Buddy Bizarre
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If we get another point this weekend, it will be a surprise lol…we could take one of these teams to OT…maybeBah, at least we will have gotten 1 point on this trip!! Doesn't look good this weekend
I was going to post something similar. There is something seriously wrong with the gameplan to be giving up these many odd man rushes (happened last season as well). Even a poorly talented team should be able to mitigate against this happening to them.This isn't meant to be a defense of Jarry (because I know some will interpret it to be that), but I'm confused for why there has been so much talk about the goalies when the problem is this team is horrendous defensively. I don't understand giving Nedjelkovic crap after a 4-3 SO loss when this team is bleeding high danger chances against. This is probably the worst defensively I can recall the Penguins being under Sullivan, but I feel like I've seen more posts complaining about the goalies than I have about the defense.
Nedjelkovic is more of a 1B/platoon goalie, Blomqvist is very raw and Jarry looks completely broken, but I think the defense is far larger of an issue and is making the flaws with the goalies stand out far more.
Has there really been anyone blaming Ned these past 2 games?This isn't meant to be a defense of Jarry (because I know some will interpret it to be that), but I'm confused for why there has been so much talk about the goalies when the problem is this team is horrendous defensively. I don't understand giving Nedjelkovic crap after a 4-3 SO loss when this team is bleeding high danger chances against. This is probably the worst defensively I can recall the Penguins being under Sullivan, but I feel like I've seen more posts complaining about the goalies than I have about the defense.
Nedjelkovic is more of a 1B/platoon goalie, Blomqvist is very raw and Jarry looks completely broken, but I think the defense is far larger of an issue and is making the flaws with the goalies stand out far more.
Has there really been anyone blaming Ned these past 2 games?
The D sucks. The difference between Ned and Jarry is that Ned stops the ones he should most of the time.
Yea there’s no reason to blame Ned. He has held up his end of the bargain and then some. You can only stop so many 2 on 1’s and chances from 2 feet away until a couple get by you. This team is dreadful from top to bottom.There's already a couple posts in the PGT giving Nedjelkovic a minus for the game last night and saying "he needs to be better with the defense in front of him".
One thing he did that I loved was mustache boy. They actually practiced it and he talked about it being an important part of the game that they need to be good at. Granted, you had one of the best shootout goalies in history but we were quite decent at them. He goes away and poof! Not a care in the world for it.There is a lot to not like about Bylsma’s coaching career, but I can’t remember any time he simply just gave up on getting points in OT or on special teams like we have.
Agreed but I think there are a couple more layers to that as well:How can you guys possibly put this on Ned? He was the only reason we even made it to OT!
Sure he sucked in the shootout, but honestly he's never really been that good in the shootout. I would seriously consider putting in Jarry just for the shootout (Blomq is an unknown to me right now).
My take....
The problem is the exact same as every other game. Our D has difficulty controlling our zone.
AND....
We can't hold a lead if our life depended on it.