Post-Game Talk: Pens vs Oilers

[Headshot77]

I keep falling asleep mid game.

Blomqvist is a saint.

 

[Shrimper]

Yeah, Crosby isn't getting 82 points this season

 

[HandshakeLine]

6 more seasons of Dubas, 3 more seasons of Sullivan, great job FSG.

 

[Headshot77]

I don't really understand Dubas hate. He was hired to guide the Pens through a rebuild and it was always his duty to catch the proverbial falling knife that was this team's trajectory. Once his splash play of bringing in Karlsson didn't work I think he became content to just ride out Sullivan's contract.

 

[orby]

A long, early season losing streak is what this team needs. Either Sullivan needs to go or they need to commit to a sell-off...or both!

 

[Terrapin]

I rarely watch anymore. A. Comcast cut the channel, and I'm not paying another $25 to watch this garbage. And B. It's too sad to see what's happening.

But I do still follow and watch occassionally. It's literally the same thing year after year after year. Little scoring talent up front. Horrific defensive system. Bad goaltending. Absolutely zero physicality. etc etc.

Sullivan is at least 5 years past his expiration date. His stubborn bullshit has wasted years of the core. Dubas should be fired for the Jarry contract alone. The 'core 4' are old, but they're still talented enough to make a run. But management has completely failed them by surrounding them with scrubs.

In short, fire everyone

 

[HuskerTornado]

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Glass got sick during the game?

Me too, I didn't have it in me to come out for the 3rd.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Honestly, Blomqvist kept it from being like a 10-0 shitblasting. Just got embarrassed for the entire game tbh. Pretty much expected, even if the Oilers haven't been particularly good so far this season. Sid, Rust, Petts and Letang all got bodied every time they took a shift.

 

[eXile3]

These games are hard to watch but they might be needed. They go on an extended losing streak you have to imagine things will change.

 

[AuroraBorealis]

How the f*** were people actually supporting the Glass, Lizotte, Beauvillier additions this offseason

These guys are not the answer

Ok Glass is definitely not the problem right now. He's matched Crosby's 3 ES assists/points in 63 fewer minutes and with 27% O-zone starts.
He's at 57% corsi and is 5th on the team in 5v5 P/P60. He's also been the best and stingiest Forward on the PK and one of the most reliable Forwards defensively at even-strength.
If anything they should be boosting his minutes up to 16+ per game or w/e. Currently at 11:40 a night.

Give him a few games with Sid. Reward good work. Reduce the minutes of those who are passengers.
It's not like Sid's left wingers are doing anything anyway.

 

[TooManyHumans]

These games are hard to watch but they might be needed. They go on an extended losing streak you have to imagine things will change.

Idk. It's not clear that there's anything Sullivan could do to get fired.

 

[End of Line]

After the third goal I had to turn it off and willingly decided to watch baseball instead….

Idk. It's not clear that there's anything Sullivan could do to get fired.

Maybe he was at a Diddy party

 

[Le Magnifique 66]

Pathetic display from the veterans and leaders last night. No emotion at all, playing beer league hockey while a young net minder is left alone to deal with 50 shots against. And we are supposed to sell the farm and be buyers for these guys? No chance, start the retool asap don't let a 2-3 game winning streak fool you, we cannot compete in this league and it's quite obvious.

 

[HandshakeLine]

I don't really understand Dubas hate. He was hired to guide the Pens through a rebuild and it was always his duty to catch the proverbial falling knife that was this team's trajectory. Once his splash play of bringing in Karlsson didn't work I think he became content to just ride out Sullivan's contract.

That's not a rebuild, though. That's being a coward and not starting the actual rebuild because he's scared to actually take the reigns.

If this is a rebuild: it's going as badly as one could possibly imagine for a rebuild.

If we're competing: it's going as badly as one could possibly imagine for actually competing.

So, what are we doing exactly?

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

They're absolutely too arrogant to admit the era's over, or too cowardly to dismantle things while Sid's still hanging on for the 2026 Olympics. Maybe both. Probably both.

The only real significant change happened because Jake didn't want to tether himself to this team, but instead left to chase big money and a shot at competing again. He made the decision for them, because as long as Sid's around, they're petrified into indecision.