Pens vs Sharks 1/15 @10:00 PM

Pabst · **Joined:** Wed Jul 09, 2014 12:13 pm **Posts:** 2086

Here's hoping Martin Jones reverts back to early season form. Goaltending is the only thing holding the Sharks back this year.

Orangesteel · **Joined:** Tue Jul 15, 2014 1:22 am **Posts:** 11301

LGP.

Should be a battle, two good teams. Letang needs to play better than last game, that’s for sure.

bam morris · **Joined:** Tue Jul 08, 2014 10:18 pm **Posts:** 11257

need 2 points; slipped to 3rd.

Orangesteel · **Joined:** Tue Jul 15, 2014 1:22 am **Posts:** 11301

Wow. Tanger. Career highlight reel right there.

Orangesteel · **Joined:** Tue Jul 15, 2014 1:22 am **Posts:** 11301

Murray again playing really damn well.

Fuck Tomlin

Orangesteel · **Joined:** Tue Jul 15, 2014 1:22 am **Posts:** 11301

Oleksiak has been playing some shitty hockey since he’s been back.

Orangesteel · **Joined:** Tue Jul 15, 2014 1:22 am **Posts:** 11301

Wow Hertl just butt fucked us all over the ice there. Come the fuck on guys.

Orangesteel · **Joined:** Tue Jul 15, 2014 1:22 am **Posts:** 11301

Very lucky it’s 2-1. We were dominated for 85% of that period.

Orangesteel · **Joined:** Tue Jul 15, 2014 1:22 am **Posts:** 11301

Pens are fucking asleep. Look like shit.

Orangesteel · **Joined:** Tue Jul 15, 2014 1:22 am **Posts:** 11301

Pretty sure they are paying Jake G. a lot more money to not coast to the net like that. Shitty effort on his part.

Orangesteel · **Joined:** Tue Jul 15, 2014 1:22 am **Posts:** 11301

Yawn.

Orangesteel · **Joined:** Tue Jul 15, 2014 1:22 am **Posts:** 11301

Two pretty shitty games in a row. One against a bad team, one against a really good team. Don’t know what to make of that.

bam morris · **Joined:** Tue Jul 08, 2014 10:18 pm **Posts:** 11257

Orangesteel wrote:

Two pretty shitty games in a row. One against a bad team, one against a really good team. Don’t know what to make of that.

yes and of course caps losing too . our chance to pass them and we flounder.

Louis Lipps Service · **Joined:** Thu Oct 22, 2015 2:55 pm **Posts:** 2456

Only watched about half the game, but looked like a prime example of a game where Hornqvist and even ZAR would have made a very noticeable difference. I'm not one to push the whole "physical presence" mantra as I don't think today's NHL requires that as much as it used to, but I think yesterday's game was an exception to that.

Donnie Brasco · **Joined:** Wed Jul 09, 2014 1:55 pm **Posts:** 5165

I only saw highlights...looks like JJ is back to being his own personal shitshow

Louis Lipps Service · **Joined:** Thu Oct 22, 2015 2:55 pm **Posts:** 2456

Donnie Brasco wrote:

I only saw highlights...looks like JJ is back to being his own personal shitshow

He....wasn't good.

Then again, not many that were.

fractalsteel · **Joined:** Tue Jul 08, 2014 9:04 pm **Posts:** 3568

I don't like blaming one player for a loss but...Oleksiak has been in the lineup the past three games. The Pens haven't been very good in those games. They have allowed a lot of goals in those three games.
The team seemed to play better sans Oleksiak prior to the last three games.
Just saying.

Louis Lipps Service · **Joined:** Thu Oct 22, 2015 2:55 pm **Posts:** 2456

fractalsteel wrote:

I don't like blaming one player for a loss but...Oleksiak has been in the lineup the past three games. The Pens haven't been very good in those games. They have allowed a lot of goals in those three games.
The team seemed to play better sans Oleksiak prior to the last three games.
Just saying.

The good news is that Schultz seems to be fairly close to making a comeback. That should essentially force them to bench Oleksiak. Or maybe even toss Oleskiak in with a trade before the deadline, if Schultz is close enough to returning.

Cause then we're looking at a D lineup of:

Letang/Dumo
Schultz/Maatta
Johnson/Petterson
Riikola

And you know, that ain't half bad.

Chidi Iwuoma · **Joined:** Thu Dec 03, 2015 12:22 am **Posts:** 1041

There was no time after we lost the lead in the first that we looked even capable of winning. That was a Steelers-like display of lethargy. And now we'll likely be two points out of third place by the time the puck drops on Friday.

Donnie Brasco · **Joined:** Wed Jul 09, 2014 1:55 pm **Posts:** 5165

fractalsteel wrote:

I don't like blaming one player for a loss but...Oleksiak has been in the lineup the past three games. The Pens haven't been very good in those games. They have allowed a lot of goals in those three games.
The team seemed to play better sans Oleksiak prior to the last three games.
Just saying.

I just don't understand the fascination with Olek when you have a very capable replacement in Rikko waiting to get in.

I agree Olek sucks and should be on his way out the door with Brass

fractalsteel · **Joined:** Tue Jul 08, 2014 9:04 pm **Posts:** 3568

Donnie Brasco wrote:

fractalsteel wrote:

I don't like blaming one player for a loss but...Oleksiak has been in the lineup the past three games. The Pens haven't been very good in those games. They have allowed a lot of goals in those three games.
The team seemed to play better sans Oleksiak prior to the last three games.
Just saying.

I just don't understand the fascination with Olek when you have a very capable replacement in Rikko waiting to get in.

I agree Olek sucks and should be on his way out the door with Brass

And it's not like Riiko isn't physical. He is faster can play on the PP and has better hands. The only thing he doesn't have comparatively is size.

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