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Postby robbiestoupe » Fri Sep 03, 2021 12:04 pm

Going into the playoffs last season, I think most people could have reasonably said that a run to the conference finals would be considered a success. We weren't going to beat Tampa, so get that out of your minds right now.

Divisional playoffs, facing NYI and WAS was the best case scenario. I think BOS would have given us fits.

With that said, the Penguins fell into a worst case scenario. The referees had Don Cherry's hands up their tooshes playing them like puppets, their 1A goalie, coming off a solid season, realized he wasn't potty trained and made a mess all over the ice, and the pull up diaper of Casey DeSmith got hurt.

Not sure what you do in the off-season to correct that. Not sure if DeSmith would have saved the team, but regular season Jarry would have gotten us past the NYI. If you're Hextall, you hope Jarry learned a lesson, lifts some mental weights in the offseason, and have a run at it again. They're "stuck" with the superstar trio so you hope to squeeze a bit more juice out of them before it's a lost cause. The role players are just that. Changing them around really doesn't help what happened last year, nor will it help that much this year. Not in a significant way.
I think DeSmith wins that series.

I also think we’re in a paradox where we have to give Jarry a chance to blow it again, and it makes sense that we didn’t screw with his brain by bringing in a guy like Halak which would just create a season long controversy.

DeSmith can win games in December and Jarry has to feel like *the guy*. So here we are.
So that answers your question regarding the optimists' excuse for this roster. If Jarry can win the mental games in the playoffs, this team is an upgrade from last year. The team that finished first in its division. And there may not be a Tampa-like team this year, so who knows?

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Postby nocera » Fri Sep 03, 2021 12:59 pm

Jim Mannella, age 64, of Garfield, surrounded by his family, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, September 1, 2021.

[...] Jim LOVED hockey and was a Penguins season ticket holder for many years when attendance was at most 5,000 - he loved his team. He was happy that he could celebrate for the last 17,272 days that the Philadelphia Flyers had not lifted the cup.
https://obituaries.mineralwellsindex.co ... 1083171204

RIP, Jim (not that Jim).

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Postby Dickie Dunn » Fri Sep 03, 2021 1:23 pm

Jim sounds like a good dude. Anyone who spends their last days listening to “Jim’s Funeral Mix” gets a thumbs up from me.

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Postby faftorial » Fri Sep 03, 2021 1:54 pm


I think DeSmith wins that series.

I also think we’re in a paradox where we have to give Jarry a chance to blow it again, and it makes sense that we didn’t screw with his brain by bringing in a guy like Halak which would just create a season long controversy.

DeSmith can win games in December and Jarry has to feel like *the guy*. So here we are.
Goalies, what a fragile bunch.

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Postby shmenguin » Fri Sep 03, 2021 1:59 pm

Going into the playoffs last season, I think most people could have reasonably said that a run to the conference finals would be considered a success. We weren't going to beat Tampa, so get that out of your minds right now.

Divisional playoffs, facing NYI and WAS was the best case scenario. I think BOS would have given us fits.

With that said, the Penguins fell into a worst case scenario. The referees had Don Cherry's hands up their tooshes playing them like puppets, their 1A goalie, coming off a solid season, realized he wasn't potty trained and made a mess all over the ice, and the pull up diaper of Casey DeSmith got hurt.

Not sure what you do in the off-season to correct that. Not sure if DeSmith would have saved the team, but regular season Jarry would have gotten us past the NYI. If you're Hextall, you hope Jarry learned a lesson, lifts some mental weights in the offseason, and have a run at it again. They're "stuck" with the superstar trio so you hope to squeeze a bit more juice out of them before it's a lost cause. The role players are just that. Changing them around really doesn't help what happened last year, nor will it help that much this year. Not in a significant way.
I think DeSmith wins that series.

I also think we’re in a paradox where we have to give Jarry a chance to blow it again, and it makes sense that we didn’t screw with his brain by bringing in a guy like Halak which would just create a season long controversy.

DeSmith can win games in December and Jarry has to feel like *the guy*. So here we are.
So that answers your question regarding the optimists' excuse for this roster. If Jarry can win the mental games in the playoffs, this team is an upgrade from last year. The team that finished first in its division. And there may not be a Tampa-like team this year, so who knows?
We don’t have a 3rd or 4th line, and losing Ceci isnt nothing. This roster got blech quick. Goaltending doesn’t make up for that.

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Postby Gaucho » Fri Sep 03, 2021 2:44 pm

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Postby robbiestoupe » Fri Sep 03, 2021 4:27 pm

Why bring Nittany Ned into this?

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Postby Lemon Berry Lobster » Fri Sep 03, 2021 6:23 pm

If Boyle can still play, I like the PTO.

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Postby Gaucho » Fri Sep 03, 2021 6:39 pm

I thoght we were done with -owskis.

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Postby MR25 » Fri Sep 03, 2021 6:49 pm

He's a Pittsburgh kid. Probably his last shot, given that he keeps bouncing around the A.

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Postby Dickie Dunn » Fri Sep 03, 2021 9:19 pm

Nice to see Bartkowski still going. Last remnant of my “career”.

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Postby meow » Sat Sep 04, 2021 8:32 am

Bartkowski is one of the few mid to late 80s birth year Pittsburgh area products I don’t know, but I’ve heard he’s a stand up guy. I hope both these guys perform well enough to earn contracts

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Postby MR25 » Sat Sep 04, 2021 6:00 pm

I know couple guys from Lebo area that have faced him in A league once or twice during the summers. That seemed pretty cool to me.

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Postby MR25 » Wed Sep 08, 2021 5:10 pm



Welp

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Postby meecrofilm » Wed Sep 08, 2021 5:13 pm

Great timing.

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Postby Gaucho » Wed Sep 08, 2021 5:14 pm

welp

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Postby skullman80 » Wed Sep 08, 2021 5:23 pm

Don't really have high hopes for this season at all honestly. Not a cup contender...playoff team probably? This roster is just kind of there.

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Postby nocera » Wed Sep 08, 2021 5:53 pm

Crosby wanted to have a vaxxed and waxed summer so he put off surgery til September. Smart.

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Postby Lemon Berry Lobster » Wed Sep 08, 2021 6:05 pm

So no Sid or Geno to start the season. Sweet.

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Postby nocera » Wed Sep 08, 2021 6:50 pm

Too early to start tanking?

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Postby faftorial » Wed Sep 08, 2021 7:08 pm

Carter
Blueger
McCann
Erod?
Simon?

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Postby DigitalGypsy66 » Wed Sep 08, 2021 7:11 pm

Now we enter the Red Wings timeline…

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Postby mikey » Wed Sep 08, 2021 7:28 pm

Carter
Blugers
Player we add with the LTIR/Poulin
Boyle!

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Postby NTP66 » Wed Sep 08, 2021 7:39 pm

I’d rather he miss the start of the season than the end of it.

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