ECQF Game 3: Pens vs Islanders 04/14/19
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ECQF Game 3: Pens vs Islanders 04/14/19
Which player said that?
ECQF Game 3: Pens vs Islanders 04/14/19
Kessel apparently said yesterday when questioned about strategy on the ice "Our coaches make up the strategy, talk to them."
Sullivan seeming beside himself on the podium last night makes me wonder if he's frustrated that the players have tuned him out, because it's looking that way on the ice.
Sullivan seeming beside himself on the podium last night makes me wonder if he's frustrated that the players have tuned him out, because it's looking that way on the ice.
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ECQF Game 3: Pens vs Islanders 04/14/19
Sounds like it is time to fire and trade everyone.
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I think I said this months ago...we changed our identity to be a slower, more defensive team...we aren't playing good defense, and we don't have the structure or the players to continue our fast/offensive onslaught ways...so, this is what you get...what kind of identity do we want to have as a team...? Right now, we're kind of in-between and it shows...
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We're structure fluid...
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This team has made me miss Carl. Shame on them.
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Is Simon considered “skilled” because he merely tries to make skilled plays? Dude has a success rate of about 3% with anything fancy he tries. He is an all time flubber of pucks.
And sure - Bleuger isn’t the difference here. But he plays like he gives a crap. I’m not sure how he stays out of the lineup right now. Sully things...
And sure - Bleuger isn’t the difference here. But he plays like he gives a crap. I’m not sure how he stays out of the lineup right now. Sully things...
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I understand the reasoning I guess for going defensive. I don't get the reason to get defensive, and find the slowest guys possible.I think I said this months ago...we changed our identity to be a slower, more defensive team...we aren't playing good defense, and we don't have the structure or the players to continue our fast/offensive onslaught ways...so, this is what you get...what kind of identity do we want to have as a team...? Right now, we're kind of in-between and it shows...
I wish they would have tried to stay fast, because every team is seemingly fast, going defensive isn't the new angle, because Trotz has his team playing defense.
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If this was true months ago, why is it still true? If you’re the coach, going into the 3rd period yesterday, how could you not look around the room and see a bunch of zombies and not just say, “ya know what...let’s just loosen up and have fun out there”.I think I said this months ago...we changed our identity to be a slower, more defensive team...we aren't playing good defense, and we don't have the structure or the players to continue our fast/offensive onslaught ways...so, this is what you get...what kind of identity do we want to have as a team...? Right now, we're kind of in-between and it shows...
This team just packing it in 2 years in a row as Rome burns down around them is shitty. Try something else. Do something.
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See, I think Sullivan has tried a bunch of things, Malkin/Kessel/Letang doing whatever they want to do, just kills everyone else.
And I think Kessel has been doing more than all of them this series so far. Letang has been straight trash.
And I think Kessel has been doing more than all of them this series so far. Letang has been straight trash.
ECQF Game 3: Pens vs Islanders 04/14/19
I think it moved a little.
ECQF Game 3: Pens vs Islanders 04/14/19
I've always been on the hate Letang boat. I think he's given a lot of room to free-wheel, but everyone else tries it and defensively they become worse. Had he not flubbed game one, maybe the series may have been different. Doubtful, but maybe.
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Yeah, he doesn't have next level skill certainly. He has enough skill and sense to keep up with skill guys, but he's a player that could be upgraded in that spot. Bluegers doesn't do much in the NHL for me, I'd want Simon over him for virtually any line. But that's more on Bluegers than Simon...Simon's good enough to play in the league, but he does let a lot of pucks get away from him...doesn't have good protection ability...Is Simon considered “skilled” because he merely tries to make skilled plays? Dude has a success rate of about 3% with anything fancy he tries. He is an all time flubber of pucks.
And sure - Bleuger isn’t the difference here. But he plays like he gives a crap. I’m not sure how he stays out of the lineup right now. Sully things...
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GMJR didn't have good assets to play with...so you get what you get...I understand the reasoning I guess for going defensive. I don't get the reason to get defensive, and find the slowest guys possible.I think I said this months ago...we changed our identity to be a slower, more defensive team...we aren't playing good defense, and we don't have the structure or the players to continue our fast/offensive onslaught ways...so, this is what you get...what kind of identity do we want to have as a team...? Right now, we're kind of in-between and it shows...
I wish they would have tried to stay fast, because every team is seemingly fast, going defensive isn't the new angle, because Trotz has his team playing defense.
Crosby's game changed, and they molded it around him in some regard...so they got tougher...only to meet a team tougher than them and more defensive than them...
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It's really tough to just open up your game given the limited horses we have from a skill and speed perspective...particularly our back line, the genesis of offense...If this was true months ago, why is it still true? If you’re the coach, going into the 3rd period yesterday, how could you not look around the room and see a bunch of zombies and not just say, “ya know what...let’s just loosen up and have fun out there”.I think I said this months ago...we changed our identity to be a slower, more defensive team...we aren't playing good defense, and we don't have the structure or the players to continue our fast/offensive onslaught ways...so, this is what you get...what kind of identity do we want to have as a team...? Right now, we're kind of in-between and it shows...
This team just packing it in 2 years in a row as Rome burns down around them is shitty. Try something else. Do something.
By trying to head-man pucks and make long passes, we'd really have a repeat of the 2013 ECF...the Islanders spacing is too sharp for that...they need to make shorter, isolation plays to have a chance...
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This is like telling your wife to “calm down”If this was true months ago, why is it still true? If you’re the coach, going into the 3rd period yesterday, how could you not look around the room and see a bunch of zombies and not just say, “ya know what...let’s just loosen up and have fun out there”.
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Haha yeah, that's a good point.
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Just heard Sullivan's post-game comments about how "regardless of the players, I think there's right way for this team to play" and now everything makes more sense. He's trying to get a bunch of star players, who don't want to play a defensive system AND know that as a team they're not good enough to win a cup, to play a style better suited for a bunch of "nameless gray faces". They've completely tuned him out. Won't surprise me if this series doesn't go back to that shithole on Long Island.Kessel apparently said yesterday when questioned about strategy on the ice "Our coaches make up the strategy, talk to them."
Sullivan seeming beside himself on the podium last night makes me wonder if he's frustrated that the players have tuned him out, because it's looking that way on the ice.
Also heard that gutless puke Murray say that he doesn't remember the Islanders first goal when questioned about what went wrong. Own up to when you suck you ass.
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what does the wife in this premise want, then? just to go not get injured so they can enjoy the longest summer off they've had in 4 years?This is like telling your wife to “calm down”If this was true months ago, why is it still true? If you’re the coach, going into the 3rd period yesterday, how could you not look around the room and see a bunch of zombies and not just say, “ya know what...let’s just loosen up and have fun out there”.
if we feel like there's something to be gleaned from Kessel's "ask the coach" line (which there may or may not be), are the players sitting there in active disagreement with the strategy, or is that comment more an indicator that they're doing what they can, but they aren't on the hook to get the ship back on course.
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I think that's something that will get lost in the complaints about GMJR's attempt to remake the team. Hagelin was floundering, Pearson was less than stellar, Oleksiak was barely better than the Oleksiak we traded for, Brassard was terrible, and Sprong was struggling and is waiver eligible. Not a whole lot there to salivate about.GMJR didn't have good assets to play with...so you get what you get...I understand the reasoning I guess for going defensive. I don't get the reason to get defensive, and find the slowest guys possible.I think I said this months ago...we changed our identity to be a slower, more defensive team...we aren't playing good defense, and we don't have the structure or the players to continue our fast/offensive onslaught ways...so, this is what you get...what kind of identity do we want to have as a team...? Right now, we're kind of in-between and it shows...
I wish they would have tried to stay fast, because every team is seemingly fast, going defensive isn't the new angle, because Trotz has his team playing defense.
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i'm sure someone has brought up comparisons to erik Christensen?Yeah, he doesn't have next level skill certainly. He has enough skill and sense to keep up with skill guys, but he's a player that could be upgraded in that spot. Bluegers doesn't do much in the NHL for me, I'd want Simon over him for virtually any line. But that's more on Bluegers than Simon...Simon's good enough to play in the league, but he does let a lot of pucks get away from him...doesn't have good protection ability...Is Simon considered “skilled” because he merely tries to make skilled plays? Dude has a success rate of about 3% with anything fancy he tries. He is an all time flubber of pucks.
And sure - Bleuger isn’t the difference here. But he plays like he gives a crap. I’m not sure how he stays out of the lineup right now. Sully things...
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They seem like opposites. EC didn’t vomit in himself when he tried a toe drag but didn’t have much of a compete level.
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Swimfan had a shot...Simon can play with the puck a little more, better playmaker, better defensively...I don't think they're terribly similar...i'm sure someone has brought up comparisons to erik Christensen?Yeah, he doesn't have next level skill certainly. He has enough skill and sense to keep up with skill guys, but he's a player that could be upgraded in that spot. Bluegers doesn't do much in the NHL for me, I'd want Simon over him for virtually any line. But that's more on Bluegers than Simon...Simon's good enough to play in the league, but he does let a lot of pucks get away from him...doesn't have good protection ability...Is Simon considered “skilled” because he merely tries to make skilled plays? Dude has a success rate of about 3% with anything fancy he tries. He is an all time flubber of pucks.
And sure - Bleuger isn’t the difference here. But he plays like he gives a crap. I’m not sure how he stays out of the lineup right now. Sully things...
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I think I said this months ago...we changed our identity to be a slower, more defensive team...we aren't playing good defense, and we don't have the structure or the players to continue our fast/offensive onslaught ways...so, this is what you get...what kind of identity do we want to have as a team...? Right now, we're kind of in-between and it shows...
>Wants more emphasis on defense
>Signs Jack Johnson
Neither of these are congruent with the other.
ECQF Game 3: Pens vs Islanders 04/14/19
This is probably already been discussed but Sullivan cancelled today's practice.
https://twitter.com/mattvensel/status/1 ... 3200325632
https://twitter.com/mattvensel/status/1 ... 3200325632
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