Post-Game Talk: Pens/Isles Game 1: Home Ice + Good Matchup all for nothing
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AuroraBorealis
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I feel bad for Jarry. Kid made some big saves, but let in too many soft goals. Out of those four he should have stopped at least two.
Our PP has to start producing. I also believe a whole week without games had a negative effect.
Well, let's get them in game #2!
P.s Fleury is absolutely outstanding. I hope he retires as a Penguin some day.
Our PP has to start producing. I also believe a whole week without games had a negative effect.
Well, let's get them in game #2!
P.s Fleury is absolutely outstanding. I hope he retires as a Penguin some day.
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If we lose in the first round then yea, it would have been far better for the Pens to not make the playoffs.
If it was up to Mike Sullivan, guys like Gaudreau, Big Z, Angello etc wouldn’t have even played. He would have been happy with Laff, Jank and Sceviour, but injuries ruined his dreams.
to be fair though, we have only won one PO series since MAF and Kunitz departed too...cause and effect? Lol
HandshakeLine
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I'm gonna drop a hot take, so reader beware if you don't like the spice. But if we're going to go out in the 1st (I still think we'll right the ship) AGAIN, I'd have preferred we did a mini-rebuild and did some house cleaning this year, all things being equal. At some point, the gambler's fallacy just isn't a good justification for the status quo.
you can’t say we wouldn’t have made the POs with another coach...while hockey is more about the players overall, it’s much more about the players in the RS (as I’m sure McDavid would attest)
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An evil part of me wonders what would have been if we had traded Murray.
This board would probably riot.But it just goes to show that a lot more effects a goalie's performance than just the player themselves.
lol...man, your positivity among the worst negativity is impressive
I don't know, I'm not even sure I give a shit either way, win or lose. I just want to be entertained. This team hasn't been entertaining in the playoffs for years. Whether it's Sullivan being a dipshit, Murray/Jarry shooting the team in the foot, or the forwards coming up empty, it's been a quiet past few trips to the post season. I don't think my pulse cracked 80 today.
I'd like to see things gel and the team make a run, but I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't get a big kick out of this team flaming out again in the 1st round and the chaos that'd ensue.
I hate that I still end up spending hours after a playoff game brooding on the loss. I should be over this after the two recent cup wins but it's hard to let losses go without dwelling on them. I know @ColePens is the same way and he'll be thinking about this loss all night lol.
It's just tough because I think we all thought this team would be different. Maybe they will still prove to be but they gotta show me. I wasn't expecting a championship coming into this playoffs but another first round playoff loss would hurt.
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AuroraBorealis
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I agree both that we'll recover in this series and that a mini-rebuild would be fine at this stage.
Big Friggin Dummy
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Blows my mind that anyone still attributes this team making the playoffs to coaching. We had a mobile blueline, Letang played like a legit Norris finalist, and Sid's line killed awful teams like Buffalo, NJ and the Flyers all season long.
Wowee, Sully! What a great job! Jack Adams to you, Mr. Genius Tactician!
AuroraBorealis
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The PP finished 4th in the NHL. He did fix it.Who, might we add, was supposed to fix our power play!
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He won those series now 4 and 5 years ago; that’s an eternity in sports. The Golden Knights weren’t even in the league the last time Sully was a good coach in the playoffs.
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Who, might we add, was supposed to fix our power play!
Yes but have they tried the stretch pass... ON THE POWERPLAY?!?
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@Jesse's article was pretty good about the coaching changes, but I'll be honest, I didn't really see any of those changes show up today. But I've also been pretty zonked from my Pfizer shot, so...
AuroraBorealis
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Think that's a distinct possibility in that scenario though. Another coach is gonna get this much out of the Pens with these injuries?
Highly unlikely for me.
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But not when it counts.
That's what I've been on all season. They have moments against bad teams where it looks like it's coming back, and then... it vanishes.We wouldn't take that as a job well done from a contractor or a mechanic, would we?
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Big Friggin Dummy
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Yeah I dunno. The last 15-months or so of the pandemic really took the whole "seriously emotionally invested/mad after losses" thing right outta me. I could watch this team get swept and not give a shit. So long as they lose in entertaining fashion, it's whatever. If they continue to bungle things and look bad doing it, I won't be anything but bored.
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