Just shïtty ice
- Thorny87

It never ends. It's like soup and it kills teams that love to pass, pass, pass. If I had a team of plugs, I would demand my ice be like this.

This is so fugly

A poopshow by special teams tonight.

I don’t like JJ either but that’s on Cullen to get the extra attacker
- gravyboy33

On the goal after the PK? I didn’t blame him for the goal. I just said he sucks and he got outmuscled by Toews lol

On the PP goal? I didn’t blame him for the goal. I just said he sucks and he got outmuscled by Toews lol
- j.boyd919

Right on, fair enough

Right on, fair enough
- gravyboy33

That goal was just in the whole PK as a unit. They have 2 or 3 chances to clear the zone and couldn’t.

On the goal after the PK? I didn’t blame him for the goal. I just said he sucks and he got outmuscled by Toews lol
- j.boyd919

Plus the way he squirts water in his mouth, awful. He can't do poop right

Atrocious officiating...can't even call the obvious highstick on the puck carrier.

Look, the Pens won eight in a row, so this streak had to come to an end sometime, but it shouldn't be to a team they should beat.

Look, the Pens won eight in a row, so this streak had to come to an end sometime, but it shouldn't be to a team they should beat.
- Rinosaur

they havn't beaten the blackhawks for 9 straight games (make that 10).

Look, the Pens won eight in a row, so this streak had to come to an end sometime, but it shouldn't be to a team they should beat.
- Rinosaur

Yeah I knew it was gonna be to this trash with a few good players

I’m convinced we’ll never beat the Hawks again in my lifetime.

Look, the Pens won eight in a row, so this streak had to come to an end sometime, but it shouldn't be to a team they should beat.
- Rinosaur

Any given Sunday Rino

I’m convinced we’ll never beat the Hawks again in my lifetime.
- Victoro311

Who cares they r a poop team...that call on Letang was a joke and the missed call on Simon was trash. Pens were the better team tonight.

The Pens passing went to absolute garbage midway through the second.

pens did the ethical thing and let chicago win at something

The Pens passing went to absolute garbage midway through the second.
- j.boyd919

Not to mention they abandoned any structure and went full run-and-gun.

So... obviously Murray > DeSmith.

So... obviously Murray > DeSmith.
- Guile

Nah. Murray is just lucky that his team is collapsing and keeping shots to the outside or some garbage like that.

Nah. Murray is just lucky that his team is collapsing and keeping shots to the outside or some garbage like that.
- j.boyd919

#GritAndVeteranLeadership

JJ continues to play like ass game in and game out. I tried to give him the benefit of the doubt, a la Paul Martin's first season in Pittsburgh, but I can't do it any more. He sucks.

GMJR pulled the trigger on Ryan Reaves and traded him away to Vegas, how come he cannot own up to the boondoggle that is JJ?

JJ continues to play like ass game in and game out. I tried to give him the benefit of the doubt, a la Paul Martin's first season in Pittsburgh, but I can't do it any more. He sucks.

GMJR pulled the trigger on Ryan Reaves and traded him away to Vegas, how come he cannot own up to the boondoggle that is JJ?
- simethos

Reaves was a much more minor move. He was an expiring contract with a modest cap hit that Rutherford brought in on a draft day whim specifically to counter Tom Wilson. He didn't really do anything so we shipped him out to make room for Brassard.

Johnson, on the other hand, was much more calculated. Rutherford's interest in Johnson had leaked a month or so in advanced and Ruth got universally panned for it. Despite the negative blowback, Rutherford not only went ahead and signed him, he signed him to an absurd contract and then doubled down on it by saying Torts didn't know what he was doing when scratching Johnson. So not only is Johnson's contract unmovable, Rutherford has a lot of personal honor tied up in Johnson since he pretty much gave the fans, the media, and another NHL head coach the middle finger when signing him. Not the same as moving on from a minor acquisition.

Reaves was a much more minor move. He was an expiring contract with a modest cap hit that Rutherford brought in on a draft day whim specifically to counter Tom Wilson. He didn't really do anything so we shipped him out to make room for Brassard.

Johnson, on the other hand, was much more calculated. Rutherford's interest in Johnson had leaked a month or so in advanced and Ruth got universally panned for it. Despite the negative blowback, Rutherford not only went ahead and signed him, he signed him to an absurd contract and then doubled down on it by saying Torts didn't know what he was doing when scratching Johnson. So not only is Johnson's contract unmovable, Rutherford has a lot of personal honor tied up in Johnson since he pretty much gave the fans, the media, and another NHL head coach the middle finger when signing him. Not the same as moving on from a minor acquisition.
- Victoro311

and damned Sully into keeping him in the lineup

JJ continues to play like ass game in and game out. I tried to give him the benefit of the doubt, a la Paul Martin's first season in Pittsburgh, but I can't do it any more. He sucks.

GMJR pulled the trigger on Ryan Reaves and traded him away to Vegas, how come he cannot own up to the boondoggle that is JJ?
- simethos

Paul Martin put up 24 points and was decent at driving possession and ended up as a positive goal differential (+5) at 5v5 his first season in Pittsburgh lol that’s a weird misconception/comparison.

Paul Martin put up 24 points and was decent at driving possession and ended up as a positive goal differential (+5) at 5v5 his first season in Pittsburgh lol that’s a weird misconception/comparison.
- j.boyd919

I remember a lot of people having misguided expectations of what Paul Martin was supposed to bring.