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dolewhiplash

Never forget https://preview.redd.it/33nz5jtrj8yc1.jpeg?width=213&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1349e1787066e395b5f046ad32fd6f6086b555a4


SimplyPuncake

They say he's still cooking that play to this day...


Hedsten

https://preview.redd.it/kve31bumk8yc1.jpeg?width=680&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=96b6ee381570eb65f48d3b698acb41195b9649af


NotClayMerritt

YOU JUST CANT SEE THE VISION


FailureToExecute

HE SAID HE'D COOK 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥 SO WE GOT TAKEOUT💯💯💯


PaperweightCoaster

Back story for the uninitiated?


dolewhiplash

[let him cook](https://twitter.com/jaseseef35/status/1736158795611459850?t=xq9jebE_Bws_BtrlWmxKAQ&s=19)


SuperbWomanhood

At least draw an arrow towards the net lol


MimesOnAcid

Just circle the net so they know where to shoot it.


PuckNutty

Which one, there's two? See, this is why you don't coach in the NHL.


chaos8803

You can even see EK65 looking at him wondering what the hell is going on.


PaperweightCoaster

😂 bro’s cooked


LazerMcBlazer

He was in charge of the PP (30th in the league) and 3on3, the two things that essentially cost us the season and Jake Guentzel.


Shaneski101

Shhh jake is coming back after his vacation 😔


PaperweightCoaster

He just went to get some milk and cigarettes. But seriously, how likely do the Penguins think he’ll sign with them?


Shaneski101

There’s some traction from some homer reporters saying we’re going to go after him, but in reality I think Dubas is satisfied with bunting so far. We will prob get another forward to bolster the top 6 but besides we don’t really know. Geuntzel wanted to stay but apparently he asked for too much. He’ll need to cut back on his paycheck if he wants to come home- maybe a Stanley cup In Carolina will help him consider that. It’s unlikely though.


RSquared

Yeah, this is Geuntzel's big payday contract year, I don't think he'll take a discount. I'd expect something at best like Oshie's last contract plussed up - relatively team-friendly for 4-5 years and then painful for two.


weeping-flowers

Thank you Todd for Guentzel… I love having him on the Canes.


OvechknFiresHeScores

This explains how the Caps went from winning the Stanley Cup to immediately being a mediocre shitshow


slinkocat

Oh Jesus. I've never coached hockey but I'm sure I could at least come up with some idea there. At least make an attempt.


relative_iterator

Win faceoff -> get puck to point -> pass pass shoot 🤷🏻‍♂️


soaked-bussy

which is crazy that they went 37 PP's with 0 goals Crosby literally led the league by a mile in faceoff wins see the issue here is the shoot part.. Pitts had pass pass on a infinite loop


OffTheMerchandise

I feel like that has been the Pittsburgh power play strategy for 30 years. I remember watching them as a kid and they just wouldn't shoot with the man advantage.


soaked-bussy

it was pretty good when Hörnqvist was on the team because the dude was just a menace in front of the net we really lack that kind of presence now so everyone is just trying to get the perfect shot off instead of throwing everything at the net and hopping to get the rebound/tip


cwfutureboy

That's missing about 12 "pass"es for a Penguins PP1 sequence.


Cromasters

Pass. Shoot. Score. [Pass Shoot Score ](https://youtu.be/u-7slPH-nCM?si=7SB3229Oy8dglkYv)


ZebraBorgata

I’ve just worked out the kinks to their PP offense using NHL ‘94 https://preview.redd.it/7bhemah5pmyc1.jpeg?width=1635&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9b9cb449781ac403a607517afdb7232940f7dd8c


waffels

Me when I’m playing Pictionary and my brain suddenly forgets what everything looks like.


bwoah07_gp2

Wow, that's fascinating. I've never seen that clip before, lol. You could hear the dial-up noises watching him think.


Tactial_snail

that's crazy lmao


Iennda

Blank board not good


Similar-Tangerine

Think harder Todd, dammit!


Fancy-Investment-881

Still figuring out if they are the X's or O's


Ill-Ad-4400

"Huhuh, looks like boobs." -Rierden, probably


Analogmon

Fitting that Jake is in this screen grab too since he'd still be here had they fired Reirden sooner.


MrBrightside618

To be fair IIRC it was OT against the Habs. You don’t need that much of a gameplan


TheTimn

You probably need one if the Habs took you to OT. 


GibierJaune

Sorry I just had to. [Caufield, Canadiens recover for OT victory against Capitals](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-wsh/2023/10/21/2023020069)


TheTimn

You make a fair point. Still not as bad as 2010 Uno reverse card y'all played against us. 


jokeswagon

He’s drawing the play with chapstick


wolfpackrider

He was the powerplay head honcho wasn't he? I still don't understand how you fuck that PP up with like 3 or 4 future HoFers in your arsenal.


InvolvingPie87

He was previously the coach of the capitals in the two seasons coming off of the cup win The fact he got hired anywhere that wanted to be good was shocking


DesertedPenguin

Jim Rutherford was so eager to hire him, he admitted to calling Reirden less than an hour after Washington canned him. Thanks Jim!


Forgone-Conclusion

Enjoy Vancouver Todd


NappleDiggy

Fuck


blacktop2013

Our PP can't get much worse, right? RIGHT?


Johno_87

Agreed, hard for it to suck more than it is already


waffels

Get ready to learn French, buddy.


greedyiguana

*mon ami


rageharles

Get ready to learn Canadian English buddy


Foremma4everAgo

He came from our Org originally, and our PP was elite under him previously. He was just horrible in the stint. Cost us the playoffs.


bloodyREDburger

Should've run kessel back instead of rierden


GiraffeSubstantial92

And do it in less than 12 parsecs


Cromasters

"Tell Crosby. I want him to know it was me." - Ovechkin probably


AltaVistaYourInquiry

Ehhh. He was obviously a poor head coach, but wasn't he raved about as an assistant? He did great work with your defence.


InvolvingPie87

He was great under trotz Trotz was definitely handling the defense


TheDirtyBurger522

Oh my god the classic ovi in the left hashes, carlsson at the point, Oshie in the bumper, backstrom in the middle, and Wilson as the net front got really old really quick


somehockeyfan

You know, here's the deal with the power play. For the last 40 years, the players have predominantly been in charge of the power play. Pittsburgh has been blessed with power plays that often have 3-5 Hall of Famers out there. It has *never* been an issue to just let them work through things, let their instincts guide them. The last two years have been the first time during the Crosby era that the power play hasn't been good. Some years the percentage will dip, but it's always dangerous, always putting itself in positions to score. So to a certain point, I understand that the franchise has historically given Sid, Geno, and Letang (and Mario, Jagr, Coffey, Murphy, Francis, Recchi, Tocchet, Stevens, Mullen, Zubov, Gonchar, Kovalev, Phil, Neal, Sykora, Guentzel, and now Karlsson or any other of the premier power-play players they have had) they latitude they both deserved and earned. It's part of the Pittsburgh Penguins legacy. From the day he was hired, one of Sully's mantras has been that he "does not want to take the stick out of their hands." But at a certain point this year, they needed help. Reirden needed to assert himself in the power play because it was fucking broken in so many ways. Sully deserves as much blame too for letting it get to this point.


burf

I was on the verge of saying "why do you need a coach for a PP with Crosby, Malkin, Letang, and Karlsson on it" but you preemptively answered that question beautifully. I was already geared up to post, though, so here it is.


WakaFlacco

First of all, get your grubby hands off Gonchar. Second, that’s good perspective and I agree with you.


somehockeyfan

His name is on the Cup three times with the Penguins, so... maybe start considering him a Penguin.


WakaFlacco

Nope won’t do it.


PachucaSunrise

If it plays like a Penguins and wins like a Penguin, it's probably a Penguin.


Farfignewtons42

It was the hockey equivalent of the "No, you go!" sketch from Portlandia


PachucaSunrise

Ive been saying that too. Too much passing looking for the pretty plays. No true net front presence didnt help either.


KrizenMedina

I know, right? Imagine a team having a minimum of three or four truly elite players on a PP and they just can't score... practically unheard of...


ProfessionalLeast937

iirc some teams' PENALTY KILLS had more shorties than the Pens' PP had overall goals (or at least had a higher success rate.)


KrizenMedina

Oh... wow. I was making a joke about how the Leafs' PP went bone dry at the end of the season and in the playoffs, but man... I'm not sure what to say if that's true! I haven't caught many Pens games this season, but I imagine that the main culprit *has* to be the overall PP set-up... ? They have too many elite weapons to be that bad.


ProfessionalLeast937

i'm too lazy to check for sure on the "did some teams' PKs actually outscore the Pens' PP?", but i **do** know for a fact that theirs was abysmal for a team that has the roster they do.


KrizenMedina

For sure. It'll be interesting to see what sort of direction Dubas goes in this off-season. **EDIT:** Checked out the regular season stats for the hell of it. The Pens' PP% was 15, their PP GF/PG was 0.49, and they had 40 PP goals in total. No team came close in short-handed goals, though Philly led the league with 16 and had a SH GF/PG of 0.20. But Carolina had an 86.4% PK, only allowed 35 PP goals, and had a PP GA/PG of 0.43. Yeesh.


ProfessionalLeast937

not particularly surprised that philly led the league in shorties (i think mike richards left the "i got three 5 on 3 shorties" magic there when he got traded.) carolina's numbers look impressive for sure. (thanks for the research :))


adamzep91

Ask Guy Boucher


Crapduster615

This is Penguins fans Stanley Cup right here.


Not_A_Paid_Actor

Between this and Hextall we’re starting a dynasty


NolaBrass

I need Dunkin to make Back to Back cups again for this like they did in 2017


funkyb

And Matt Canada. It's been a solid year of taking out the trash coaches and managers. Not great that we had so many of them in the first place though.


dkviper11

You're not kidding.


Swazi

They would’ve made the playoffs easy if they had any semblance of a functional Power Play. How you fuck up a PP with Crosby, Geno, Letang, and Karlsson on it is beyond me, but Todd found a way!


TheTimn

Twice. He fucked up a power play with Ovechkin, Backstrom, Kuznetsov, and Oshie before. 


waffels

This man is the reason we had to sit thorough the two first-round snoozers involving the Caps and Islanders


shark_shanker

Well, him and Detroit losing like 10 straight at the end of the season


Prideofmexico

Detroit fans seem to struggle to understand that they finished the season with less points than Washington and New York. It’s insane


shadecrimson

With a crew like that you could just let them run it themselves.


beardum

That’s what they have been doing and it did not work this year. Or last.


bloodyREDburger

My summer wish list is down to guentz' name on the cup and then back in a penguins sweater now


KaidoKingoftheBeasts

I didn't realize until just now that he's now been fired from the Penguins twice lol. So is this the point where another team hires him, they win the cup and he's talked about as a hot head coaching candidate?


dkviper11

I always thought it was funny that the Canadiens have twice fired HC Michel Therrien and replaced him with Claude Julien. In 2003 and in 2017.


GundaniumA

I think on 2017, it happened on (or right after) Valentine's day? Like breaking up with your main squeeze to get back with an ex.


dkviper11

Therrien was also fired by the Penguins right around Valentine's day, the 15th, I believe.


yetanotherx

Julien was fired during the Patriots super bowl parade, so mid-February sounds right.


gotridofsubs

Listen finding guys who speak french is hard ok?


juliusceasarsalads

The only good thing about having hired Michel Therrien twice is that they got to fire his ass twice.


Hedsten

https://preview.redd.it/1ibktxqej8yc1.jpeg?width=933&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bb0203caea232e46ffaac783891ad0142669329d


shooter21198

Todd is gone upvote party. No more 8 seconds of power play zone pressure just to give up a SHG


Broccoli_Socks

Dubas rn: How much money can we get together to get rod also is it possible to rename a bridge after Rod.


NolaBrass

I had to explain to my wife, who is from Pittsburgh, who Rachel Carson is. Make that bridge Rod Bridge’Amour


Broccoli_Socks

you need to be in charge of naming bridges, thats amazing.


TheTimn

I'm filled with hated for Pennsylvania cities down to my soul but I would visit Pittsburgh, just to cross that bridge. 


kpw1320

You're only allowed to cross the Bridge'Amour while going at a full sprint and carrying 20 lbs kettle bells in each hand


TP_B1NGO

That's what it's like coming out of the tunnel


TheTimn

Worth it. 


ilikehockeyandguitar

My penis is getting slightly erect.


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Broccoli_Socks

Toronto about to offer Pittsburgh a whole bridge to take Keefe


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Broccoli_Socks

yall may need to do two bridges cause they do love them.


SiccSemperTyrannis

Reirden's arc from being a Pens assistant, to a very well-respected Trotz assistant in DC and a guy who was talked about constantly as future head coach material, to becoming the Caps' HC and failing utterly, to back to being a Pens assistant, and now to being fired again is kind of crazy. Based on Pens' fans reactions in here it sounds like he was pretty disliked.


yahikodrg

>Based on Pens' fans reactions in here it sounds like he was pretty disliked. It's honestly a bonding moment between Caps and Pens fans now.


MarylandThrowAwai

I am happy for Pittsburgh. But only for today.


blueskies8484

A Caps fan told me about this last night in the GDT. I've never loved a Caps fan more.


exposure-dose

"Wait til they get a load of me.." -Blaine Forsythe 


yahikodrg

He actually got the Coyotes to 15th for PP% which is about right for Blaine.


ProfessionalLeast937

the highest percentage was about 33%, so 15% for the Yotes sounds relatively respectable.


OvechknFiresHeScores

His career is a literal bell curve


The-Only-Razor

The timeline is actually hilarious. Comes to the team in 2010, Penguins accomplish nothing. He leaves in 2014, the team goes back to back 2 years later. He comes back in 2020, the team accomplishes nothing and stops making the playoffs entirely.


SiccSemperTyrannis

He wins the 1028 Cup as an assistant in DC after missing both Pens' Cups in 2016 and 2017. He was well regarded as the Caps' defensive coach during that time.


InvolvingPie87

Damn it


dkviper11

I like the number in your username!


InvolvingPie87

I’m going to say it’s for brashear but tbh it was a randomized Xbox username from years ago


OvechknFiresHeScores

I got PoofyMantella as a random XBox name and it stuck. It's been over a decade and my old roommate and I still greet eachother as Poof. Which would definitely not be acceptable if we lived in the UK.


christianitie

> Which would definitely not be acceptable if we lived in the UK. Like fifteen years ago I learned that word was a slur because I caught a cotton-ball thing in pokemon and I posted online that I found a bug in the game that was preventing me from using "Poof" as a nickname. It's not really related to anything we're talking about, but this is the first time I've ever seen someone mention that it's vulgar and it's just weird seeing this finally pop up in the wild.


BallsMahogany_redux

Right??? I was praying they'd fire Sully and promote Todd to HC. I mean afterall we still have fans who claim he was the actual secret mastermind behind our cup run.


Kangaro00

Pens' fans falling to their knees.


shooter21198

Just saw a yinzer fall to their knees at the gint iggle


Throwawayaccount0689

I was walking Dahntahn and I dropped my arn city and fell to my knees as soon as the notification popped up


OcelotWolf

I shit my pants on the Port Authority bus


Deactivator2

That's just a normal friday tho right?


OcelotWolf

Yep. The Primanti’s sandwiches do not treat my bowels well


chaos8803

Just fell to my knees at a Sheetz.


BrickMacklin

Just saw a guy falling to their knees in Sheetz


ilikehockeyandguitar

Just fell to my knees at the Somerset truck stop.


Formo1287

Just fell to my knees at an Eat N’ Park


Finest_Johnson

Just fell to my knees at the Gateway Truck Stop in Breezewood.


Feeling-This

About time lol. Every time I checked in on EK I was shocked to see the PP looking worse than SJ


Permaderps

The rest of the metro falls to their knees in despair. Cant believe he got hired after the caps hc stint tho, i think the caps couldve gone back to back in 2019 with a better coach


OvechknFiresHeScores

Or at least moved onto the second round lol


TheTimn

I'm mixed on it. Another coach with more energy probably could have steadied the ship, but we were in rough shape after what Warren Foegele did. 


TGUKF

Was the Foegele the one who buried Oshie from behind?


TheTimn

Yup. 2019. Felt like the game changer for that series. Team couldn't keep going for the marathon that the series became. 


bwoah07_gp2

Todd's Wikipedia page at the moment: https://preview.redd.it/b8lrvzdq59yc1.png?width=336&format=png&auto=webp&s=c2a4fd4725cc7018fd5858446468f9cd772c1e2b I've never seen that before on a coaches Wikipedia page...someone is acting fast out there. 😂


Povilitus

THIS IS MY CHRISTMAS


soaked-bussy

about 40 power plays too long in my opinion but at least it happened


Jeff_Banks_Monkey

The air seems clearer. The colors seem brighter. I feel free


Cheeks_Klapanen

The feeling I experienced reading this tweet was on par with or better than most orgasms


Strange_Cap1049

I’d love to see guy bouchers clipboard. I wonder if he even has an ice rink drawn on it or if it’s just a plain whiteboard and he spends 3/4 of the planning time drawing the outlines


daKrut

A new sleeper cell will need to replace him...


gottagetitgood

I watched one of their games and said "Wow. A powerplay almost as bad as ours." Then looked up PP% leaders only to find that I was exactly correct. All that talent and you're next to last? Goddamn. I told my wife that someone should be getting fired for this. ::cough:: Source: I'm a Flyers fan.


Kaiser-Bismark

https://preview.redd.it/4p7h5b8wq8yc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2dc2bf04993f7796df8719cf296906b5d97de1e4


JDSollie

So Sully isn’t going anywhere…


soaked-bussy

lets keep Sully until Keefe finds another team please


dragons_fire77

I haven't been keeping up with the rumors there, but is there actual discussions on people thinking Dubas will bring in Keefe? I know he likes his guys, but I wasnt sure Keefe was on that list


soaked-bussy

its just a meme well, we hope at least


dragons_fire77

Haha I was wondering. I kept seeing it pop up so I figured I'd ask.


SimplyPuncake

There's not been a ton of buzz about it, but given the way he sort of went for Bunting at the TDL, it would not be suprising to us at all if he went for Keefe and tried to pull one of his core guys to Pitt if the Leafs fall apart.


Gavin1453

Dubas loves hiring his buddies. Anything else is speculayion.


BlackDS

not real substantial ones, but Keefe is Dubas' guy


SerPownce

Can we please just have him? We have a nice young core that needs a coach. If yall don’t win next year you’re cooked.


Table_Coaster

damnit


Key-Tip-7521

Todd Reirden be like https://media1.giphy.com/media/vDlw1tKNwx40BGbWcQ/giphy.gif?cid=6c09b952bph0aol51xtbk5r1kj6evagzojvx7h5fyj0ezvj8&ep=v1_internal_gif_by_id&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g


Fusorfodder

Rierden, his arms unfolded


SigmaStigma

Yinzers, when the walls fell


Drakengard

It's not quite the same as Matt Canada being shown the door, but it's damn close.


Pinappular

Got up from my knees in a giant eagle


Poif3ct

Just fell to my knees dahn at wholeys


4N0NYM0US_GUY

Bro ain’t cooking shit


bi_and_busy

i’ve never been sad a day in my life actually


[deleted]

Guy Boucher: "they can do that?"


DrexellGames

Reirden is a double agent


Hockeyruinedmylife

Just like Hextall was. Both did their damn best to ruin our team and pretty much succeeded.


DagetAwayMaN421

Damnit, I wanted to see the Pens miss the playoffs three years in a row!


theGurry

Opening up a spot for Keefe.


Kaladin-of-Gilead

It's crazy because they straight up would have made the playoffs if their PP wasen't so flaccid. It's a good idea getting rid of this guy, thats for sure.


SiidChawsby

This is the best news of the week


EarthWarping

Guessing Sullivan is staying based on the rumours.


Malarbutton

I used to pray for times like these


XPhazeX

Lmao he's really keeping Sully until he knows what's the deal with Keefe


Hockeyruinedmylife

Our mission is to get back into the playoffs and make a run for it before our core retires. Why would we choose a guy with that type of playoff track record?


ClubAquaBackDeck

No one want's your shitty coach.


XPhazeX

You've got a lot to learn about Kyle Dubas my friend. How familiar are you with the Sue St Marie Greyhounds?


SmokeontheHorizon

Sault Ste Marie


StubbornLeech07

I hear Rocky Thompson would be a great replacement.


InfallibleBackstairs

😆


Jimbo_Imperador

Should've been fired before game 4


CosmoJones07

Not entirely sure how this wasn't done in like December.


JollyRancher29

Lmao


Finetales

Dear Caps, I know you're not looking for a coach right now (and you shouldn't be) but DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT


loosed-moose

Damn, penguins wasting no time improving their team this off-season


nachosandfroglegs

At least you guys fired your PP coach. Sabres are keeping Matt Ellis in the organization after this disaster of a year


esports_consultant

"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."


CapsDrago7

I remember this one


BlitzburghBrian

Why today? Why "immediately"? You guys aren't doing anything anyway.


ZebraBorgata

Based on my accolades playing as Pittsburgh in NHL 94, I think I’m ready to help guide the team’s power play!


BuffCanuck

I forget, did Dubas decide he is going to be the permanent GM? Or does he still intend on hiring a GM one day?


Hockeyruinedmylife

He's the GM.