Post-Game Talk: Pittsburgh Penguins at New York Rangers - October 17, 2017

[Crease]

If it were me, I'd fire AV and bag skate the team until the NHLPA calls.

 

[Griffinbw]

Angry Machinehead went to Tampa Bay to be with Bad McDonagh.

Poor Hedman...

 

[Ben Culotta]

Maybe Bernie Federko was right calling the Rangers peewee hockey during the St Louis game.

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

Every lockerrom is ran like the Miracle on Ice team, of course. Ya know, accountability! Like inspiring your Division III JV football team to win the next game!

No Al Pacino gets in the face of a journeyman on a Tuesday night and screams "iiinnnnnccchheeesss!". This happens in all locker rooms.

 

[LiveLongandProspal]

Not only should AV be fired but AV should be incarcerated for his criminal use of Pavel Buchnevich

 

[tednugent693]

I say we Fire Gorton for being so short sighted he didn't realize the glue that kept this team together the last few years is gone.
Girardi-Step- Moore. Pea brain!

 

[Machinehead]

McDonagh has a top 20 expected goal differential in the whole league and top 5 among defensemen.

But ya trade him or don't extend him because he made one mistake in one game that we won't even remember next month.

 

[nevesis]

I say we Fire Gorton for being so short sighted he didn't realize the glue that kept this team together the last few years is gone.
Girardi-Step- Moore. Pea brain!

Welcome, solid 2nd post. (not sure if serious tho) lol

 

[NYR Viper]

The guys look exhausted and emotionally drained. It's 7 games in and the guys appear to already be drained. That's not a good sign for an 82 game season.

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

I say we Fire Gorton for being so short sighted he didn't realize the glue that kept this team together the last few years is gone.
Girardi-Step- Moore. Pea brain!

I can't tell if this is a troll or not

New account so I am leaning towards yeah

 

[Abooch68]

It’s crazy how unlucky this team has been though as well.

 

[darko]

If McDonagh was a consistent 50-60 point defensemen you can live with those mistakes.

Letang makes those mistakes with higher regularity.

 

[Dr. Ogrodnick]

Waiting to see how the Henrik defenders spin the tying goal.

 

[JT Kreider]

McDonagh has a top 20 expected goal differential in the whole league and top 5 among defensemen.

But ya trade him or don't extend him because he made one mistake in one game that we won't even remember next month.

I felt this way about McDonagh last year.

 

[Trxjw]

Awful play by Shattenkirk on the Crosby goal. Awful awareness by Hank on the goal as well. Just generally garbage play from McDonagh all night. Gross.

 

[LiveLongandProspal]

I say we Fire Gorton for being so short sighted he didn't realize the glue that kept this team together the last few years is gone.
Girardi-Step- Moore. Pea brain!

Not sure if serious...

 

[NYR]

After making all these mental mistakes and giving up another 4 goals while playing this goofy system.
If anything I give the players credit for the effort but this team is obviously very frustrated.
They're all afraid to make mistakes, trying to do too much and playing nervous so even with the improved effort?
I'm still looking at the man behind the bench!

 

[Paulie Walnutz]

Choked on his gum

 

[trilobyte]

Maybe Bernie Federko was right calling the Rangers peewee hockey during the St Louis game.

A game like tonight was a case of the guys not being able to seal the deal. That is a sign of amateurish behaviour at some level. They have done it a fair bit over the last season or so.
It was still a good game to watch, and when I watch it is about me...I want to be entertained. I was. Plus, the team looked loose and rolling for the first time since the Leafs game.
Still not ready for game starts. Sad to keep seeing. Angrifying is what that is.

 

[Synergy27]

He had the highest on-ice expected goals out of any player tonight, on either team.

And then you boil his night down to one play.

It's not fair.

You can't cite this stat like it's gospel. You trot it out like it's the peer reviewed, be all end all measurement of in game quality and then move on.

Also, that one play, in that situation, with the team off to this start, completely negates everything else he may have done in the game. He'll tell you the same thing.

 

[Ori]

David S. best player of the game with one goal +1 assist 5 v 5 even strength goals - it explain how horrific this team has performed since the beginning of this season, except the 1 shutout by Henrik.

 

[Crease]

McDonagh has a top 20 expected goal differential in the whole league and top 5 among defensemen.

But ya trade him or don't extend him because he made one mistake in one game that we won't even remember next month.

If McDonagh finishes top 5 in Norris voting then I'll eat your hard drive.

 

[Alluckks]

If it were me, I'd fire AV and bag skate the team until the NHLPA calls.

Each player gets a butter knife and they all have to stab AV once, and it goes around the horn again if he is still alive. That way we rid ourselves of AV and the team bond grows stronger because their mutual culpability that they all must now take to the grave will form a hearty trust bond.

 

[Whoot Whoot]

Hank lets in 1.5 garbage per game now

 

[LiveLongandProspal]

Awful play by Shattenkirk on the Crosby goal. Awful awareness by Hank on the goal as well. Just generally garbage play from McDonagh all night. Gross.

It was awful recognition by Shattenkirk, but Staal gave Shattenkirk a horrible pass which tied him up and I don't think he was able to clear the zone. Either Shattenkirk wasn't able to clear the zone or he BARELY cleared the zone abut the Penguins were all on the line.


I long for the day when AV and Staal are off this team