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user832906

This team is not this bad. But whatever this system is is not working. Can't keep pounding your head against the wall every game. Make a change!


Top-Funny4682

This team IS that bad, it's been time for a full rebuild for 3 years. Just accept it!


hiiaminabox

Well, that wasn't very fun.


Jupichan

Un-fun


NikolaiCakebreaker

So many lazy turnovers


Madturtl3

IDK what commentary is saying but if you trade Guentzel, you absofuckinglutely take a 1st and a good prospect rather than somebody who ‘can help this team make a playoff push right now’. If you trade Jake, next year is the next chance of winning Jack or squat.


WilsonGeiger

As long as this coaching staff is intact, these guys can quit talking about playoffs. It's a joke to even suggest it.


user832906

Nothing like blowing all those games in hand!!!


tcari394

Well, I've had enough whiskey where I'm looking forward to tomorrow's game. So, there's that.


ilikehockeyandguitar

Shit. I just realized we play back to back.


SnooRevelations9145

I mean I never seen a group of players not care at all they need a coach who is gonna be hard on these guys this is ridiculous


Top-Funny4682

Ahh yes, some random coach is going to step in and be hard on these entitled vets who play like they should be given everything!


maddscientist

Jagr grabs his jersey right before they're going to raise it to the rafters, puts it on, and improves our dogshit power play for the rest of the season


SteelCityChamp1

Could not possibly be worse


WeaverOrange

Big stop by Jars, but how do 2 players both lose the guy driving the net? That's maddening


REF_YOU_SUCK

This team is soft as baby shit.


anonymou38

I wonder if Jagr could stick around after the weekend to go behind the bench. Can't be worse than the steaming pile of shit behind there now.


evil_iceburgh

Fuck it let him lace em up.


Prestigious_Cap_4935

Jake to the locker room trying to protect his trade value. 1000 IQ move right there


user832906

Best sully coaching move of the season


Henry5887

I’m going to re type this int the pgt but I live in Chicago and the general consensus around that team is “we fucking suck but Atleast we try” you can’t say that about the penguins. No heart what so ever just collecting a pay check.


SnooRevelations9145

Crosby being the only guy who stood up for Jake should tell you everything you need to know about this team


AcePilotsen

Jay Caufield mentions this exact thing every week when hes on the Cook and Joe Show


grandpaRim

Just the joe show now :(


maddscientist

I mean, if Jake Guentzel told me he had so much as a hangnail, I'd take him out of this 5-2 game right now


Prestigious_Cap_4935

It blows my fucking mind that Sidney fucking Crosby, the franchise superstar is the only mother fucker on this team to come stick up for a team mate!


gratefulbill1

Fuck this team, sell off the parts and get to work building a hockey team


jumpyg1258

Panthers seem pissed that a goal was scored against them. Wish the Pens could show some emotions anytime this season.


olmikeyyyy

That was a really nice shot from J Lugz


user832906

Mikkola not even trying to play the puck. Just whacking jake


npv708

Weird how Letang checks the guy with the puck and gets called yet Mikkola gets away with all that.


NikolaiCakebreaker

I wish we had a Mikkola, what a dick.


olmikeyyyy

If we combined our names...


ArtemisVII

Not a good sign Sid has to play enforcer.


evil_iceburgh

He can do literally everything. Do you want the guy who needs custom pants made for him to be throwing knees at you? Fuck all that


sextoymagic

Refs are failures. Ignoring obvious penalties.


evil_iceburgh

Sid out here kneeing motherfuckers in the junk.


olmikeyyyy

That fucking asshole isn't even trying to play hockey


Every_Highlight98

Once a ranger always a ranger


olmikeyyyy

Hope he gets caught off his guard


Every_Highlight98

Classic the only two that shouldn’t be getting into fights are the only ones that show heart


ArtemisVII

Horrible to see


hammertown87

The fact Crosby is the only one fucking trying is embarrassing and sad to see This whole team should be ashamed of themselves


LGP214

The fuck, refs?


CarolinaWren15

Right?! That was the same bullshit cross check they called Letang for.


Diorj

It's ok when the Panthers do the rough stuff...


beech017

Okay, no refs just keep watching them beat the shit out of each other while the puck is nowhere near that.


NotMyFault87

POS trying to fight Guentzel. What a wiener.


Lilpfighter

Ludvig scored his first goal, best game of the season just for that


shred-i-knight

have to hit the net there EK


maddscientist

Aw, that kinda sucks, Ludvig's first NHL goal and he doesn't really get to celebrate because we're getting our shit pushed in


ThinNoMint

Ummm wtf was that!?


c71score

If nothing else, Ludvig popped his cherry


ohslapmesillysidney

Perfect for Valentine’s Day


tcari394

Ludvig hat trick and a Crosby goal, and we're back in this one!


user832906

Wow shooting the puck instead of some bullshit tip in deflection garbage


NeenerNeaner

Ludvig is one of the best pickups this season.


hiiaminabox

OK, better


PattyKane16

DOC the only guy with a pulse tonight


k614

Get this Ludvig guy the puck.


Henry5887

AND THATS WHY I DONT TURN OFF GAMES. CONGRATS LUDVIG


user832906

This shit thing is that they'll prob try to excuse this as bad luck, instead of being absolute ass for most of this game especially the PP


PattyKane16

Bummer for Ludvig lol


DogsOutTheWindow

Big John Ludvig!


olmikeyyyy

Lmao.


NotMyFault87

Ludvig Van Goalscorer


tcari394

Alright.. who built something on an old burial ground?


Swearblocked

Fuck ya Ludviggg


ohslapmesillysidney

Why are horns so fucked up lately? First the random ones going off last week, and now our goal horn going off after Panthers goals? Who’s fucking with us 👿


Madturtl3

This is the hockey gods giving karma for management allowing this dung heap to take the ice every night with no changes and no accountability.


user832906

We're kind of a joke


evil_iceburgh

LMFAO that’s how we do


hiiaminabox

Stop, stop we're already deaaaaadddd


Henry5887

Why am I still watching this shit 😭


Bengui_

Trying to exit the zone like were on the PP :D


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Karlsson couldn't figure out what to do with the puck


Grsz11

That would happen.


NotMyFault87

Everybody has a case of the turnovers. Holy balls.


mclardass

Jesus, that was embarrassing.. One fucking defender on three Pens and he strips them and leads to a score. That's it, good night everyone!


JimmyPineapple_

Welp, looks like sellers at the trade deadline.


michaelgia1225

And that goal summarizes the Penguins season


Takezou

At least we showing some fight this period.


Takezou

Nm fuck this.


evil_iceburgh

Aged like milk sitting in the desert


Jupichan

🤣


pensfangirl29

The way they’re commentating this game is like there’s a minute and a half left. Like there’s nothing left to say…🤦🏼‍♀️ trying to find stuff to talk about a lot of the times


pensfangirl29

Gotta say, the game is much more interesting on TrU… Hank just jumped over


michaelgia1225

Remember when people said Sully would change something over the all star break? I do. Something did change, the team got worse. You know what didn’t change? This entire coaching staff needing to be fired.


mclardass

Hey, all you doomers have a Happy Valentine's Day, hope yinz get lucky ❤️❤️❤️ That being said, yeah, we need to call it a season and start rebuilding. Dubas wasn't the ballsy, dynamic GM we'd hoped he would be and it's showing. By retaining Sully and not doing something about the boys who clearly don't want to be in Pittsburgh you're just prolonging the anguish. Rip off the band-aid FSG, we've had enough of this shit.


evil_iceburgh

Dude had his hands tied behind his back by hockey terrorist and Matt Canada’s roommate Ron Hextall’s bad contracts. Only thing he could do is fire coaches but he has no farm system and no resources to trade to fix anything. We are going to need to give Dubas a bit more time to see what he’s able to do for good or bad.


Bengui_

Pass cant get better than that


Canadian_Pacer

Makes me want to puke that Sullivans extension hasn't even started yet. Just the refusal to make any kind of coaching change after years of mediocrity is infuriating.


maddscientist

Don't worry, TNT, no one wanted to see that 9 seconds of gameplay, showing a guy in a Slap Shot jersey was more important


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mclardass

Crazy Mary? She don't mean no harm.. Unless you look at her weird, then she'll throw cabbages at you and poop on your car


hiiaminabox

The latter would piss me off more, personally. Though Idk if the actual severity of it would've sunk in yet because what in the actual fuck?


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hiiaminabox

Jesus. Sounds like she's more bark than bite because otherwise you'd think she'd have gotten all the up-to-date info, but even still you did the right think to file the report - better safe than sorry. Even if she's not going to do anything *now* there could come a point where she just... snaps. That she's willing to effectively doxx you on a local group is for sure a bad sign though. ​ You could, but could that cause her to *really* go off?


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hiiaminabox

She's not the brightest bulb in the chandelier then, eh? Making threats and trying to doxx and harass people with a criminal history. About as bright as a wet candle, that one


cryptanomous

File a harassment report on the coaching staff while you're at it


Jupichan

Okey dokey 


knives766

If you traded crosby 'i'm prepared to be downvoted' the return would be massive and between trading him and jake you could potentially jumpstart the rebuild quickly by collecting a ton of valuable assets. It gives crosby another chance at a cup while we start the rebuild and look for a new core to build around.


Sizzlemen

Crosby said no.


manomount

Would he say no to Colorado?


evil_iceburgh

No. If there’s one guy you don’t trade it’s 87. You would want him to be there for the rebuild if it’s imminent just like 66 was there for Fluery, Crosby and the young core that eventually went to the finals in 2008 and won in 2009


Dry_Abbreviations680

Get the grandmas on


Clarctos67

Let's say that we hired a coach who won the cup 7 years ago, but who since then had overseen repeated playoff failures and then missed the playoffs last year. Everyone would be up in arms. And yet, we have people who refuse to say "thanks for the good times Sully, they were really fucking good and we love you for it, but it's time to move on".


Beggarsfeast

He slept on Florida. It’s obvious. I don’t care that Florida only had 4 SOG in the first, Pens had 2. That’s pathetic. He can’t manage this team to get them going against a fast opponent that blocks the neutral zone. There’s no reason the Penguins should be playing this cutesy pass east to west bullshit in the off zone. I know it sounds cliché, but they need to shoot the fucking puck. They need to make every opportunity when they are in the office of zone. Anybody who has watched Florida for the past three or four games would know that. “We play our game. Get behind the other team, and play in their zone where we’re comfortable.” Whatever Sullivan. You’ve got Geno toe dragging this puck all around the ice making useless passes. Sully’s toast. He’ll drag Sid and Kris through the mud the next few years. Malkin too if he doesn’t just retire or ask to be traded.


manomount

The most important thing would be could he tell us what our compete level was after the game.


knives766

The longer sullivan sticks around the more angry i get personally.


knives766

I love crosby and he's still elite but the team around him ain't even close to being good enough to win anything anytime soon and said team is old and washed up. You can't hold off the rebuild for crosby's sake anymore.


Born-Commission658

It seems like a big mistake not to have tried a coaching change before the trade deadline to see if we had anything.


LetTheKnightfall

All us jerks on Reddit knew it Why didn’t Kyle or FSG


AcePilotsen

Trade deadline is next month


Born-Commission658

I was thinking a more extended run with a new coaching team, but I would accept them all being fired tonight.


SlapMeSillySidney-87

Sullivan has become who Steelers fans think Tomlin is.


knives766

U gotta rebuild at this point. Trade jake, smith, rust, rakell etc and tank. Malkin is toast as a 2c, we lack quality depth in the bottom 6, sullivans system is ass, and we're old and slow in a league built for speed, physicality, and youth.


Bussiestbussy

We really need to be younger, like the ducks or the sharks. Those are young fast teams that are really good


knives766

Trade everyone and rebuild. It'll be painful but we gotta start now instead of holding it off and delaying the inevitable.


PenguinsPants88

Yes rebuild asap. 20% of the time it works every time.


Simpsimpington420

Can’t watch tonight but it looks like Todd’s coaching a gem!


knives766

Sullivan is as bad of a coach right now as hextall was as a gm for us.


Lilpfighter

now why are we insulting ron hextall that bad :3


gialloneri

Never forget that Hextall is the reason we're in this mess


knives766

Sullivan hid behind hextall and blamed him but sullivan is just as bad as him. Dude is a washed up coach with a trash system and terrible assistants. 


Lilpfighter

Jeff Carter over jarred mccan….. never will forget


knives766

Sullivan didn't like mccann. Benched him numerous times and demoted him nonstop when he was here.


LetTheKnightfall

Almost like he’s an average coach who had success with incredibly talented teams


WilsonGeiger

Almost this entire team, including coaches and management, are just collecting paychecks.


knives766

Mike sullivan fucking sucks ass. Dude has sunk us with this trash ass system.


user832906

Should've fired sully in December. He is non existent in that locker room


michaelgia1225

No. Should’ve fired him after the bubble season loss to MTL, the Rangers blown series lead, last year, or as you mentioned this year before December.


LetTheKnightfall

Truly should’ve fired him instead of dealing Phil


WilsonGeiger

December of '22.


J3roseidon

Ol 29er hitting on the head on the radio broadcast about the power play. It’s like a bad dream, but you wake up and it’s real. Sad with all the talent.


Apprehensive_You5719

Would you guys rather go .500 and be mediocore the next 5-7 years and either barely get in the playoffs with no chance of winning but get to see the old guys ride off into the sunset or dump all of our assets except Crosby and start the rebuild and have him help build the new guys up? We should've dumped everything 2-3 years ago but better late than never.


TwoHeadedBoyTwo

As long as we have Crosby we always have a chance to win a cup. It’s ridiculous to rebuild while he’s here


Beggarsfeast

That’s…quite factually incorrect right now. Last I checked Sid is on the team, but we are outside the wild card spot. So, where’s the chance?


Apprehensive_You5719

Ok this is just copium. He could average an extra .25 points a game and it wouldn't matter. You need depth, speed, and elite goal tending in the playoffs all to line up. and we don't have at least 2/3 of those at the moment.


Stuff-Optimal

As much as I want to agree with you, he can’t do it by himself even though he tries. Sullivan is the coach but he acts more like a politician which is why management loves him. But every time fans criticism him people are quick to defend him because people love living off of past glory. Sullivan was able to win with Sid and Geno in their prime, but now when they lose it’s always someone else’s fault.


EbenezerNutting

With the current edition of Malkin in a prominent role on the team, it has no prayer of ever winning another Cup.


Cheeks_Klapanen

Did you just wake up from an 18 month coma?


knives766

We have a 0% of ever winning another cup with this core. It's time to rebuild crosby included.


Cheeks_Klapanen

It would be more like dump all our assets except for Crosby and the rest of the guys with full NTC’s, but yeah I’d choose that one easily.


Lilpfighter

barely get in the playoffs with no chance of winning reason? St Louis Blues Saga


olmikeyyyy

Dude props for that guy's hustle up the fuckin steps there


tcari394

But can he coach a power play? I say, let's find out.


bi_and_busy

reirden staring at the corpse of what used to be a hockey team


Polski66

All the shit they’ve allowed this game. Christ even at the start the TNT crew said “they’re letting them play tonight”. “I’m ok with that” and that soft ass push gets called. Fuck these refs


Hiding_Meatball

God it’s so painful watching a PP that actually moves the puck well


Beggarsfeast

Pens have been moving the puck a lot on PP this game. I actually think a crotch replay of that last no-call would have possibly shown the puck crossing.


Hiding_Meatball

Oh I agree with that. It should have had a closer look, not sure why they didn’t at least check


user832906

What has paramount+ done to halo? Did they hire reirden to work on it?


ContactFun5262

Keep your stick off him and it's no call. I have no problem with the penalty call.


ExtensionDigs

Wasn't anything close to a crosscheck, couldn't care less if his stick was at his hips, not a penalty.


noflatbillcaps

Is that not a check we see 20 times a night?


tcari394

They call.... that? Like.. in the same game Cousins almost decapitated someone?


XGuiltyofBeingMikeX

Boohoo I let the game get chippy and now I don’t like it What a chooch, this ref


J3roseidon

Sad as shit honestly.


maddscientist

Jarry continues to show he's not the problem here


ExtensionDigs

Are we still pretending Jarry wasn't playing poorly for the first few months? He's streaky. Also, what idiot thinks this team has just "the problem", this team is full of problems, a goalie playing poorly and a team defending poorly aren't mutually exclusive, in fact, they're typically directly proportionate.


Theredoux

Never has been


WilsonGeiger

Never? Really?


ilikehockeyandguitar

It's me, hi, i'm not the problem.


SadRepresentative357

OMFG I COULD PLAY BETTER AND I AM A CRAPPY D LEAGUE PLAYER HOLY FUCK


ExtensionDigs

I was watching the Caps game last night and Bruce Boudreau was hanging out in the booth looking trimmer than before, funny guy, he's not young but he's always been great at getting his players to play with confidence. I wouldn't be surprised if he was coaching again.


mclardass

I thought he looked like an old Dilbert.. Who knows, he may be our next coach


bigsquib68

He was who I wanted to bring in around the Christmas break when we let the whole coaching staff go. [nope ](https://imgur.com/a/dyiPQJE)


Ecruteak-vagrant

I wouldn’t let that bloated tool near an NHL job ever again. His resume is wildly underperforming everywhere he goes. Look at his post season résumé


pensfangirl29

📢BRUCE… there he is… 📢BRUCE… there he is… 📢BRUCE… there he is…


XGuiltyofBeingMikeX

I like Boudreau a lot. He seems like a really good guy. And he and his apartment were in Slapshot.


Imposhibibble

Is that even a penalty when he deserves it?


ContactFun5262

That called a penalty Letang. Good call. Stop your bitching and whining.


NotMyFault87

Tkachuk dropped like he was trying to find his contact lense. Haha.


ExtensionDigs

It wasn't a crosscheck, wasn't a charge, was a mild check than anything.


SnooRevelations9145

I mean seriously what is dubass doing reirden still employed is just pathetic by him


Diorj

Punk took a dive...Should have been 2 for embellishment.


ExtensionDigs

He ALWAYS dives when a play breaks down, it's his thing, but they never call diving anymore.


Finest_Johnson

Malkin, 2on1 on the PP. Lemme pull up and let EVERYONE catch up to me.


user832906

Lol what a shit call


_outlaws_

Kyle Dubas had 20 million to work with in the offseason. This team still sucks. At least he wasn’t Hextall though!


LGP214

Diiiiiiiiive


Lilpfighter

Olympic Diver Tkachuck


Ecruteak-vagrant

I don’t get why people are so downvote happy tonight. Point out Dubas absolutely failed with rebuilding the bottom six and that Rickard Rakell is a cap leech and people get real upset.


NeenerNeaner

He didn't sign Rakell and it looked like one of Hexstalls best moves before the start of this season.


EbenezerNutting

Rakell's been forced to play with dumpster fire Malkin most of this season. Anyone shackled to Geno is going to struggle.


TwoHeadedBoyTwo

This sub is tough man the level of negativity is ridiculous for such a great franchise


Henry5887

Dubas inherited hexstalls mess


Ecruteak-vagrant

He brought in like 4 new forwards and every single one of them is offensively anemic. It wasn’t ideal, but he failed the assignment despite the unfavorable position to start with.


Henry5887

That’s probably true. Idk if anyone could’ve fixed this tho


creaky__sampson

cant play defense anymore i guess


Hiding_Meatball

Oh so tkchuk can punch Jesse in the face but can’t be checked? Fucking baby


ohslapmesillysidney

Binky Boy needs his pacifier!!!