GDT: Pens vs Avs 2100hrs EST: Battle of Cole Harbour

[BusinessGoose]

Dubas gonna trade #23 now, watch lol

 

[PamBallam]

Dubas gonna trade #23 now, watch lol

"I don't like him. He's too... skilled. We don't need him or his flashy skating around here. Get me another Ryan Shea." - Mike Sullivan, probably

 

[BusinessGoose]

All speed, no grit...

Gimme a third round pick out of Boston College, Kyle

 

[Turin]

Sid point and a loss yee yee yee yee

 

[Turin]

Can Disco Dan stop sucking for once? Kraken are impossibly trash.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Bemstrom sucks. He has always sucked. He will continue to suck.

Can Disco Dan stop sucking for once? Kraken are impossibly trash.

They've been good under Disco given what he's had to work with. Francis has ruined so much of that team and needs to step off and let Botts take over.

Kakko, Wright, etc all look f***ing awesome under Disco...Kakko in 29 games with the Kraken has 20pts, a 57pt pace which would match the best output of Lafreniere's. Wright is on pace to hit 50pts and looks more like the player they hoped he would be.

Sullivan would have destroyed both.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

The issue is they can't rely on Grubby for shit. He has 5-15-1 as his record vs Daccord who sports a 21-15-3 record. Kokko and Stezka aren't ready.

 

[Hank Plank]

Team loss everyone chipped in.

 

[BusinessGoose]

Team loss everyone chipped in.

We win lose as a team, we lose as a team

 

[Ulf5]

Great game,

Pens actually played well, making Ned and Gryz look better. Sid got a point and the team lost in reg.

What have you done with the Real Ragamuffin? Do I need to contact the authorities?

 

[Victor Z]

New guy on D looks pretty good.

So Sully plays him only 11 minutes.

Maybe he's afraid that any new player who doesn't totally suck will hinder the "we're tanking but don't dare admit it" process.

C'mon POJ -- get healthy soon!

 

[Ragamuffin Gunner]

What have you done with the Real Ragamuffin? Do I need to contact the authorities?

When I want them to lose, they're a much more fun team to watch!

 

[Andy99]

Sullivan again shows us how much of a top 2-3 coach he is by playing his best D man the fewest amount of minutes…wow, he’s really deep

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

Sullivan again shows us how much of a top 2-3 coach he is by playing his best D man the fewest amount of minutes…wow, he’s really deep

Or it could be argued that he played that well bc Sully utilized him perfectly…

 

[BusinessGoose]

I really hate if Sullivan has sold to FSG of his incompetence and losing as purposeful for the future of the team, just to save his ass and be kept around

Cause I still don't think he's going to start winning whenever they do "rebuild" and we'll end up wasting more years there

 

[PamBallam]

I really hate if Sullivan has sold to FSG of his incompetence and losing as purposeful for the future of the team, just to save his ass and be kept around

Cause I still don't think he's going to start winning whenever they do "rebuild" and we'll end up wasting more years there

Yea, IDK what exactly our plan is. I get there's reasons why we can't just play all the kids, but at some point, you gotta actually start playing SOME of the kids. Especially while you still have Sid and Geno around to help them. Make room for them, Dumbo. I'd love to be wrong, but I see us icing like the same roster next year, with a token prospect on the 4th line getting 3 minutes a night.

 

[wej20]

Kolyachonok looked promising. Really nice skater and didn't get flustered which was nice to see.

 

[Khelandros]

For a team that employs so many great PKers, you'd think they would have a good PK.

 

[BusinessGoose]

For a team that employs so many great PKers, you'd think they would have a good PK.

Best PK is not being on the PK

Sullivan doesn't even preach that anymore

 

[Icarium]

I am shocked - Yohe said that the Pens "played an uncommonly intelligent game". Is that... a veiled criticism of the coaching? Or the usual "the damned players are too dumb to understand Sullivan's genius system"?

Try to contain your laughter, folks:

There were multiple things that were into it,” Sullivan said. “But part of our job as coaches and management group is making sure that we’re putting the young players in the best possible position to be successful.

I couldn't do it, sorry.

 

[Khelandros]

I am shocked - Yohe said that the Pens "played an uncommonly intelligent game". Is that... a veiled criticism of the coaching? Or the usual "the damned players are too dumb to understand Sullivan's genius system"?

Try to contain your laughter, folks:

I couldn't do it, sorry.

Khelandros, HF Boards News, Question for Mike Sullivan. What "young" players?