On this episode, the Nick's discuss Pittsburgh Penguins' forward Jeff Carter and his retirement game against the New York Islander (7:00). They also share their initial and overall thoughts on the 2023-24 Pittsburgh Penguins season (13:15) before discussing the biggest questions facing the organization this summer (25:02).
Nick & Nick finish the episode by giving their round one playoff predictions (40:35) and their 2024 Stanley Cup Final predictions (46:17). Tune In!
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I’m just gonna say I think that Ned gets a lot of blame for the horrendous defence in front of him
Jars gets that same blame. Don't get me wrong, Ned was better than Jarry, but this fan base blames the goaltending INSTINCTIVELY, no matter who it is. The defense needs work.
@@ethanmcclelland4872 Jarry has years of demonstrated inability to ramp up during a playoff push. I think Ned with some proper coaching and given a season to figure it out would be a more solid option than people want to give him credit for.
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@@ethanmcclelland4872 I disagree, I don’t think Ned was any better than Jarry. His stats aren’t. Ned had more wins, but he did not give some god like performance.
@@pt93music what are these years? The COVID year he started one game, so I see it as unfair to blame a rookie Jarry for that. The Islanders series was HORRENDOUS, but he hasn't really had a shot since. The rangers series he couldn't play, last season was mediocre, but he wasn't given a chance to ramp up since the Islanders series in my opinion. The defense has been awful in front of both goaltenders, but giving Ned the benefit of the doubt and not giving any benefit to Jarry feels unfair.
Love seeing a Third Eye Blind t-shirt. Rock on fellas!
The 3 Musketeers (Letang, Karlsson and Malkin) are roadblocks to a needed rebuild.
Glad Jeff Carter got honored. Minus today obviously I’d like to know the stats of how many games are won when he scores.
By the way, the shows pin still has your old last name Nick B.
Thank you guys (The two Nicks) for bringing the info and fun all season long. Its been a major disappointment to miss the playoffs two years in a row with the talent on this roster. I'm for and have been for a coaching change for years. I don't see this team turning it around for a full season under the current staff. The roster definitely needs a bit of a retool to add to the youth movement (doc and pusti) but I don't think they are as far off as they appeared most of this season. Hopefully it will be a good off season.
hello, did either one of you ever play? thank you
That was so gracious of the Islanders to do that and for Quick to be in attendance? Just great. Not letting him get off the ice, Sid going down the runway to get Carters family on the bench? Well done. Reirdon's contract should not be renewed. Vellucci? That PP has no excuses. As for the GM search, i think the job is more appealing now. I thought Spezza would take GM and Carter would backfill Spezza's current role.
I often wandered about the status of Doug Wilson. I know he has had some issues in the past. I was under the impression that he would be the next GM if he wanted the job. He brought the Sharks to the gates of the promised land more than once.
Do the pens try to trade for Linus Ullmark? 2024 % .915, 2023 was .938, 2022 was .917, 2021 was .917, 2020 was .915. He is 30 years old and the bruins seem to prefer Swayman. only 1 year left on his contract. UFAs include: Brossoit (.928), Stolarz (.925), pickard (.908), Lankinen (.908).
Guy is probably going to look for a huge payday, we can not afford it
Ned and Jarry both feel like they'd be a good "1B" if we actually had a "1A"
They actually fit the 1A and 1B roles pretty well together
What ABOUT Spezza as GM?
And Kessel as AGM
Seems like Carter want family time. But id assume they're are roles he could fill wher hes not required to travel with team. Or down the road when his kids are older. But no matter what I'm happy for him. Hope the Pens can get a bit younger. Sure they're committed to the core but if they can build on finish of this season it could be better next season
Carter would probably be a better head coach for us than the one we currently employ.
NO ONE WORD IS ACCOUNTABILITY as in coaching and goaltending and bottom 6
love your podcast, silence your phones, kind of unprofessional
Hey guys, I wonder since the Ducks want to trade or Under value Zegras, could we get a Zegras possibly?
Young talented center is exactly what we need, along with a goal scoring winger
He has a lot of warts.
I would go for that if i were the Pens GM...send them back Raks
You said the magic word “Young” . The Penguins stars are old. Crosby needs young up and coming players to help him. Also they need a Goalie. The Penguins couldn’t put the puck in the net against the better teams nor keep the puck out of the net against any team.
Doc is growing by the month...he can be a game changer soon...we need one or two more young offensive threats for sure....dump Smith and Raks
Sid 25 pts in 30 games … ? That’s a little low for him I know he got 25 pts in the last 13 games 😂
If they bring back 71, 58, 35, 27, and arguably 65, expect the same results. EDIT: and best of all, they really can't ditch most of them because they were signed to contracts they're not worth. Well done Dumbas!
Well that was useful information 😂
Especially 71, 58, 27, 67 & 65
Nonsense, 58 had two bad weeks after an excellent season and fans are betraying him! Gross nonsense. Same with Malkin, who obviously would’ve had yet another point per game season if we weren’t the worst offensive team in the nhl
58 had one of his better seasons at defense recently he just had a rough patch for a week or two, other than that tho yea 71, 35, 27, and 65 should all go and we should sign 39 to a cheap 2mil contract to be better than jarry
Yeah they should totally trade some of their best players - 3 of which have NMCs. Good one dude
Goaltender isn’t good enough but either is that defense. Both need to be much much better. I don’t think u can get jarry out of there with the m ntc and his contract. Alex might have priced him self out of town, not much out on the free agent market this summer.
The goaltending is definitely good enough though
We need to sign Ned...thats a no brainer
Unless they get Kucherov and MacKinnon, I don't think what Dubas does in the offseason matters with Sullivan still behind the bench.
Despite Sully this would have been a very successful team with a top 10 PP unit...no way Todd R is offered a new contact (it would be unbelievable) & the next PP coach will surely offer huge improvement. Add another 25-35 goal winger on the Malkin/Bunting line & we have two big lines. Dump Graves and R Smith (both brutally bad) and add 2 defenders. DOC is improving rapidly and may be a force by next season. Karlsson showed many signs the last month he's still the 100 point guy from San Jose. I like this team with or without Sully (preferably w/o). The coaching staff and GM failed to realize how huge a burden R Smith, Graves, Rakell and Todd R were (or they did and weren't in position to fix those problems this season).
Time to rebuild
Forcing people to give a 5 star review. LOL
How about making this easy for people not good at the homework I have to attempt to do, what the heck is a pin
If you go to @iceburghpodcast on Twitter it's the top post that shows up!
@@InsideThePenguinsThese were the same people you were calling intelligent in the video.
Ned has nearly identical overall stats as Jarry this year. 2.97 to Jarry's 2.91 and a .902 save percentage to Jarry's .903 - One has to go, and it's the big salary.
And Jarry clears in GSAx. He's also a starter. And better. It's not as simple as just looking at who's making more and dumping them - especially with NTCs. Not to mention Ned will get a raise
Kessel lol not happening
Thank god that contract is over, though
Don't count on Dubas, he's a dummy. The worst decision Penguins upper brass made was hiring him. He thinks teams can win playing soft, ice capades hockey. In Toronto he unloaded big strong players for fast little guys who are ducking and afraid when the going gets tough. All they needed was a good corsi. He's a loser. I'm so happy Leafs got rid. When his ice capades corsi cronie Keefe is fired don't be surprised if Dubas hires him. He hasn't got a clue. Good luck Penguins you'll need it.
Plus gave guys big contracts without negotiating.
He is a loser but Malkin, Sid, Rust and Letang are winners...Doc & Bunting have something special too...we have to unload Raks, Smith, Graves, Jarry
In Doufous we trust 😂 . He's a beta and breeds betas . Ferry little man.
Again, more proof this fanbase isn't that intelligent.
More proof you are a beta
Get rid of Jarry , get rid of Letang , stop worrying about picking up more Forwards and invest in young Defensemen . I've been a Pens fan since 1973 . I've seen it all . Pens have NEVER had a good Defense .
Damn. That’s a bad take. 😂
Letang has an NMC. Also had a good season. Makes no sense on multiple levels to say get rid of him
No way...think Letang was hurt...he was awesome in the first half....bring in 2 more strong defensive guys. Dump Graves and POJ
One word. Inconsistent.
Here's what the team needs.. one- get rid of karlsson. Two- get rid of jarry. 3- accari neito need to go. And eller bye bye. Bring in youth and speed no more old men.
They can't and shouldn't get rid of EK. And who is going to be your goalie then?
@@jsebby2284 they resign ned and bring up Joel duh
You are right about Jarry and the fringe olders guys (dont forget bums like Smith and Raks) but EK is a superstar. He had a bad season defensively by he is dynamic as it comes as an offensive weapon. I think he rebounds with 80+ points next season.
@brandonn7770 so one of the things you think the team needs is worse goaltending? Not sure why you said duh as if it some super obvious answer haha
@jsebby2284 oh yea Joel is a bad goalie ok keep smoking crack buddy