Penguins/NHL
Game 5: Capitals put the Penguins on the brink of elimination
Mike Sullivan “really liked” the Penguins game Saturday night.
He even felt it might have been the Penguins best game of the series.
“There was a whole lot of this game that we really liked,” said Sullivan. “It might have been our best game of the series.”
Unfortunately for the Penguins, two great periods don’t win you a sixty minute game.
The Capitals scored four goals in the third period, including two empty-netters, to rally past the Penguins for a 6-3 win in Game 5 to put the Penguins on the brink of elimination.
This was an extremely frustrating loss for the Penguins because of how they significantly carried the play through the first two periods.
Pittsburgh had their most productive game from the Derick Brassard line all series, the line producing the opening goal of the game, a Jamie Oleksiak goal from the point with the line showing excellent work down low on the goal and Conor Sheary providing a screen.
It was a rare impact night from a bottom-6 line this postseason, with Brassard at 80% possession (21/5) in the loss and the line as a whole above 70%. They were strong in developing zone-time.
Along with actually getting something from the Brassard line, Pittsburgh had a massive 24-7 edge in high danger chances (all-situations) in the game and a great night on the power play in getting two power play goals from Patric Hornqvist, Sidney Crosby.
It was quite the recipe to deliver a Game 5 win and put the Capitals on the brink of elimination.
Instead the Penguins are now in a situation where they have blown two-third period leads twice through the first five games of the series, a problematic area that makes a series awfully tough to win between two evenly matched teams.
— As all of the fuss late in the regular season from the fan base and media was about the Penguins missing Ian Cole, a potential problem area for the Penguins heading into the postseason was Kris Letang playing all season at a NO. 3/No. 4 defenseman type level than who the Penguins No.6 defenseman was actually being.
With how much Letang plays, his wildly inconsistent play should have been a bigger worry than anything.
This series that has really been highlighted and none more than the third period of Game 5 where Letang was out to lunch on the Kuznetsov and Vrana goals.
It’s nothing physical with Letang that looks wrong, it’s the mental part of his game that continues to be maddening.
Letang is constantly showing an inability to stay in his lane defensively. It haunted the Penguins on both goals and it wasn’t just a one period thing. It is happening on a consistent basis, which just can’t be the case for a so called No. 1 defenseman.
Brian Dumoulin can only cover so much these days.
If the Penguins get eliminated this series, Letang will surely be among the contentious discussions the organization plans to have moving forward.
Letang’s days as being viewed as an untouchable player are over in the organization, as evidenced by Jim Rutherford reaching out to General Managers in To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!
— The Tom Wilson suspension was strongly felt for the Capitals in the first two period with Smith-Pelly trying to play the role of a first-line winger.
That had to be hard to watch for Capitals fans.
Moving Jakub Vrana to the Ovechkin line in the third period brought a needed skill element to the lineup and instant results with Vrana scoring the game winning goal and finishing with a goal, 2 assists.
The Capitals found something there.
— While the Penguins got an impact night from Brassard line, which was a pleasant surprise, the Crosby line had their first dud of the series.
Jake Guentzel was a rare non-factor for the first time all series, he was certainly due for an off-game, Sidney Crosby was surprisingly at 25% in possession (7/21).
And then there’s Dominik Simon who took an ill-timed offensive zone penalty in the second period that changed the momentum of the game.
The good thing for Crosby/Guentzel, this was more likely a one game thing than a sign of things to come for the rest of the series.
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Man, it’s going to suck if the Pens bring back the same roster with a few tweaks. A couple extra weeks of rest isn’t all that’s needed. Don’t need to blow it up but definitely shake it up. Trade Murray and Letang for young Dman. Sign Cary Price with cap savings. Try to move Sheary and Hunwick and sign a top six left wing. Hope ZAR and Sprong develop. All doable.
I’m excited to see who the Pens pick in the first round this year
DePaoli quit like Letang
French dictionary is adding a new word to its book… Letang (v) To turn over puck with ease. Getting caught flat footed in ones own end.
Ex: The opposing defense Letanged the puck causing a 2 on 0 breakaway that lead to a goal.
Injury report: Letang thought he was still on IR from last season.
Injury report please!
He has to wait for the insiders to get the news on this before he can report.
HOW BOUT A FUCKEN RECAP D?
Don’t wake up DePaoli. maloni is …. something
Watching highlights again this AM. Missed this likely due to the disappointment but watching Cooze-netzov turn away from the man that set him up and his teammates to do the bird thing? What an asshole, this is why that team won’t win! You go Coast to Coast, all you… fly all you want… to turn away from the teammates in a team celebration moment? Hope Headman destroys him next round
Also I was shocked as hell to see the Capitals win 2 of 3 without Wilson… him being such a key guy and all. Important to some degree sure, as big a deal as some were making it out to be? C’mon
It is called depth. And I have no problem with what he did.
You are not good with sarcasm are you? There were some that really felt the loss of Wilson would have been a bigger deal than it was.
Don’t wake up DePaoli. I’m
Top 5 players with points in the playoffs are all out
I guess the silver lining is the fact that we beat the Flyers. At least that happened. Although Sam the chubster was heart broken after his idol, the French grabass, was knocked out of the playoffs, at least we ended their season. Letang’s contract won’t be as hard to move as people think. He had 50+ points this year and there are desperate GMs every summer. Someone may take a flyer on Sheary. 3million for two more years isn’t as egregious as people think and he’s still young. Include a pick with each him and Hunwick to get them off… Read more »
Carlson going conference final and caps will let him walk out after season end real bright and he will come to pens keep drooling like you drool everytime. First off cap space is going up second Caps can’t wait your jaded lover orpig is gone so they can use some of the money on Carlson
English mothafucker? Do you speak it? Coming from the ass that’s been drooling all over Vegas and their goalie all year lol
Top to bottom they had a lot of underachieving at points of the year. With all the young passengers Shearys contract becomes something they almost need to move. In a bad year he almost netted 20 and did most of it off Crosby’s line. Someone could bite.
Crosby tied with Stevie Y. For the 10th spot in all time points. And now is 3 points behind to pass Gilmore and sakic and 197 points to reach the great one Wayne
All in all sid played good if it wasn’t for him this team woukdve been swept vs caps or not even pass the first round. Crosby was pens mvp
MAF, Kunitz and Bones all still have a chance at a 3peat and thankfully none of them play for the Capitals.
I know it’s. Not 3peat but caps have orpig and Niskanen
And Vegas has a bunch of ex penguins
Like engo,perron reaves Neal
All this coming from a guy who was rooting for the Flyers.
Dude go check conference final teams left how many of them I have right. Thank you
Only reason I lost that flyer’s series I didn’t think flyer’s would use that bum Elliot since he was out for a while with injury. Got caught there. The year pens best sharks I finished first.
You’re probably last place with npl
funny how npl is always in last place
#flyersin6
Gotta love Subban. Dude guaranteed a victory tonight. Why did Montréal get rid of him again? Oh I know why, the French Canadiaiens hate black people. Sam, can you confirm.
Us is a racist country.
Your country was built through racism.
Till thus day you have blacks and whites in a American conversation here in Canada we don’t have that issue.
Now get lost and go help npl with his
Black cockss matter movement
Canada is just America’s Toupee.
It’s funny how those most blind to racism are usually the racists
I think one of the more interesting decisions JR will have to make is on the center position. Does he admit mistake and try to move Brassard? If so, then you sign Sheahan for 2.5 and plug him in at 3C and go get a 4C. If he doesn’t move Brassard, I think he has to move Sheahan. You can’t tie up 2.5 in a 4C in rhe salary cap era.
You can’t tie up 2.5m on 4c. Yet you can have a 3m 4th liner like sheary and a 7m 3rd liner kessel?
Shutup idiot. I wanted to hear real responses on what people think, not a bunch of hate on players you dislike.
Hahaha coming from someone that had hate on brassard all along.
Brassard was garbage… while there may be an excuse or two available I have no issue with people that shit on him. The Pens thought they were getting a top 5 playoff performer over the past 5 seasons and he was a dud. Hopefully it was the exception!
Kessel was a significant piece for this team. For two cup runs for sure and earlier this season as they stumbled out of the gate it was him that kept them going. If it wasn’t for Kessels start this time potentially misses the playoffs altogether.
I don’t think he’ll trade Brassard. Gave up so much to get him. I think he was hurt from the end of the season. He had a groin injury I thought. Wouldn’t surprise me if he had a sports hernia. For Gods sake, I hope he was hurt based on his play.
Before anything else I want to hear the injury report and see who was really hurt and who just did not show up. If Brassard was really hurt I am willing to give him another shot, if he was not hurt then it was a failed experiment. All the money tied into the defense is what will kill this team next year unless JR finds a way to get rid of Letang and Hunwick which I do not see happening. I would even consider moving Maata too. I never liked him. If MM was not hurt then there are major… Read more »
I’d be curious as to how Brass will look with a full camp too. Injury or not he still came with a whole bunch of programming from that idiot in Ottawa.
Why? Brassard makes 3mil as far as we’re concerned and say Sheahan gets 2.5. That’s 5.5 mil tied up in your bottom two centers. Assuming Brassard is able to play near the level he traditionally has, that would be great depth at a solid price. If we do deal him, I’m sure he would fetch a nice return. Even as a 3c, 3mil is a solid price.
Yoda answer me. Who is better fleury or Murray
I thought Yoda was done when MAF won 2nd cup and left because of mismanagement?
I tough he went insider Vegas to bash him there
Okay maybe I’ll post after next season but I doubt it and I hope not. See you worms hopefully never. I’ve said my peace.
Letang, Malkin, kessel, and Murray played like fat cats. The pens gave up more to get brassard than they did to get hossa and dupuis. This season was bad on the ice and from management as well. I hope they have the balls to move letang and kessel. I hope the Russian retires. I hope Murray focuses more on hockey next year instead of his new wealth and his super hot Instagram GF. Those dudes should be ashamed.
#blowitup2.0
Move Kessel, No. Malkin to retire, No. Moving Letang will not be ballsy, it will be impossible.
I thought the pens were going to win and the caps were going to melt down after the pens ties the series in game 4. That was of course until Sullivan thought it would be a great idea to kill all of the momentum that sid, guentzel, and horqvist had going by inserting a minor leaguer where hornqvist was then sticking hornqvist with a fat cat Russian. Way to go coach!
I know right… I mean the coach of the first back 2 back cup winner in 20 years, the guy that helped keep the egos in check finally and he fucked it all up lol. You’re still a massive dong lol
Sorry, the coach started believing he was a genius and got arrogant. Simon on the top line killed all momentum that Crosby and guentzel had going for them.
Should have listened to you and blew up the roster in 2011….
New goalie saved the day. Never forget it
Oh ya we remember you still shouting it from mountain tops a week before the 2016 playoffs lol. Fucken loser go back to your plebeian planet asshole.
That arrogant part is understandable he is American it explains all
I’m posting from the pleadian system. Do you guys remember the green chick Captain Kirk go to do it with? Those chicks are native to the planet I now live on and they are hot and they like to party.
Yoda who is better fleury or Murray
I’d take Murray. He’ll recover.
What do you think of MAF now?
LAK and SJS are garbage. He’ll melt down next round.
Historically amazing numbers and this dumb fuckk can’t let go… sam will enjoy your return. It will take the heat off MAF!
It’s funny how you were riding Murray’s nuts as hard as anyone all time on any subject on the planet. Pens fail to win their third, he had a rough go and your back shitting on him. Fraud-u-lent!
Murray was average. He played below his potential.
Don’t disagree but it’s funny how quickly you’re turning on him lol. Such a reactionary loser. Pens win two cups, fail to win three straight and the sky is falling? Good grief
This just in parade is canceled. Those of you blowing up the Brass@SID4800$$ float can take your lips off his backside as he floated all by himself for the last 6 games. Remember when you need a save to send a season don’t depend up Pedro the glove. Ok I know the season is over but can Samtheman and ZC6687 can you two continue the feud on different posts it gives volume to this site.
Winnipeg is a morgue tonightb
Yoda you think fleury is better than Murray
Should have known we would lose tonight with Tomlin and the Big Overrated in attendance.
Think Tomlin had a few words of encouragement for the boys before the game. Explains the fast start
Either he or Mike Mitchell was standing outside the Caps locker room running his mouth. Bell may have made a new rap song for this. Tomlin probably gives the worst pregame speeches of any of the four major sports. The guy is awful.
NPL must be busy scuffing hot dogs at gaydogs bar celebrating the Tampax win.
Another thing I was right when I said that fat fuckk would disappear midway 2nd round and start cheering for Tampax
Has anybody ever called you Nostradamus before?
They don’t admit it here that’s a why they bash me
Nostradamus is also a fraud so… yes, yes we do lol
We just had to many guys playing hurt. I bet Brassard is hurt, Horny as well. We know Malkin and Kessel weren’t 100%. Factor the injuries and fatigue you know why they lost. I’m not making excuses. The Caps deserved to win this series.
#mattblurray
Wow welcome back we tough you were on insider Vegas bashing fleury
That didn’t take long.
He’s back
Here we ago again…
Congrats to the Caps. This was by far their least impressive team and they pulled it off. I think Tampa beats them though. Make a few changes on D and somehow trade Letang we should be fine. Murray is the goalie of the future. You traded the future when you traded for Brassard. Unless they trade Murray for another established starter he’s going nowhere. Rutherford blew it in the offseason. The D needs a major overhaul.
I just hope it was a one off… I don’t wanna see this turn into a a Rask/Pogge scenario. Murray has some offseason work to do. He needs to add some weight and get that glove hand higher. I’ll reserve judgment until next season. It’s hard to simply write off two consecutive dominating cup performances as a fluke.
Media types are predicting a Letang trade.
Remember when some made fun of fleury and I said with gallant he will go further then pens. I was was linked as crazy dreamer where is npl. Where is fleury and where are the pens
That was a painful season. Glad it’s over. At peace with their run. Hope they dont think a few small tweaks and they
ll be back. Need upgrades over Letang and Murray. need another top six winger.
Let’s see how long will take malkin to hop on their plans and go play for Russia
Fleury would have poke checked that break away.
Just poked checked? Fleury would’ve won the series for pens.
Unlike Murray couldn’t catch anything
Can’t believe they didn’t threepeat. Blow it up! BTW- I called Caps in 6.
Pens biggest problem they downgraded their defence this year compare to last year
You had hainsey. Pens #22 never replaced him
Daily pens #2 never replaced him
Cole. Pens #6 didn’t exactly replace him
You had fleury as back up pens never got good back up
Brassard was a busy
But Cullen, kunitz who did pens replace with. Simon ? Shehan! ?
Overall team went backwards and if it wasn’t for Crosby I’m sure this series wouldve been done in 4 games. I even doubt if they woukdve beat flyer’s with no sid
And we had Letang
what is this rambling garbage?
Get rid of chubby get players that will play with heart come playoffs
Having chubby in this series is like having Beau Bennett injured
It’s funny, he leads the team in 16, was instrumental in 2017 (no Letang)… I’m betting he was banged up here, he just set career highs and it cost the Pens 6.8.
Letang? 7.25 and was instrumental in being a direct cause of how many goals this post season? He made another horrible decision to pinch which lead to the rush in the first place. His career high this years was giveaways. He’s easily the one you move… guy plays well for 40-50 games or we get him 70-80 but he’s dogshit.
Same goes far chubby he was mentally and physically tired. He is not used to play this many playoffs in his career
Not too many are…
So let’s recap the multiple choice that I prepared before the playoffs for pens excuses
A ) pens played too many games
B) defence sucked
C) Murray is a fraud and team often needed 4
D) npl suckss
E) all of the above
Just like everyone on the Canadian broadcast just said… mostly A.
There was underachieving sure but how much of that was fatigue? Winning two was historic… three in this era? I mean almost a pipe dream which is why no one has come close in 35 years.
You wanna blame one or two guys (and leave Letangs name out of the conversation) you go right ahead. Lotta reasons the Pens lost… looking forward to seeing what they do to try and get back there next year.
Yesterday Renaud Lavoie was in Pittsburgh and was preparing for today’s game and he said pens main problem is mental fatigue they all checked out played a lot of hockey. And outside of Crosby no one was ready to play. Yes jake was a factor too but thanks too Crosby
Yet you’ve been legit blaming individuals all post season…
How about Holtby, Oshie, Carlson played really really good and earned it?
Or as npl says pens had no puck luck
Caps beat pens with no wilson no backstrom.
Thanks for the roster update…
They had 5 players that scored in this series haggy letang malkin, Guentzel and Crosby.
Hags or Hornqvist?
Blob
As soon as the Kuhnhackl shot hit the post, I knew it was bad news.
Congrats to the Capitals. They deserved it. On that note, go Vegas, go Jets, go Nashville or go Tampa lol.
Preds, Jets, Lightening or Vegas lol
Not even mad, Pens played a lot of hockey the past three years. They deserve some time to prepare for next season! Not even gonna overreact… some things to gripe about but not now. Tough end but… 2 straight… now prepare to get back on that mountain
Meh, can’t win em all. Definately need some roster changes. Need some character guys like Kunitz. Gotta rid yourself of the Letang cancer.
You said the playoffs will not start for the Penguins until the 3rd round.
They didn’t. No playoffs for the Pens this year. Take a rest and heal up.
Agreed on all fronts. My liver will appreciate the elimination. Move Letang and try to add some defensive depth and youth.
There it is… Letang gives his goal back lol
Wow!
NPL’s tv open or closed?
His cheering Tampax
Pens need to get rid of chubby this summer and get a young players that wants to play hockey with fire .
Guy just set season highs with over 90 points… Letang and his 90 giveaways is the better move easy. Makes more money and more egregious errors
Letang sucks
Pure garbage.
Just hope he isn’t keeping that one in his back pocket for a monumental fuckup later
At least sully is trying juggle the lines unlike DB used to watch the ship sink
DB did not know you were allowed to change lines once you anounce them.
Crazy what skill can do when you put it together. 81 and 71 tore it up all year. You put them together and immediate scoring chances. Sully kills me sometimes with his decisions.
90% of the Penguins look like they already checked out.
Only tonight or all series
Only 2 guys that are trying that is sid and jake
I do not see how JR will be able to fix this Defense this summer. Everyone is locked up except OLEKSIAK and no one will take the garbage of Hunwick or Letang. Plus Letang has a MNMC. Fuck it.
Sprong doesn’t play defense. The defense played by Simon and Sheary definately makes up for their offensive garbage on display for 12 games now.
At the game. Sheary fumbles the puck every time he touches it. Oleksiak looks nervous, just throwing the puck around the boards like a rec league player. Letang is hot garbage tonight but what else is new. Caps have one line. They will try to win this 1-0.
No one wants to become the Letang of the game.
For once you won’t turn off your TV early
How’s chubby doing. Does he know 2nd round has started yet
Crosby and Guentzel 17 goals 41 points
Rest of the team 19 goals 47 points
Having Beau Bennett injured back in the days and having sheary playing
Is the same result
Big Game Brass.
Big Bust Brass.
Did Brassard actually get a shot on goal? Give him a 5 year extention!
Apparently malkin bought his plane tickets after tonight he will go play for team Russia.
Murray caught a puck!
They shot in his glove
That was actually funny.
Chubby and orpig
Backstrom is out but Letang is still in.
Advantage caps
How cute, letang needs coddled by Sully.
“I did talk to him,” Sullivan said. “I told him how important he is to our team and how good he is. Tanger’s a guy who takes a lot of pride in his game. He’s helped this team win a lot of games. He’s helped this team win championships, and that’s the player we know and love. It’s a game of mistakes. Everyone makes them. It’s about reacting the right way, responding the right way, putting it behind you and looking forward to the next opportunity, and that’s what we talked about.”
Sam… if you were building a team and could only pick one of Malkin or Brayden Point at the age of 18 years old to build around… whose cockk would you suck first, MAFs? Crosbys? Letangs?
… or Rick Nash’s?
Forgot TK and sheary
Still waiting fleury’s last 10 games GAA shutouts ,how many times they needed 4 goals in order to win for him
And I want Murray’s stats too
You don’t know how to use the internet? How bout we discuss their last 10 finals appearances?
So you wanna suck them off too…gotcha
Crosby, then he would be traded for an aging Shea Webber.
No Backstrom tonight.
Bittersweet… granted the Pens were without Malkin for a couple so I guess that evens that bit out. Still… it will hurt more when Letang throws grenades at our goal all night and they potentially lose on home ice without Backstrom.
Pens played better without the Russian. They didn’t have to worry someone kills their momentum by taking dumb penalties in the offensive zone
Confirmed?
That sucks. I was hoping he wouldn’t be able to let it heal for game 7.
i feel pretty good about tonight. wednesday, too. pens in 7
You guys saw the tweets sharks vs kings. After sharks got eliminated
has sam admitted letang has been god awful yet?….or does he just try to prove the vegas knights goalie is good?…..address the pens not the knights you fool
Backstrom was not on the morning skate and listed as game-time decision
Fuckk yourself… sam still sucks
Zerotool can we have the stats for fleury and Murray their last 10 games
Wins, shutouts ,GAA and how many in their last 10 games team needed minimum 4 goals for a W
Give me a bit, I have to make adjustments for the fact that Murray also has to deal with Letangs constant **** ups
But But But fleury deals with engo over there. Most goals happens when engo is on ice getting caught
Now stop the excuse and give us the stats
Engo is playing less minutes than Letang with OT game exceptions and has been a minus player only 3 times vs Letangs 6… Letang has been universally worse playing defence than Engo has you fucken retard. That is part of the issue you half with dumbfuck lol.
In less games Engo has thrown more hits and blocked more shots. He has registered 4 giveaways while Letang continues to add to his magnificent regular season career high in this stat with 10 more so far. That’s almost one a game and I think the stat keepers have been kind in this regard
Fleury leads playoffs most saves and played less game then Murray
That’s nice, If Letang was still playing in front of him the quality of chance would likely skyrocket… what a fucken liability.
At the end of the day I have not been arguing MAF has not been better than Murray you stupid cunt, I have simply said that when playing on the same roster Murray was better… FACT! Playing on the same team, same structure behind the same D Murray was the better goalie period. Hindsight is always 20/20 however what if this is simply a bad year for Murray. I hope you are ready for taking a beating next year if Murray gets back to being the guy that won 2 cups for this team. I will be relentless. Again kill… Read more »
Ahahahaha Murray stock will never go up and only go down I said it from the moment he won vs sharks trade him before team makes wrong decision and stuck with him and exposed as fraud. And now that is exactly what’s happening just accept it like a man
“I said it from the moment he won vs sharks” – then he went on to beat Nashville…
Dude last year pens won because fleury took them far and pens has a lot of puck luck they were heavily outplayed by caps and jackets but lucky to get wins
And year before vs shark’s they won because the one hit wonder hbk line was hot and I told you they won’t. Be the same again and last year they weren’t.
All three guys were still massive parts of the team that won last year. You went off about the line but it has more to do with the parts… fucken idiot
Sorry but who was in goal again? Who had the superior numbers?
Something I think we can all agree on… Vegas made it out of the second round before Ovechkin and that is hilarious… LOL
The entire English-speaking free world will be rooting for Vegas over Winnipeg.
Doesn’t Winnipeg have to beat Nashville first?
Give it a night.
Cbc just said it so far fleury is the mvp in the playoffs
That’s what my neighbor said and he’s never watched hockey. He also said something about Letang being a Mental Midget
Letang is french for turnover.
Fleury was the MVP of the playoffs after round 2 of the playoffs last year also. Luckily his coach this year doesn’t have a hard on for the other goalie.
You mean having someone on the ice who can play the body on the fourth line is a valuble asset… who knew?
Actually reaves and the 4th line were good for Vegas tonight. Reaves bad 2 chances to score
Reaves 3rd star of the game. Lol. One more than Brassard
Fleury 4 wins away from the finals. A 4th shutout in 8 wins. Keep it up!!!
Let the wrong goalie go.
Npl suckss
I am seriously hoping a massive defensive upgrade (if possible) this summer may help Murray. They also need a quality “backup” that can push him and always threaten his job. As long as Letang is on this team his terrible play and even worse contract. 4 more years at 7.25 million a year. He must have had picks of RS cheating on his wife.
Hey zero tool remember you came up with the stats for Murray last 9 games
Can you do it again
Last 10 games for fleury and Murray. Along with their shutouts.
You can also tell us how many out of the 10 games how many times team needed minimum 4 to win for their goalies
Give me a bit, I have to make adjustments for the fact that Murray also has to deal with Letangs constant fuck ups
Hey npl you think fleury stole the game or Vegas played good in front of him
I think he didn’t have to deal with a train wreck like Letang and it allowed him to settle in and play
He had train wrecks like orpig engo Douglas Murray mattaa in front of him slow defence under a DB system that required. No defence
They both played behind the same 6 guys in 2016 and 17… Murray had the stronger performances…
Ryan Reeves to make his playoff debut
So that or Letang being utter garbage… what’s a bigger story?
I wish Letang would not have appeared this year. Much better results with Letang out.
who is Reeves?
The guy we should have kept.
I told you guys that fat fuckk npl would disappear midway 2nd round when pens are down and will go cheer for Tampax. He even has Tampax for the cup in the NHL playoffs bracket
He’s probably alone in that prediction
If there was one team that could’ve knocked bruins out in the east division was Tampax.
You had the Pens losing to Philly in 6 games. So what’s your point?
npl is a liar
Trade sheary ,Simon and sprong get braydon point and a 2nd round.
This guy is underrated and underpaid unlike sheary the fraud
You ready for Tampa in the ecf?
Last I checked I have Tampax in my COF. Vs caps
You and NPL can have a party now.
I dont party with liars
What did he lie about now?
Well he lied to his ex boyfriend
Braydon Pointe was like .8 ppg… if people don’t know who he is yet it’s because they are not paying attention lol.
Well you have npl from Tampa florida and he still doesn’t know who he is and doesn’t event know point carried the team to the 3rd round. Kinda reminds me of mix of Gallagher and st.louis small guy and goes hard to the net not afraid and is smart with the puck and without the puck. Plays a good 2 way hockey. We have a Russian we pay 9.5m and let me tell you be is not the smartest player without the puck. That’s why often ends up in the box. Specially when team is in the attacking zone.
Malkin >>>>>> Pointe.
If you were to start a franchise and had Malkin and Pointe available as the 1st pick but could only choose one who would you take?
… both at 18 years old
Yeah bc Tampa is that stupid. Tampa is not Montreal.
Yes, per Trotz he said he will play. Then said we will see where he is tomorrow. Backstrom is going to try and play through pain. Right now the swelling wouldn’t allow him to play. Trotz is hoping it goes down enough tomorrow. Those are the facts.
I hope he plays. If he doesn’t play and rests it for game 7, then he’ll be in better shape. I’d rather he try and play in 6 and prevent it from healing ir possibly injures it more in 6.
I think he plays as well. Just gamesmanship from Trotz.
Backstrom in. Carlson fine. Letang still is a Penguin.
Of course. Trotz is such a whiny cu*t’
I hope they put sprong in and Simon out. Rowney in Sheary out.
Guentzel-Crosby-Hornqvist
Sprong-Malkin-Rust
Kessel-Sheahan-Hagelin
Kuhnhackl-Brassard-Rowney
Cut Letang’s minutes and play the 3rd pairing more. I really like Maatta’s game these playoffs.
I think you have your right and left mixed up.
At this point I would bench Letang and start Hunwick. The defense can’t get any worse.
Regardless of how this year ends, you have to shake up the d-core starting with 58. Too many injuries, and his skills have diminished thus his speed cannot bail out his mental mistakes any more. Plus, 5 more years and it’s hard to think he will trend upward – get what you can.
Skills? Other than skating what are his skills..passing? Shooting? He doesn’t have puck skills. What he is is an exceptional skater.
The window for cups is as long as Crosby and Malkin throw on black and gold sweaters. Letang has to be moved, prepare to eat 20% of his salary. Sheary and Hunwick are wastes at their current salaries. Sprong needs to be in a top 6 role whether he plays defense or not. Brassard expiriment failed, time to get some picks back for him and maybe a defenseman. Whether I like Murray or not, he’s gotta be the guy for next year. Jary needs to make bigger strides this offseason. With all the saved money, look at Jack Johnson and/or… Read more »
Who do you think is going to take all this garbage? Letang’s stock is at an all time low, Sheary still has 2 years left at 3 million a year I believe, Sprong is in the final year of his entry level contract and has been dicked around so hard by Penguins management, Hunwick is garbage and Brassard looks like he never played professional hockey in his life. The only way to get rid of Letang is to take a terrible contract in return like staal from NY.
Have to eat 20% min for Letang. I would have rather had the J Staal contract than Letang’s. It’s a shame he turned down the trade over Christmas break. Have to eat 20% of Sheary.
Sprong needs his chance, he’ll be fine and score. Guerin just needs to get out of the way. Pray somebody hires him as their gm.
As bad as Brassard looks, he’ll still have stock as a #2 center on a lot of teams.
Hunwick can be a depth defenseman on bad teams. Don’t forget Arizona is always down for eating cap space.
I was talking about Mark Staal, not Jordan.
Letang to Vegas makes all the sense, IF they do decide to move on. They’re loaded with players that could provide a roster spot for the pens right now, they have the cap space and a ton of picks that can be moved other trades, they were already trying for Karlsson (Letang would be cheaper option for them to acquire), and MAF, Neal, Engo, Reaves, and Perron are already there providing a possible fit chemistry wise. I’m not supporting moving Letang, but this could be an ideal trade partner.
In my ideal scenario, only Rust, Sheahan, and Oleksiak are the RFA’s that should be retained. The cap going up and moving Hunwick’s salary should cover those salaries. So the Penguins could basically ice the same exact team next season. I’d hold on to Letang, and assess if he can fix his mental errors next year. Then consider moving him to Seattle based off that in the expansion draft as this is a player an expansion franchise would most likely love to have on experience alone.
Why on earth would Vegas wont Letang? They would be taking a step back with him. They are not that stupid. The Penguins should have exposed him during the expansion draft before everyone realized how terrible he has become.
Sam is gonna be heartbroken to read this. According to him Ds always on point and he just carved up the man Sams been apologizing for all season
Edmonton would take Letang off our hands.
Unfortunately with McDavids deal kicking in I think the Pens could still be on the hook. What would you want in return? I’d want another D but the only ones they have worth a spit are likely off limits.
They’d probably try to move Russell and he’s shit
Honestly to dump the salary I’d trade Letang for a 2nd round pick and top D prospect. How about Vancouver ?
People who think we’re getting a good return for him are living in the past. 31 years old, serious neck injury, serious concssion injuries, had a stroke 4 years ago, game has fallen off a cliff the past 2 years and gets worse game by game.
Seriously, what would you offer as a GM for him and that contract for the next 5 years?
I would take a bag of pucks for him just as long as the take his contract off the Penguins hands.
Van seemed content adding players to do a bunch of nothing, with the Sedins gone? Possibly
Think Buffalo would be stupid enough to take Letang and Murray for the first overall pick?
No but Montreal would.
Ok so if we had Ian Cole we couldn’t have cut down on Letang time? Maybe what he needs. No concern this has been the real Murray all along? Brass@SID4800$$ line did good because his line mates held him in play he was nothing special. Our future goalie is now in the Ottawa organization. There is no toughness on this team. As for the window the cupboards are bare,
I agree. Last year it was the Penguins have MAF and MM with Jarry in the AHL and the other dude that got traded to Ottawa. Future looks great. This year it is oh great the Penguins have MM and Jarry and no balls. There will be an overhaul this summer, just not sure it will be what we want.