Fatty McLardy
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Now the Pens control their own fate, which means they'll let us down....
I’ve been through so many ups and downs with this team, even within games, I’m now permanently bipolar lolNow the Pens control their own fate, which means they'll let us down....
We have a better Row even if they win out. They have to beat us in points. They need to go 3-0 or we need to crash hard.Yes and given Detroit has MTL x2, I think we need 2-0-1 or 3-0.
The Habs won't be easy, ask the Isles, and DET plays in TOR, that also won't be easy.Yes and given Detroit has MTL x2, I think we need 2-0-1 or 3-0.
LikelyNow the Pens control their own fate, which means they'll let us down....
This makes a lot of sense.I’ve been through so many ups and downs with this team, even within games, I’m now permanently bipolar lol
Detroit ends up finishing 1 point ahead of the Pens confirmed.Why does this team have to make everything so painful. I hope giving Detroit that extra point doesn't bite them in the ass.
First- How awesome of a player to be put out with and get assists on goals by Harry Z, Nasreddine, Megna, etc., etc.
Especially since Matthews will be gunning for 70 goals. They could use some help.The Habs won't be easy, ask the Isles, and DET plays in TOR, that also won't be easy.
Honestly no. They needed a kick in the nuts.
I mean, I don't disagree, but Simon had 17 points this year. He only had 3 points last year because Sparta was playing him like a shutdown bottom 6 guy. You put him on a weaker team like Budejovice (undrafted Canadian nobody Brant Harris is Budejovice's 4th leading scorer, for instance) and he looks better. Not good, per se, but better.Good old times when Sullivan glued Dominik simon on Sid's line. Guy never scored NHL goal outside of Pittsburgh and has pathetic results in Czechia league on his prime age now. 3 points in 22 games last season
EK is bang on that he needed that goal. His reaction says it all, really - he wasn't good on the 4th and 5th goals. Great job by Sid to keep the play alive and then Karl with the rolling puck screamer. It's his most important goal since the OT hand pass goal in 2019.
The missed trip on Rust's goal was hella fortunate but we saw Giordano trip EK on Monday without a call. Over the course of 82 games I'm guessing every team gets missed calls for and against them pretty evenly. I was watching Detroit's broadcast and it was funny how testy they were about Pettersson after that and his cross-check on Larkin.
As for the pinching on the tying goal, I have to believe that Sullivan would have a "retreat at all times" strat for a lead, but seems not. He knows EK and Letang are aggressive at the line, but I don't believe either would be pinching if he didn't want it. Erik has rarely gone outside the lines of the system all season, which is why he's barely rushed up ice.
After watching it again, Petts would have been better off letting Larkin gather the puck and playing it as a 2-on-1, since he's so exceptional at playing those.
If they clean up some of the turnovers like the two by Letang tonight, they will give themselves every chance to beat Boston. For all the faults this team has, they do battle really hard, and right now it feels like 87 will drag this team to the playoffs himself if he has to.
Marcus Pettersson hasn't been defending for months lol.
I am all for bushing Sullisma in general but they have turtling in the third a gazillion times this season, like mere days ago against Tampa. It doesn't work too well either but when you don't have a proper defensive structure collapsing in front of your goalie and not pinching at all can only do so much.Why are they pinching and playing aggressive with a 2 goal lead in the third?
That's coaching. He won't change the system depending on the circumstance. It's pinch pinch pinch like you're down by 2.
I'm convinced the only way you get benched on this team is if you don't pinch in every situation. Probably why Ian Cole got ran off.
I won't go that far. Best I can offer is a less harsh expletive whenever I mention his name.I think we all owe Big Jeff a Big Apology.