They put together a good game for almost an entire 60 minutes. This one could have gone either way.

So when was Letangs brain transplanted into Schultz?

I am a fan of the team and want him to succeed i really do...but if him being solid is 4ga its beyond frustrating. It's mostly the fact that he never finds the big save for me...I see a lot to.love with jarry regarding that tho.
- taleisyreXIII

He made plenty of big saves. A few in the first period. On the PK a couple of times. Made a sick glove save from a shot from the slot. Made a few saves in OT where the Pens couldn’t do Richard.

He has one of the highest HDSC save %'s in the league..
- MattStrat

Yet never seems to make the big timely saves right.

Wow....what meltdown. You won't see a more horrific 3v3. Honestly, I'm hanging a lot of that ending on ZAR. He was putrid.
- madmike71

Likewise. Him and Schultz were absolute garbage at the end of regulation.

Damn I tune in and theyre up 4-2 only to not do one thing right the final 6 minutes and ot. Schultz pathetic with the turnovers.

Yet never seems to make the big timely saves right.
- taleisyreXIII

Except he does make big timely saves, all the time. You just seem to disregard them until he lets one in.

He made plenty of big saves. A few in the first period. On the PK a couple of times. Made a sick glove save from a shot from the slot. Made a few saves in OT where the Pens couldn’t do Richard.
- j.boyd919

Dude i gave him credit with 5 to go..and 3 goals later we have a loss...blame all u want but the tender is on the team too..he can occasionally steal a game for us...he is allowed to do that..just never does.

Yet never seems to make the big timely saves right.
- taleisyreXIII

He did not lose this game, from the Islanders PP and on we sucked ass

Except he does make big timely saves, all the time. You just seem to disregard them until he lets one in.
- lemieux_66

^^this lol

Likewise. Him and Schultz were absolute garbage at the end of regulation.
- Hockey66

Completely agree. Both were abysmal.

Dude i gave him credit with 5 to go..and 3 goals later we have a loss...blame all u want but the tender is on the team too..he can occasionally steal a game for us...he is allowed to do that..just never does.
- taleisyreXIII

Wrong.

^^this lol
- j.boyd919

But I didnt..I gave him credit for being solid just this game...until he wasnt.

Gotta give props to the Isles and Trotz. If they weren't in our division/conference I would root for them.

Dude i gave him credit with 5 to go..and 3 goals later we have a loss...blame all u want but the tender is on the team too..he can occasionally steal a game for us...he is allowed to do that..just never does.
- taleisyreXIII

that wasn't on Murray. Pens didn't win a face off the whole time I was watching at the end and the 3 on 3 was terrible.

Murray drops his glove constantly and the league knows it. He also lets in leaky goals like the game winner. Too many get through him.

I agree he makes spectacular saves, and I agree he is likely the best they have, but that just tells me they need to find better.

If he truly wants 7 mill. I hope he gets it elsewhere.

that wasn't on Murray. Pens didn't win a face off the whole time I was watching at the end and the 3 on 3 was terrible.
- all-pgh

Never said it was on Murray...no no..said if solid means 4ga it's not good. At the end of the day..dude gave up 5. That is too.many..and for the most part the team played well. The whole team lost it with 5min to go..but mur is the last line and he didnt step up to save the team having a small lapse this game. He needs to with all these injuries...he has to carry his weight the same as everyone else.

Honestly I don't want Schultz back at, or on a discount from, his current salary. Marino is proving every game he is top 4. ~20 games in the league and he is already better at defense than Schultz. ZAR can hit the bricks, too.

Except he does make big timely saves, all the time. You just seem to disregard them until he lets one in.
- lemieux_66

Except he doesn’t. MM makes big saves all goalies do, but MM has not been making the timely saves the Pens need to get through these injuries.

He has not been providing quality goaltending the past two years.

Never said it was on Murray...no no..said if solid means 4ga it's not good. At the end of the day..dude gave up 5. That is too.many..and for the most part the team played well. The whole team lost it with 5min to go..but mur is the last line and he didnt step up to save the team having a small lapse this game. He needs to with all these injuries...he has to carry his weight the same as everyone else.
- taleisyreXIII

Jesus Christ lol this is comical.

Jesus Christ lol this is comical.
- j.boyd919

U are comical. Honestly...this team hasnt done squat since maf was shipped outta here...those are facts...until mur shows me and the rest of the nhl he can do something without a bonafide starter nipping at his heels for net time...I say he is a bust. Like I said..I want him to succeed.. I really do. But he is not elite at all.

Jesus Christ lol this is comical.
- j.boyd919

Yeah that guy is a fool. The team is the one that failed on those goals, not Murray. When you give up those types of chances, you can't expect a goalie to step up and make the save. The goalie is at a huge disadvantage in the situations the pens put him in tonight.

The way Rust is playing, he's my top line RW with Sid. I'd probably have Hornie back with Geno.
- madmike71

I think I stick with pairs for now: Guentzel-Sid, Malkin-Rust if this continues, and McCann-Kahun. Hard to move Rust an I kind of want to keep him on the right.

Murray drops his glove constantly and the league knows it. He also lets in leaky goals like the game winner. Too many get through him.

I agree he makes spectacular saves, and I agree he is likely the best they have, but that just tells me they need to find better.

If he truly wants 7 mill. I hope he gets it elsewhere.
- Doogs

I think this is the reasonable ground with murray. He is not an elite, all world, consistently steal games for you goalie. But we can’t act as though he’s costing them games left and right either. He’s inconsistent, but when you blend it all together over a large enough sample, they could do worse. I’m not even a huge fan of his, but they could. However, I do not sign him to a seven year deal for eight mil a pop by any means.

It's games like this that make me angrier about losing to the Devils the other night. I'm not mad the Pens walked away with point. No Sid, Letang, Bjugstad and Hornqivst? Taking a point from a team like the Islanders is fine. Losing to a team like the Devils is not. That should have been a gimme game.