Post-Game Talk: Pens Ducks Halloween horror show

Icarium

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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.
 
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KrisLetAngry

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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.
 
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+ 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
 

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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.
 
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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…
 

BillyOcean

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Was at this game. Lower bowl student rush is now $25. You also get to pick your seat. Upper bowl is $15.

This is the cheapest it's been in a long time. Last year I believe it was around $45 for lower bowl. No one is really going. Maybe the price differs with opponent.

Id encourage any students here to take advantage of that. Its a great way to see multiple hall of famers on the ice. If you're a new fan, this will make you a bigger one.

I was four rows back and got to see Crosby's OT winner happen in front of me. Not bad for $25.

I would have loved to have gone to games when I was 7-8 years old, but it was not in the cards from a cost perspective. It was only until I hit highschool and college that I was able to wait in line for $20 student rush tickets. Saw a lot of fun games from great seats at Civic at the start of the Crosby era.

That all said, I hate this team.

It's a very conflicting experience.
 

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I think this could be a likeable team tbh but Sullivan makes it disgusting.

Maybe later in the season after the trades we get some kind of combination of this…

McGroarty - Crosby - Rakell
Koivunen - Malkin - Rust
Bunting - Hayes - Puustinen
Lizotte - Poulin - Pono

Graves - Letang
Pickering - Karlsson
Aho - St Ivany

They’ll suck. But at least you got some young players that are exciting.
 
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As a man in my 40's with gray hairs who's taking a graduate degree online, I'm going to try this and see what happens.
Go for it. I'm in my mid 30s, and my friend of the same age got the tickets because he still had his email from nursing school. The only real requirement is you need a .edu email address. I think once you sign up on the penguins website for student rush, they send you a text message on the day of a game (I think around 10 or 11 am) that tickets are on sale. I believe from there you go to the link they give you, pick your tickets, and you're all set. There is no student ID required.

We've done this about 5-6 times over the last two years and remain undefeated. I'll let you guys know the next time we go so you can place bets.

Our routine is park at the convention center ($15 now), go to Condado, and then make the short trek to the arena. Like I said, undefeated with this setup.
 
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I think this could be a likeable team tbh but Sullivan makes it disgusting.

Maybe later in the season after the trades we get some kind of combination of this…

McGroarty - Crosby - Rakell
Koivunen - Malkin - Rust
Bunting - Hayes - Puustinen
Lizotte - Poulin - Pono

Graves - Letang
Pickering - Karlsson
Aho - St Ivany

They’ll suck. But at least you got some young players that are exciting.
I don’t think McGroarty comes back until next year and I think that’s ok. He needs the offseason to improve his skating, and he’ll get a lot more time every game to develop in the AHL. Pickering also needs another year before the NHL, imo.

That said, I wish Brunicke got more of a look. I thought he earned at least a couple games.
 

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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.
It’s either the players aren’t listening or they don’t actually game-plan for specific situations. Being tied up with 5 minutes to go after having lost 6 games in a row and you have your dmen playing all aggressive in the NZ and OZ. They were playing like they were down 2 or 3 goals.

I’m telling you its the coaching. It’s substandard. They play the same way all of the time regardless of the situation.
 
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I don’t think McGroarty comes back until next year and I think that’s ok. He needs the offseason to improve his skating, and he’ll get a lot more time every game to develop in the AHL. Pickering also needs another year before the NHL, imo.

That said, I wish Brunicke got more of a look. I thought he earned at least a couple games.

Would be absolutely asisine to not bring him up and get NHL minutes when the season doesn't matter.
 

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