Post-Game Talk: Pens/Isles Game 1: Home Ice + Good Matchup all for nothing

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Jarry was MAF-bad. Rust was awful. Jake was awful. Matheson was awful. Petts had a good 1st period then spent the rest of the game putzing around like a baby giraffe.

Sid, Letang and Kap were great. Stick tap to Carter as well, though he's clearly best suited for the 3C role.

Ah well. Really wanted to go to the Island up 2-0 because we need to take advantage of home ice but y'know. It's Penguins playoff hockey™.

 

[BillyOcean]

I was told having a good power play somehow gives your goalie +2 overall to his ratings. Like that's related.

Or he could just make an easy save.

------JAF

 

[metalan2]

3 stoppable shots.. that’s on Jarry.

Four *

 

[BlackAndGold87]

At least it's not the Bruins....

 

[spcastlemagic]

What troubles me about this one is I thought the Isles got better as the game went along and we got worse.

That’s exactly what happened. The worst players in the game were all on our team. Not a formula to win.

 

[BrookswasHere44]

John Marino ladies and gentlemen.

Looked a lot like my flailing into the corner there

 

[SouthGeorge]

So predictable

 

[Ragamuffin Gunner]

What a bunch of f***ing losers.

f*** you TJ and f*** you PP.

f***ing pathetic.

Losers playing like losers and losing like losers. f*** off.

 

[canadianguy77]

Sullivan needs to come up with a game plan because you aren’t beating that team from the perimeter.

 

[StIvany4Norris]

On the positive side, Letang played a fantastic game

 

[Big McLargehuge]

Putrid effort in OT. That ending felt inevitable.

 

[ImporterExporter]

Like I said. Goaltending was the x factor.

We're f***ed if that's what we're getting.

What a f***ing waste.

 

[GregR]

Trotz >>>>>> Sullivan

 

[Son Goku]

Start Desmith and take out Matheson

 

[TimmyD]

Tristan Jarry shouldn’t start on Tuesday. That was pitiful

 

[RustyRazor]

Positively Philadephia Flyers-esque goaltending from the Penguins today.

 

[Richard]

Why is Jarey down there how does that make sense.


Just start legace. F Jarry this loss was ALL on him

How can Lagace be worse?

 

[Pancakes]

I thought we got into bad habits as the game went along. We had success early on with our wingers coming back into the d-zone and giving support on the breakout. Then as the game progressed we started doing the same long bomb passes that inevitably turn into turnovers vs the Isles' system.

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

Should be no angle and Jarry gives up six inches at the top of the net.

The shot didn't even hit the bar. It wasn't even perfect, and Jarry was giving them that shot at no angle all night.

Play Legace or DeSmith next game. Jarry has cracked.

 

[Anya6687]

F**k you jarry

 

[Empoleon8771]

Sullivan needs to come up with a game plan because you aren’t beating that team from the perimeter.

It doesn't matter what kind of plan Sullivan comes up with if he's going to get this level of goaltending behind the team.

 

[Gurglesons]

That’s your conclusion and not the goaltender?

Jarry’s been good at times this year. Marino has been an utter disappointment. If Matheson or Letang gets worked like that this board is burying them.

Jarry has been my biggest concern from day 1.

 

[ncm7772]

Deserved to lose that one.

Not totally on Jarry, but he was the worst player. I have a tough time describing how much I’ve despised this team’s goaltending in the playoffs other than the Cup runs.

But yeah, there was a lot to not like about this one. Pens have very little chance of coming back in this series.

And back to the DB era, where a playoff OT game is an automatic loss.

 

[Dinfire]

This looks identical to the series in 2019. Isles finishing most of their high danger chances. Pens not getting sustained pressure in the offensive zone. Not good. At all.

 

[Shrimper]

Well, must win the next one now.

 

[Pittsburgh1776]

Almost all on Jarry, and then a little on sloppiness. Guys like Matheson and Pets made some mistakes, L2 struggled to make an impact other than the goal, and we started chasing the puck. We were hesitating, probably because we knew any shot could go in.

Bottom line: we aren't going anywhere unless Jarry settles down, and we aren't going anywhere without Malkin. Fix those two things and we dominate today and the series.

 

[StaalForOne]

Need Jarry to be better for the next one. without looking Petterson seemed to be to defender against at least 2-3 pf the goal scorers.