Predators' penalty kill & goaltending fail them in 4-3 Phoenix loss

we have taken on the alter ego from last years team and seemingly cant hold 3rd period leads.

You are dead on about why the Preds lost tonight. Rinne continued his terrible play, the pk allowed 2 pp goals to a team coming into the game with a 9.1% pp, and a defenseman who hadn’t scored all year long pulled a hat trick. This is the 3rd time they have coughed up a 3rd period lead, and so far they have been outscored 15-6 in the 3rd/ot. They are not a very good hockey team right now as evidenced by the fact they are now dead last in the Central.

Martin Erat, take the rest of the year off—please. Take Legwand, Tootoo, and Dumont with you.

Cody Franson has puck handling issues.

How many breakaways has Sullivan failed to convert?

1 for 5 on the pp. Encouraging, but still only 2 for the last 31.

lets see how we look after we get suter back for a couple games. we will be better in the rear and he adds to the breakout as well. it is hard to be enthusiastic though

Trotz said in the post game of last season that we need to fix the pp and pk and he did neither. I bet Trotz explanation is that the team needs better D effort. I knew the early offensive of Sully and O’Reilly would come to a halt. When Arnott was dealt and I championed that effort they said we were going with the youth. Well Wilson and O’Reilly haven’t been the answer. Wilson will be if given enough ice time. O’Reilly is overated. He drifts and passes and when called upon to score he has no scoring and touch and he doesn’t work and he’s small. We have too many small players. How long will Trotz be able or allowed to not get the job done. I don’t see where all the goals are going to come from. Arnott’s goal haven’t been replaced. When someone like Erat gets off to a bad start we can’t overcome it

It is so hard to be a fan of this team with its play not to lose mentality. We don’t have a shut down defense or goalie to justify the timidity of the offense. And if we get behind it’s usually see you later.

The similarity between the Preds and Titans is agonizing.

For all my complaining about how the Preds operate, letting Arnott go was absolutely the right move. He either wasn’t willing or able to get any better. With his size and hands he could have been a 40 goal scorer most every year if he would have gone to the net, but he wouldn’t. On paper Lombardi was an upgrade, although I believe we overpaid for a 19-goal scorer when comparable others were available for less. His injury is unfortunate and the jury is still out on him.

Let’s not dwell too much on injuries. Every team has ’em. The only thing that matters is who won.

Somebody want to explain to me what game you guys watched? From what I watched/listened to and saw on the stat sheet, Wilson led the forwards in TOI. O’Reilly has played well this season. Toots had 2 assist, so he was clearly creating chances. I agree with not having Smithson on the ice other than to win a faceoff; however, overall Trotz had it right. Smithson and Spaling (the least offensive talented forwards we have) played the least amount of TOI.

Back away from the cliff everyone.

The only problem I had with last night other than the loss was why did Trotz go back to Sully and Weber on the point for the PP? Is Sully really the only guy other than Suter that we have to QB the PP?