Post-Game Talk: Pens Ducks Halloween horror show

[Goalie_Bob]

At least there's a ton of empty seats. FSG HAS to see and care about that.

It was Halloween night against a team nobody gives a shit about……..and it super fricken nice out.

 

[Icarium]

Actually a fun game for a change but it helps when you are okay with the Pens possibly losing and just laugh when you seem them gifting grade A chances in the final minutes once again. The top line seemed to be on the ice all the time, that's unsustainable obviously but it was nice to see them dominate. Bunting showing a pulse and once again a decent showing in OT.

Now they just need to figure that pesky defence thing and penalty shootouts and find a way to make Sid and Geno ten years younger and replace the coaching staff. No big deal.

 

[Ignatius]

Yay.

Everything is fine now.

The channel Hockey Psychology on YouTube has a Leafs Stanley Cup parade tracker on their weekly update videos.

Perhaps the HF Pens board needs a Fire Sully tracker?

 

[KrisLetAngry]

There's only a handful of teams in the NHL that are designed to lose games.

Anaheim Ducks are one of them. I have no idea what that Franchise is planning but how long they going to stay bad?

+Ned for saves
+ CROSBY 2 goals.

 

[vodeni]

+ Ned stole this one at the death. 3 giant saves.
+ Sid moving his legs again and acting like a Captain
+ Rakell. All over it tonight, and the night before.
+ Pretty close to a 60-minute effort, albeit against a weaker, tired team at the end of a road trip
+ Improved team defending, although that's largely a result of facing the Ducks I think
+ This was one of Bunting's best games. Played hard all night. Deserved a point.
+ Pettersson's best game defensively. No question.

- Throwback shooting night, although give Dostal credit too. He's insane this year.
- Those late breakaways and golden chances given up with a minute or two left. They're lucky they even got a point. How can you be that sloppy at the very end, when all you have to do is stay structured for one more minute?
- Puljujarvi scratched and possibly lost to waivers soon. Wasteful, stupid.
- Letang had like 3 really bad errors where he mishandled the puck in fairly vulnerable positions. Lucky the Ducks didn't take advantage.
- I'd like to see Karlsson attack the middle ice more. When he's moving laterally at speed, straddling the blue line, he's often going so fast that he can just blow by guys and penetrate down low. He can create odd-man situations with lost assignments. He did a lot more of this when he got 100 points. It's been coached out of him.
A team like ours who are probably gonna have bad finishing again need that out of their 10M guy. They need high danger backdoor plays.

Those 3 breakaways and incredible saves in the last 2:30 would have been the nail in the coffin. What bothers me it always happens when he puts his “defensive lines” that are suppose to close the job, incredible, they never gonna learn the lessons

 

[Gurglesons]

There's only a handful of teams in the NHL that are designed to lose games.

Anaheim Ducks are one of them. I have no idea what that Franchise is planning but how long they going to stay bad?

+Ned for saves
+ CROSBY 2 goals.

Nah. Ducks are trying to be competitive now.

 

[Buddy Bizarre]

Those 3 breakaways and incredible saves in the last 2:30 would have been the nail in the coffin. What bothers me it always happens when he puts his “defensive lines” that are suppose to close the job, incredible, they never gonna learn the lessons

Sullivan thinks after being burned for the thousandth time, the players will really start buying in and playing the game the right way.

It's flat out unexplainable how this coach can't reliably protect a lead. Hell he couldn't protect a 3-1 series lead a few seasons ago.

 

[Andy99]

Sullivan thinks after being burned for the thousandth time, the players will really start buying in and playing the game the right way.

It's flat out unexplainable how this coach can't reliably protect a lead. Hell he couldn't protect a 3-1 series lead a few seasons ago.

If we didn’t have Sullivan, we’d be looking for Sullivan…