Therrien Melts Down - Musical Goalies
After a very underwhelming performance against the Edmonton Oilers last night, another loss, 3-1. Head Coach Michel Therrien, who is famous for calling his players out when needed, had finally seen enough. He called everything into question: the team's heart, the chemistry, the defense, professionalism and even the fact that they just might not like each other. Here are a few of the quotes from last night's post game press conference: (Quotes from FSN TV, Jonathan Bombulie's Pens Insider Blog and the Post Gazette.)
“It’s a pathetic performance. Half of the team doesn’t care. That defensive squad -- I am really starting to believe their goal is to be the worst defensive squad in the league. They are doing such a great job to be the worst defensive squad in the league. They turn the puck over. They have no vision. They are soft. I have never seen a bunch of defensemen as soft as this."
“Are we going to be happy to play eight minutes? I am not going to be happy to play eight minutes. Those guys will save 50 percent of their salary because they only play for 50 percent of the time.”
“It’s a game of emotion. It’s a game of hard work. It’s a game of passion. Kovalchuk, what he did the other day – there’s not one guy who was close to doing something. Maybe Maxime Talbot at the end with one second left. Did they think that, as a coach, I think the team cared about each other? Wow."
We will see if Therrien's verbal kick in butt will make a difference. I am not sure that some of the veterans on the team will respond, but it will be an interesting game tonight. Especially because goaltender Dan Sabourin has been recalled and will start against the Blue Jackets. That was just the first of several goaltending moves the Penguins made today.
After calling up Sabourin, who was 15-1-1 with 3 shut outs and a 1.78 gaa with Wilkes Barre-Scranton, the team found out that Jocelyn Thibault will have surgery to rcartilage cartillage in his hip. That will move Thibault to IR, and prompted the team to also recall Sebastian Caron who had been serving as the primary back-up to Sabourin. I am not sure if this is all setting in motion a return to WBS for Marc Andre Fleury, but General Manager Craig Patrick said the team will carry 3 goaltenders for the foreseeable future. If Sabourin and Caron look to be able to do the job, the team would be in position to return Fleury to WBS avoiding paying him possible bonuses in excess of $3 million.
“It’s a pathetic performance. Half of the team doesn’t care. That defensive squad -- I am really starting to believe their goal is to be the worst defensive squad in the league. They are doing such a great job to be the worst defensive squad in the league. They turn the puck over. They have no vision. They are soft. I have never seen a bunch of defensemen as soft as this."
“Are we going to be happy to play eight minutes? I am not going to be happy to play eight minutes. Those guys will save 50 percent of their salary because they only play for 50 percent of the time.”
“It’s a game of emotion. It’s a game of hard work. It’s a game of passion. Kovalchuk, what he did the other day – there’s not one guy who was close to doing something. Maybe Maxime Talbot at the end with one second left. Did they think that, as a coach, I think the team cared about each other? Wow."
We will see if Therrien's verbal kick in butt will make a difference. I am not sure that some of the veterans on the team will respond, but it will be an interesting game tonight. Especially because goaltender Dan Sabourin has been recalled and will start against the Blue Jackets. That was just the first of several goaltending moves the Penguins made today.
After calling up Sabourin, who was 15-1-1 with 3 shut outs and a 1.78 gaa with Wilkes Barre-Scranton, the team found out that Jocelyn Thibault will have surgery to rcartilage cartillage in his hip. That will move Thibault to IR, and prompted the team to also recall Sebastian Caron who had been serving as the primary back-up to Sabourin. I am not sure if this is all setting in motion a return to WBS for Marc Andre Fleury, but General Manager Craig Patrick said the team will carry 3 goaltenders for the foreseeable future. If Sabourin and Caron look to be able to do the job, the team would be in position to return Fleury to WBS avoiding paying him possible bonuses in excess of $3 million.
posted by Bmetzer66 at 3:53 PM
1 Comments:
It definitely needed to be said. I know that it didn't necessarily make him that popular with the media and probably some of the players, but he is a tell it like it is kind of guy. They knew that going in. Not that losing would be acceptable, but it would be better if he saw them trying!
Last night was an even bigger joke! At least they fought a little, but you cannot lose 6-1 to Columbus!
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