Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Pens Lose Again; Help On The Way

4 in a row and it's hard to say what has been the worst part of their game:

  • Goaltending: Fleury isn't playing because his confidence is low. Not sure how he's supposed to get it back up without playing but Therrien thinks playing Sabo will do it, even if he does let in a cheapy every game and looks like a spinning top whenever he tries to play the puck.
  • Scoring: Sid and Geno are exempt here but everyone else please get in line and take your punishment. Literally nobody else has stepped up. Sykora has scored a few and should be playing with Sid all the time. But where are Staal, Christiansen, Rechi, Roberts, Armstrong, and on and on....
  • Defense: Orpik has been their best all year. Everyone else looks sloooow and has to rely on slamming the puck off the boards to get it up to the forwards. Even Whitney's breakouts have been turnovers as often as they've connected and he's been prone to some Gonchar like gaffes. Please never mention Whitney and Norris in the same sentence again. Eaton, Scuderi and Sydor all look slow in their end and Gonchar is his maddening self. But help is on the way!! Let the Letang era start!!