Anyone have a re-run of the game? I missed it all and I'm just trying to catch up.
- PensMalkin71

Not unless you're in Vancouver and willing to wait for the Bengals game to be over today before I let you watch it lol. Pens played well, we kept it close through halak's performance but looked out of sync when we got into the pens zone.

Clutterback also isn't a top 9 forward.
- Isles_since_6

I like Clutter but i agree. I like him on the PK and the fourth line. He makes too many bone headed plays in the offensive zone which kills momentum. Last night quite a few. I know it's only one game but waive, ship out, whatever with Mcdonald. Call up Lee and put Clutter back on the 4th line.

Not unless you're in Vancouver and willing to wait for the Bengals game to be over today before I let you watch it lol. Pens played well, we kept it close through halak's performance but looked out of sync when we got into the pens zone.
- Isles_since_6

I saw that they are playing it on MSG but I don't get it

I like Clutter but i agree. I like him on the PK and the fourth line. He makes too many bone headed plays in the offensive zone which kills momentum. Last night quite a few. I know it's only one game but waive, ship out, whatever with Mcdonald. Call up Lee and put Clutter back on the 4th line.
- Cptmjl

Jack Skille scored his 2nd goal of the season the other night but hey lets waive him because we don't want to lose Cmac Its a joke if they don't call up Lee for tuesday's game. McDonald is a career minor leaguer nothing more

Jack Skille scored his 2nd goal of the season the other night but hey lets waive him because we don't want to lose Cmac Its a joke if they don't call up Lee for tuesday's game. McDonald is a career minor leaguer nothing more
- Vukota

I saw that. Good for him. I liked Cmac season bfr last but I don't know where he comes off gliding around out there? Snow saved him from the trash heap and he doesn't seem to appreciate it all that much. The guy doesn't play with any intensity whatsoever from last season to last night. He was invisible. This teams loyalty to him makes no sense to me at this point. If Grabo is going on LTIR I just don't see the point in not calling up Lee. It's one game and the rest of the team seemed flat but for a guy playing for a job it was pretty damn unimpressive.

Its not about winning every night its about how they lost. Maybe it was due to the line up changes with the loss of grabo idk but they looked flat last night. I have no problem with a loss in itself but when you dont compete is where I find the problem. There's no need to relax I'm fine. I don't think the sky is falling either I'm just discussing what i saw last night.
- Cptmjl

Agreed last night wasn't good but were gonna have games like that, the pk will get much better when Grabner gets back, and hopefully Grabo is not out too long,cause then I may be worrying,let's kick butt Tuesday and go from there

Agreed last night wasn't good but were gonna have games like that, the pk will get much better when Grabner gets back, and hopefully Grabo is not out too long,cause then I may be worrying,let's kick butt Tuesday and go from there
- jwbadlands

Does anyone know the deal with Grabner?

Does anyone know the deal with Grabner?
- Cptmjl

Hernia surgery 4-6 weeks

Agreed last night wasn't good but were gonna have games like that, the pk will get much better when Grabner gets back, and hopefully Grabo is not out too long,cause then I may be worrying,let's kick butt Tuesday and go from there
- jwbadlands

Jack Skille scored his 2nd goal of the season the other night but hey lets waive him because we don't want to lose Cmac Its a joke if they don't call up Lee for tuesday's game. McDonald is a career minor leaguer nothing more
- Vukota

Loyalty to scrubs just don't get it......

Hernia surgery 4-6 weeks
- Vukota

Thats right. Slipped my mind.

Agreed last night wasn't good but were gonna have games like that, the pk will get much better when Grabner gets back, and hopefully Grabo is not out too long,cause then I may be worrying,let's kick butt Tuesday and go from there
- jwbadlands

Grabner will help the pk definitely but its the fundamentals of the PK thats the problem IMO. The easy play/route is never taken. You should stop worrying about puck possession in the defensive zone when youre on the penalty kill. Just get the puck out of the zone. Either up the boards or off the glass. How many times did we see that last night or in the past for that matter? I was screaming at the TV last night "off the facking glass!!!!" .

Last night was one game......coulda gonna the other way if the isles buried a few chances. Can't be too concerned about the pens scoring on the PP. They're the best Pp in the league. To me, the boys just looked nervous.....all game.

We lost bc we fail to convert. If you don't covert on 5 on 3 the give other team a 5 on 3, 9 out of 10 times you going to lose the game

Colin Mac stinks. Not tht he did anything wrong he just did nothing
Also clutterbuck brought down Nielsen and bailey line last night.

All in all we aren't going to go 82-0 and we lost by one goal to penguins

Let's bounce back with win againsy Toronto on Tuesday. That's all

Last night was one game......coulda gonna the other way if the isles buried a few chances. Can't be too concerned about the pens scoring on the PP. They're the best Pp in the league. To me, the boys just looked nervous.....all game.
- kindlyrick

We did look Nervous. Same way they we're in 1st period in Carolina. They have to realize we can beat anyone in this league.

We squeezed the sticks too tight last night

We lost bc we fail to convert. If you don't covert on 5 on 3 the give other team a 5 on 3, 9 out of 10 times you going to lose the game

Colin Mac stinks. Not tht he did anything wrong he just did nothing
Also clutterbuck brought down Nielsen and bailey line last night.

All in all we aren't going to go 82-0 and we lost by one goal to penguins

Let's bounce back with win againsy Toronto on Tuesday. That's all
- Spartiarti

2 goals.

We did look Nervous. Same way they we're in 1st period in Carolina. They have to realize we can beat anyone in this league.

We squeezed the sticks too tight last night
- Spartiarti

Agreed.....there was too much thinking and not enough reaction. Bailey and Okposo shoulda had one each.

The isles looked deflated after not scoring on the 5 on 3. That woulda made it 2-0. Different game if that happened.

I'm not concerned. The isles will bounce back.

Loyalty to scrubs just don't get it......
- Ur Not Me

I don't put too much thought into Colin McDonald. The bottom line is cappy plays that line too much if you ask me. I'm not really sure why he decided it was smart to start the 4th line against other teams top line to start the game. I feel like he's asking too much outta them.

2 goals.
- Cptmjl

The 3rd was empty netter. It was 2-1 game basically

Agreed.....there was too much thinking and not enough reaction. Bailey and Okposo shoulda had one each.

The isles looked deflated after not scoring on the 5 on 3. That woulda made it 2-0. Different game if that happened.

I'm not concerned. The isles will bounce back.
- kindlyrick

Nelson had golden chance too and didn't elevate the puck enough.

Nelson had golden chance too and didn't elevate the puck enough.
- Spartiarti

Yeah on the PP. I remember that.

Thats right. Slipped my mind.
- Cptmjl

- potvin05

Took a while

Let's face facts they played against a solid PITT team which has a healthy lineup and are playing with purpose. More important PITT has scouted the Isles first four games so they have a good handle on their breakouts, pp setup and pk. When the opposition takes you seriously you have to prepare and also vary your game else you don't stay in the playoff mix. Yes it is coaching and players who can adjust.

Lee scored 2 goals tonight and has 5 points in 5 games.