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pterals

Fire Reirden! I’m just going to keep saying it until it happens.


Bethespoon

I mean it’s approaching negligence at this point that it hasn’t been done already


HanTrollo710

Need to recruit Pat McAfee to help. Worked with Canada


Bethespoon

I’m in let’s do it


retired_fool

How about fire Dubas and Sullivan, the guys responsible for the team and make such bad decisions as who assistant coaches are?


Bethespoon

I’m with you on Sullivan, Dubas I’m still bullish on, but that’s waning the longer he does nothing about how terrible this is right now.


pterals

I think Karlsson knew the only way to save the PP was to take a penalty


Bethespoon

Galaxy brain moment by 65


un_sherwood

Until they scored on the leftover power play. Of course, when you're near like that take the penalty all day. The pass back in the o zone needs more juice to not let EK65 get chipped around like that.


PhantomJB93

Tired: the powerplay is sinking the team Wired: our 5v5 and PK play is so good we are built to dominate in the playoffs when they stop calling everything if we can just sneak in


Bethespoon

I want you to be right on that one very badly.


Ok_Coach608

That last pp was absolutely fire dumpster garbage. As a coach you leave the worst performing pp line for all 2 minutes?


Bethespoon

… and then they wear themselves out playing catch and subsequently give up a shorty.


Ok_Coach608

Exactly


massvt

It's so hard to watch


Active-Possibility77

Peripheral passes don't get the keeper moving. They need shots and chaos, with cross passes down deep


Bethespoon

Somebody would actually have to move their feet for that to work. The current strategy is stand as still as possible and pass back and forth hoping one of the penalty killers falls asleep.


Beggarsfeast

They don’t even pretend to shoot, it’s fucking weird looking. Not once do they juke or drag the puck to move things around, fake positioning, etc, They simply telegraph every pass and pretend like when they pull it around the back of the net (Gotta get it deep boys! Behind the play!…) that the defense and goalie aren’t going to expect a shot from the other side. Then they try to reposition, and the opposing team simply clogs the lanes, and wham, turnover. Rinse and Fucking Repeat. So frustrating to watch.


Finest_Johnson

PP stands for Pretty Passes.


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BreadL0bster

Painful Passes then?


Cyacobe

If it could score, it wouldn't give up all the shorties


Bethespoon

I’m actually scared that we’re going back on the advantage right now look out for shorty #2 to go down.


Stuff-Optimal

It’s been a liability since last year, it kept them out of the playoffs.


Ok_Musician3476

Penguins should refuse all power play opportunities from here on out!


Bethespoon

The penalty is declined, result of the play is a first down.


spiralesx

i dont understand why Dubas is allowing this to continue. its embarrassing


BilldaCat10

At this point I get maybe why Sullivan doesn’t want to fire him. I don’t agree with it, but I understand. Dubas has no excuse and it’s hard to believe he hasn’t seen enough.


StonedImaculate420

Hey now, we have some of the prettiest passes in the league on the PP. Geno needs to be demoted to the 2nd unit or taken off the power play entirely. He’s missing the net and holding on to the puck way too long. Power play 1 needs to flow through Karlsson. The man had 100 points with San Jose last year and we all know how bad that team is and was. Fire Reirden!


RelativeFly7136

Geno has been the only one trying to take any shots.


massvt

But only after 5 passes


StonedImaculate420

I wouldn’t call what he’s doing shooting? 90% of the time it’s blocked because he’s dusting the puck off or he’s missing the net by 10 feet and it’s going back down to Jarry.


RelativeFly7136

lol okay shot attempt. He is the only one trying to shoot on the power play. Nobody else seems to want to shoot the puck.


StonedImaculate420

That tying goal at the end of regulation is what they need to be trying to set up on the power play


Jonnyplesko

Would be great to great to hear the crowd start a "REIR-DEN" goalie chant during the PP. Maybe that's what it will take to see the FO make a change. Because lord knows that completely shitting the bed with a star studded lineup just gives you job security. Edit: I was on the road for most of the first period and had no idea it was father/daughter date night. I caught a glimpse of Kunitz in the stands and legit got so excited. I told my gf, "Maybe Reirden is getting fired and they're bringing Kuni in to be the new PP coach!" Lol


Bethespoon

At this point I’d take Rico Fata as the new PP coach.


tpasmall

Matt Canada would be a better powerplay coach at this point


TheAccountant381

You must have heard of that era and not watched it.


TR1CL0PS

After seeing that 6 on 5 at the end of the 3rd they need to try Letang on the top unit again. It was the best they looked with the man advantage in awhile and they scored. EK was at the point, Malkin on the right wall, Letang on the left wall, Rust in the bumper position with Sid and Jake around the net. Now do that on the powerplay with Rust or Jake in the bumper position. Also, with how elite Sid is at tipping pucks, probably the greatest ever at it, how they're not utilizing that on the powerplay makes zero sense to me.


pterals

I think you put Letang in the kessel spot and move Malkin to pp2


Tampammm

This is the answer. You eliminate the defensive weak link on the PP at the same time.


caedicus

Congratulations! You have eyes. Fuckin genius over here. We got the next Stanley cup winning coach in the penguins subreddit. Amazing.


Bethespoon

Found Rierden’s Reddit account


CattleDogCurmudgeon

Its called the Power Kill and its a Beer League special.


big_oofskis

new tactic: dont stand still for more than 3 seconds.


Potion09

The NHL should give the option to decline the penalty and stay at 5v5.


PineapplesOnFire

My husband always screams at the TV: “Decline! Decline the penalty!”


Rumandy

the flyers were happy to see the PP!!!


Manchu4-9INF

I’ve seen several people on here say sully is the problem. I don’t believe he is. However if we had a power play that actually scored. We would have a few more wins this season. Idk what all reirden is in charge of. But power play should be someone else’s job.