poor start 'not our goalies'

Sidney Crosby believes the Pittsburgh Penguins' shaky start to the season can be attributed to a lack of structure on the ice rather than instability between the pipes. "It's not our goalies," Crosby told The Athletic's Josh Yohe following Sunday's 6-3 defeat to the Winnipeg Jets. "It's on us to...

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Sid usually doesn't comment as much when they're in a funk but the stuff he said after this one is frustration and when your HOF franchise star is saying stuff like that, as a GM you gotta pay real close attention to what the real issues are and it's been the way they play. It's not one game or two they're like this. Routinely giving up the puck and giving up the 2nd most shots against per game and a lot of high danger shots.

His line has been ass sure but it's the way this entire team plays. That's on the coach.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

After years the team is finally getting secondary scoring but now the whole team plays defense like they've never played hockey before. One thing gets fixed another breaks

This is a carry over from last season, all Ned needed to do last season was not allow 4 goals a game in that final 15 to win and his goals against was 3.00 goals against (4.00 a game and team allowed 3.38 and 19th for shots against). It's not new. It's just the team isn't out scoring as many as they let in like they did in the final 15 last season.

Scoring at 3.43 GF/G is fine but when you're allowing the 2nd most shots against and the collapses and turnovers are resulting in 4.43 GA/G is a recipe for disaster.

It's not even a rough patch either. These are all issues that this system had during various stretches last season and the year before but it's finally just started to happen all at once this season.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

No one glazes Sullivan harder than Yohe but this one was f***ing hilarious...

https://x.com/i/web/status/1749700821410091408

I mean, Bylsma was the coaching change that changed things. Sullivan was quite literally a coaching change that changed things. So quite literally, other coaches have gotten results when the previous coach fails to. But oh no, not his lover boy Mike Sullivan.

Also still hilarious...

https://x.com/i/web/status/1732546201940107585

 

[HandshakeLine]

So we're giving up on a player at the 6-game mark after 21 good ones last year?
Get a grip guys lol

I don’t think you give up on Bunting but you need to play him and play him where and how he fits best to justify acquiring. Clearly the organization doesn’t know how to do that at the moment.

 

[eXile3]

“Do you think a new coach will make the players more disciplined?”

Yes Yohe. You may have forgotten after watching Sully suck for the last 5 years but that’s actually what a coach is supposed to do.

Sid below a ppg now. I’m sure he’s going to love watching his production drop playing with 3rd liners.

 

[pistolpete11]

Still waiting for them to win a game I expect them to lose or lose a game I expect them to win.

 

[Malkinstheman]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1848356660462391489

I think the new CBA would take effect next season. So Brunicke could potentially play in the AHL next season

 

[Pens x]

It would be cool if Dubas hired an actual GM. Dubas kind of sucks at that role.

 

[Deport Ogie]

No one glazes Sullivan harder than Yohe but this one was f***ing hilarious...

https://x.com/i/web/status/1749700821410091408

This is objectively hilarious. "Do you think a new coach will *insert task coaches are literally paid millions to do*?"