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

[TKalltheTime]

All 4 of those were pretty laughably bad goals 35 gave up…

 

[Shaftception]

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

That shouldn't be surprising.

Trotz's system doesn't take as much effort to play in as ours does, any passive trapping style will force the opposing team to fight harder to generate chances.

It's why it's absolutely crucial you get the lead early on them, and make them play with more effort to earn the tie, if they can stay comfortable in their passive system, you're just asking to lose from fatigue as the game goes on.

 

[Gumbercules]

Tough decision for Sully (assuming Desmith is healthy for next game). Do you risk going back to Jarry? Down 2-o going to Long Island is tough to overcome. Had a similar dilemma last year, and he rode Murray, which in hindsight was the wrong move.

I assume Jarry will get the start again in game 2, and it could be a decision that defines the series.

 

[Gurglesons]

Until he wasn't.

usually your partner isn’t falling over like a dude whose never skated in the corner.

 

[Nathaniel Skywalker]

How the f*** do you not hug the post there

 

[AlphaMikeFoxtrots]

I liked the team that showed up for the first two periods.

Jarrs, buddy... shake it off.

 

[Ogrezilla]

sucks to lose, but some of this talk calling this loss sickening etc is just so classic HF

 

[Wes Mantooth]

It does not feel like we will win many playoff OTs with Jarry

 

[Empoleon8771]

The Penguins since 2017 is a great justification for why going cheap in net doesn't always work for you. The Penguins have been getting "not helping the team win" goaltending non-stop since the 2017 cup win. Jarry today was the exact same that Murray was in past years: decent overall numbers but giving up multiple bad goals against.

You can criticize Sullivan, Matheson, Guentzel, Rust or whoever else all you want, but if the best goaltending you're getting is "his numbers are okay but he's giving up a ton of bad goals", you're not winning a thing in the playoffs. You don't need to be Lundqvist in net, but you can't be giving up 4 bad goals in a game. And that's exactly what happened today and that is exactly what has been happening since the 2017 cup win.

 

[Ugene Magic]

3 goals that should never happen if you stand up. That is all.

 

[Tom Hanks]

 

[Andy99]

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

adjustments? It’s Sully’s weakness lately...

I'm not playing Jarry Tuesday....must win game

 

[Gurglesons]

Not sure what you're talking about. Your boy Mathenson almost gave 3 goals on bad turnovers.

Matheson isn’t paid to be the lynch pin on our right side defensively.

I don’t really see much to like about Marino’s game this year moving forward.

Matheson, Jarry, the other issues tonight. They’ve been good this year in spurts.

 

[Hockey4Lyfe]

The game shouldn’t have got there because of his own doing but you can’t do anything on that last goal, if you are Murray.

Simply a perfect shot.

Get Malkin back hopefully, push Carter down to L3, with Kap and Franky. Balance the forwards out.

Need to capitalize on chances more and get better goaltending. I’m saying it now, if we average 3 goals a game in this series, there is no way the Pens don’t win it.

(disclaimer for if Jarry is a sieve like he was today, but I have faith that he won’t have another game like today)

 

[FunkySeeFunkyDo]

 

[bambamcam4ever]

Starting to feel that way. 3rd year in a row where they don’t show up in the playoffs.

Do people not watch the game and just look at the final score?

The Penguins showed up ready to play. They win relatively easily with NHL goaltending.

 

[K Fleur]

I really don’t have it in me to care about this team the way I used too.

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

Let's see how they respond before we write the whole thing off.

The team has responded well after disappointing games this year.

 

[wgknestrick]

----Jarry (Lost the game and should lose the net) Couldn't freeze or catch any pucks, looked rattled from 2nd period on.
++BART line (shut down a tough assignment and got the better chances, but not the results due to shit goaltending)
-Carter, McCann, Zucker: Only players below 50% xGF
-Sully for dumb as shit TOI allocations. Team is old and cannot sustain pressure in 3rd periods when they play too much, ie tired.


This was a must win IMO because of the fragility of this team's ego.

 

[Nathaniel Skywalker]

Tough decision for Sully (assuming Desmith is healthy for next game). Do you risk going back to Jarry? Down 2-o going to Long Island is tough to overcome. Had a similar dilemma last year, and he rode Murray, which in hindsight was the wrong move.

I assume Jarry will get the start again in game 2, and it could be a decision that defines the series.

No start legace. That was horrible all 4 goals should have been stopped

 

[BHD]

Would they beat anyone if they got terrible goaltending?

Well that’s it. This team is screwed if that’s how Jarry is going to play.

 

[KIRK]

All Geno's fault...........

Did L2 suck?

Did the PP suck?

Enough said.

Ironically, this one was damn near exactly like Game 1 in 2019, at least after the 1st. Crappy goaltending. Late Pens goal to tie it at 3-3. Lose in OT.

BTW, Malkin wouldn't have made a difference. Between his skating and the line Sully would've given him, it would've been a miracle for him not to be a MINUS at ES. MAYBE he helps on the PP, but who knows . . .

IF he can go next game, my lines are GCR and BART (because Sullivan would rather die than toy with either of those) and McCann-Carter-Zucker (or EROD) and Malkin-GOAT-Kappy. But, we all know what Sullivan will do (GOAT with McCann-Carter and a gimpy Malkin centering Zucker-Kappy.

****, it's like the whole damn story is laying out exactly as @ObsessedCreative prophesized.

EDIT: I'd be open to a Malkin-Carter-Kap line too. Make your other bottom 6 line out of GOAT, Zucker, McCann, EROD.

 

[PenguinSuitedUp]

This team didn’t play perfect. But they played good enough to win. This one’s in Jarry.

 

[Hossa die Waldfee]

2nd year in a row I might have just paid 5€ per game.

 

[HandshakeLine]

sucks to lose, but some of this talk calling this loss sickening etc is just so classic HF

Well, it's probably saving some people from punching holes in the drywall and scaring the kids.