OT: Pens

[recruitsreadtheseboards]

I have been a critic, but man another underrated move by Jim Rutherford was the hiring of Todd Reirdon. He's like the Blue Line Whisperer. Letang is playing his best since 2016, Dumoulin has been fantastic and Mathiason is now looking why he was a first round pick and same with Cody Ceci who he has resurrected his career.

 

[SoufOaklin4Life]

Well this is fun

 

[recruitsreadtheseboards]

Well this is fun

They were due. Hit a bit of a dry spell, was due for some bounces.

 

[ShipofFools]

Wedgewood stops Sid point blank on a wrister and then gets handcuffed by an 80 foot bouncing backhand. Go figure.

 

[HopeandChangeforAntoons]

Loved the way they came out after that first goal. Aggressive and physical, no let up. Very impressive so far. Other than the Wood shot off the bar NJ has had very few good chances.

 

[recruitsreadtheseboards]

This is fun. Need a laugher every so often.

 

[HailToPitt725]

Do we go for two or settle for the extra point?

 

[ShipofFools]

This is fun. Need a laugher every so often.

two more laughers after this would be sweet as well. They needed this after that last Buffalo game.

 

[ShipofFools]

Do we go for two or settle for the extra point?

Chili goal.

 

[HOF Coach]

 

[recruitsreadtheseboards]

 

[ShipofFools]

Classic. Gotta support the team.

 

[recruitsreadtheseboards]

Classic. Gotta support the team.

I remember, and this is the famous Jagr game, that the Pens won 3-2 OT game when a one legged Jagr scored in OT when it looked like the franchise could be moving in 1999, and afterwards I was doing that in post game traffic on Forbes. LOL

 

[ShipofFools]

I remember, and this is the famous Jagr game, that the Pens won 3-2 OT game when a one legged Jagr scored in OT when it looked like the franchise could be moving in 1999, and afterwards I was doing that in post game traffic on Forbes. LOL

Sweet. Brought out your inner Puddy. Jagr's best playoff goal after his ballet move against the Hawks.

 

[SoufOaklin4Life]

Not funny anymore
Pens fell asleep for 6 minutes
Now it’s a game

 

[recruitsreadtheseboards]

Not funny anymore
Pens fell asleep for 6 minutes
Now it’s a game

****ing Tomlin.

 

[HopeandChangeforAntoons]

Not funny anymore
Pens fell asleep for 6 minutes
Now it’s a game

Awful period for Letang.

 

[SoufOaklin4Life]

Awful period for Letang.

Dumo not much better
Lots of standing and watching by those two

 

[ShipofFools]

Awful period for Letang.

I wonder if getting roughed up at the of the 2nd period is a factor.

 

[SoufOaklin4Life]

Yuck
To this 3 period
But 2 points are 2 points

 

[HopeandChangeforAntoons]

Yuck
To this 3 period
But 2 points are 2 points

Reminds me of the 3rd period Saturday against the Sabres. But much worse. Hopefully Sullivan reminds them of the ass-kicking they got on Sunday after that one.

 

[recruitsreadtheseboards]

This was a great game for the Pens. They got 2 points. And Sully got a whole lot of "teachable moments". Especially going again against this same team on Thursday. This is more motivation for the Pens. But it is also a worth a good ass kicking by the coaching staff.

 

[JD1976]

Good lord what was that? Jarry trying to handle a puck so that he can shoot for an empty net after giving up 5 goals in the period should be grounds for a three-game benching.

But at the end of the day, this was just one of those weird games like you see in baseball every once in a while where a team jumps out to a 10-0 lead after 3 innings only to hold on for a 10-9 win.

 

[HOF Coach]

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

This was a great game for the Pens. They got 2 points. And Sully got a whole lot of "teachable moments". Especially going again against this same team on Thursday. This is more motivation for the Pens. But it is also a worth a good ass kicking by the coaching staff.

Exactly what I was thinking.

 

[SoufOaklin4Life]

Exactly what I was thinking.

Do you guys actually think pros respond to that ?
My money is that the only message is “Finish all 60 minutes every game !”

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

Do you guys actually think pros respond to that ?
My money is that the only message is “Finish all 60 minutes every game !”

I think that pros in a long season, especially ones as packed with as many games in as few days as this one, tend to respond to the last thing that happened. If the Pens win that game 6-0 or 7-2 or something like that, and then they play the same team again in two days, the tendency is going to be for them to come out at less than their best in two days. And I think that there is a much smaller chance that something like that happens now.

 

[recruitsreadtheseboards]

I think that pros in a long season, especially ones as packed with as many games in as few days as this one, tend to respond to the last thing that happened. If the Pens win that game 6-0 or 7-2 or something like that, and then they play the same team again in two days, the tendency is going to be for them to come out at less than their best in two days. And I think that there is a much smaller chance that something like that happens now.

That's what I think. Next game I think the Pens will be, hopefully, a little bit more focused. If not, then there could be problems of them falling into their love of making pretty plays again and not playing a simple system. And we know what kind of trouble that has gotten them in the past.

 

[SoufOaklin4Life]

I think that pros in a long season, especially ones as packed with as many games in as few days as this one, tend to respond to the last thing that happened. If the Pens win that game 6-0 or 7-2 or something like that, and then they play the same team again in two days, the tendency is going to be for them to come out at less than their best in two days. And I think that there is a much smaller chance that something like that happens now.

Fair
Just not sure how much the coach preaching in practice would matter

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

Fair
Just not sure how much the coach preaching in practice would matter

Yeah, I don't think it's so much what the coach will be telling them. I mean he will certainly be telling them, but it's not like they have a few days for him to pound something into their heads anyway. I just think it's more a matter of human nature, when things come too easy people tend to take their foot off the proverbial gas, when things are difficult people tend to buckle down.

 

[HOF Coach]

 

[HailToPitt725]

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He’s the reclamation project that Rutherford wanted Jack Johnson to be!

 

[SoufOaklin4Life]

He’s the reclamation project that Rutherford wanted Jack Johnson to be!

He can skate
Johnson couldn’t

 

[HailToPitt725]

He can skate
Johnson couldn’t

You know who else can skate? Kapanen. Looks pretty good coming back from injury.

 

[SoufOaklin4Life]

You know who else can skate? Kapanen. Looks pretty good coming back from injury.

The foot is clearly healed
I rewound that goal to make my son see his speed

 

[USN_Panther]

The foot is clearly healed
I rewound that goal to make my son see his speed

As a Pens fan, I loved that goal. As a goalie, it made me want to blocker punch someone. As he got closer and came across laterally, the goalie is stuck. He has to stay on his skates to move laterally. He can't drop as the shot will go high. While moving and up on skates with the shooter that close, he can't get down on the pads in time for the quick low shot. That is how speed kills.
The Blueger goal was another goalie nightmare. He's stuffed. If he covers that post, the one-timer off the pass is going in. He cheats across just a little and Blueger nailed the near side opening.
So my point is that goals are rarely the goalies' fault. At least none of the goals scored on me.

 

[JD1976]

A nice drama-free blowout win! Washington beats the Islanders in a shootout so the Pens are tied with NYI one point back of the Caps with the Bruins now making a charge just 4 points back of 1st. What a race.

 

[SoufOaklin4Life]

A nice drama-free blowout win! Washington beats the Islanders in a shootout so the Pens are tied with NYI one point back of the Caps with the Bruins now making a charge just 4 points back of 1st. What a race.

Good disciplined answer

 

[recruitsreadtheseboards]

A nice drama-free blowout win! Washington beats the Islanders in a shootout so the Pens are tied with NYI one point back of the Caps with the Bruins now making a charge just 4 points back of 1st. What a race.

It's just like the Isles and Caps to be cunty enough to not win in regulation.

 

[HailToPitt725]

A nice drama-free blowout win! Washington beats the Islanders in a shootout so the Pens are tied with NYI one point back of the Caps with the Bruins now making a charge just 4 points back of 1st. What a race.

Meanwhile in the West, the Kings are five points out of a playoff spot with a whopping 40 points...