Post-Game Talk: The Powerhouse at New Jersey | 01/31/19 - 7PM - MSG (Post Game Starts ~450)

[ReggieDunlop68]

How am I very wrong though? Pionk has gotten an incredibly long leash despite not progressing and still making the same mistakes he's been making since last season and he gets first pair minutes with Staal 5v5 and gets PP and heavy PK time. Is it really "very wrong" to suggest the organization has a distorted view of the player? All evidence of his performance shows a kid overwhelmed and floundering in the role he's been thrust into but they keep feeding him the same heavy usage minutes.

I think only you guys are so weird about him, and you think everyone else is. Maybe it's just some pragmatic thing in rebuild beyond the scope of our immediate emotions.

 

[Kovalev27]

Pionk ****ing stinks. I can’t take it. Why the hell is he even getting PK time? He’s the worst defensive D man on the team, yes worse than Shattenkirk and TDA. I don’t care how hard he looks like he’s working. He’s physically overmatched and loses seemingly every battle in the D zone, he’s not hard on his stick and frequently fails to clear. Unfortunately that failure to clear there is more closer to the rule with him than the exception.

He’s a 3rd pair offensive D, why does this organization think he’s a shutdown minute eater? He’s not. Not even remotely close.

Brendan Smith is sitting on the bench for pks so Pionk can play. If you can believe that

 

[RGY]

Pionk...where offense goes to die...nice water pistol wrist shot to end the offensive zone pressure

 

[PlamsUnlimited]

When I hear the name Miles Wood, hockey wouldn’t be what I would think he does for a living...just saying.

What about Mackenzie Blackwood

 

[Shesterkybomb]

I'm liking Strome more and more each game.

 

[will1066]

Stop stickhandling it when you get the puck. Get it and shoot it.

 

[will1066]

No transition speed and no breakout speed tonight. Not a coincidence.

 

[will1066]

All Strome

 

[Lays]

This line is great

 

[BleedBlueNYR]

Pions off the pipe. So close.

 

[Tob]

we have some of the worst shooters on the planet.

 

[trilobyte]

Dano talking about signing tig ol biddies

It seems there is a long long leash with Devils broadcast team.

 

[zukeisgone]

Zuke is flying

 

[Ori]

Yes a great shift from our 1st line.

 

[trilobyte]

Jeez lots of pings tonight

 

[GAGLine]

That's a bad call.

 

[NCRanger]

That’s a bad call

 

[Profet]

Smith trying to help the tank in multiple ways.

 

[PlamsUnlimited]

It seems there is a long long leash with Devils broadcast team.

I think they're a lot more fun that's for sure. The long leash is good sometimes. I actually really like Erika and Bryce at the intermissions.

 

[zukeisgone]

Bogus call

 

[will1066]

Why does the defending player habitually push the opponent into his own goaltender, potentially seriously injuring him, I'll never know.

 

[BleedBlueNYR]

Oh what a save. All hail.

 

[Ori]

A huge save by Henrik - our PP is a struggle so far to set it up properly.

 

[Glen Sathers Cigar]

Pionk hasn such poor gap control on rushes, seemingly every chance of a rush against us is a result of him conceding such large amounts of ice with his poor positioning. How is this not being coached out of him?

 

[trilobyte]

Why does the defending player habitually push the opponent into his own goaltender, potentially seriously injuring him, I'll never know.

At the high level like the NHL, I always wonder too why this situation is not covered more in practice with teams. I bet the goalies wouldn't argue against it. Speaking from my own experience, "don't kill your goalie" was the all-encompassing mantra, but at the level I played at it was a fair bit less critical.

 

[romba]

Vesey sucks from the O zone face off dots to the the other end of the rink JFC