GDT: 2024-2025 Training Camp

[Malkinstheman]

Here's the schedule for Training Camp:

Penguins to Open 2024-25 Training Camp on September 18 at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex | Pittsburgh Penguins

The Pittsburgh Penguins will take the ice for the first day of training camp on Wednesday, September 18 at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex to officially open the 2024-25 season. Training camp is presented by UPMC and all non-game day practices are free and open to the public. On Wednesday,

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First game is against Buffalo on Saturday

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[Jag68Sid87]

Last season, I watched a preseason game broadcast on a local Pittsburgh channel. Anyone know whether that will be the case again this season?

 

[Malkinstheman]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1836392522026758504

And it begins

 

[ThosePuckingPenguins]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1836392522026758504

And it begins

Can’t be officially the start of the season without someone being injured.

Also…

https://x.com/i/web/status/1836392312928174108

Crosby and McGroaty on the same team.

 

[Malkinstheman]

Don't want to read too much into day 1 of Camp but it's weird that Acciari is the only NHL guy on team 4

 

[GilbertSeinfeld]

69 players in camp.

Nice.

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

Don't want to read too much into day 1 of Camp but it's weird that Acciari is the only NHL guy on team 4

Yeah. I hope they’re trying to send a message.

More likely is he needs maintenance days but isn’t as good as EK65 to actually take days off

Can’t be officially the start of the season without someone being injured.

Also…

https://x.com/i/web/status/1836392312928174108

Crosby and McGroaty on the same team.

So are Sid and Beau

 

[Gurglesons]

At least EK’s injury is upper body.

Also shocked Sully immediately went with the vet on Sid’s line.

 

[deakka]

Why did it have to be EK.
Way easier if one of the million forwards were hurt.

 

[Andy99]

EK is officially a Penguin now…

 

[Malkinstheman]

From Hasse:

Some early lines and pairings from the first group, with the giant disclaimer that they almost never start the season with their lines from the start of camp. Mike Sullivan typically pairs a regular tandem up front with one guy who probably won't be there.

Anthony Beauvillier - Sidney Crosby - Bryan Rust
Drew O'Connor - Sam Poulin - Rutger McGroarty
Logan Pietila, Joona Koppanen, Jesse Puljujarvi, Boko Imama rotating

Marcus Pettersson - Mac Hollowell
John Ludvig - Filip Kral
Sebastian Aho - Harrison Brunicke / Dan Renouf

 

[Andy99]

From Hasse:

How is Mac Hollowell working with Petts if Petts is in Group 1 and Hollowell is listed in Group 2 lol…

 

[MeinerEiner]

From Haase:

Teams 1 and 2 are about to scrimmage. I'll have updates below.

• Team 1 lines and pairings are further down in the feed. Here's Team 2. Again, they like pairing regulars with non-regulars.

Ville Koivunen - Evgeni Malkin - Rickard Rakell
Emil Bemstrom - Vasily Ponomarev - Valtteri Puustinen
Corey Andonovski - Marc Johnstone - Jimmy Huntington/Bennett MacArthur

Matt Grzelcyk - Kris Letang
Nikolai Knyzhov - Mac Hollowell
Philip Waugh - Nathan Clurman

 

[DesertedPenguin]

At least EK’s injury is upper body.

Also shocked Sully immediately went with the vet on Sid’s line.

He does this every camp. He takes a pairing and then throws someone else in, often a rookie or newcomer. Puustinen was with Crosby one year, maybe even two in a row.

 

[Gurglesons]

He does this every camp. He takes a pairing and then throws someone else in, often a rookie or newcomer. Puustinen was with Crosby one year, maybe even two in a row.

Hino was there last year.

I really hope Poulin has a great camp an earns a job.

 

[Andy99]

Blomqvist looks rough rough early….from Taylor

• Andonovski scores the first goal of the training camp scrimmage, tucking the puck past the pad of Alex Nedeljkovic. 1-0, Team 2.

• Puljujarvi goes post-and-in to tie it, 1-1. That one was on Joel Blomqvist.

• Drew O'Connor puts Team 1 up 2-1. Blomqvist got turned around and O'Connor buried his own rebound.

• Switching goaltenders at the half. Filip Larsson replaces Blomqvist. Undrafted prospect Charlie Schenkel replaces Nedeljkovic.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Let me just say right off the cut that I'm relieved to be wrong about them trying to get something going early with Hayes and Malkin. No Bunting in that group, though. But that's not that odd... that Group Three needed a little help, anyway haha

Interesting but not totally unexpected they have Groat in Crosby's group. Koivunen lining up next to Malkin might possibly be fun.

 

[Buddy Bizarre]

I really hope Poulin has a great camp an earns a job.

Yea it'd be great, but I just don't see it. Poulin is a high end AHL guy, nothing more

 

[Andy99]

Let me just say right off the cut that I'm relieved to be wrong about them trying to get something going early with Hayes and Malkin. No Bunting in that group, though. But that's not that odd... that Group Three needed a little help, anyway haha

Interesting but not totally unexpected they have Groat in Crosby's group. Koivunen lining up next to Malkin might possibly be fun.

I wish it was my boy Broz lol

 

[Gurglesons]

Yea it'd be great, but I just don't see it. Poulin is a high end AHL guy, nothing more

You've made this impression off of what exactly?

 

[Randy Butternubs]

From Hasse:

"Drew O'Connor - Sam Poulin - Rutger McGroarty"

I'm believing that DOC is RW and McG is LW til I see it with my own eyes.

Yes I'm stubborn.

 

[Buddy Bizarre]

You've made this impression off of what exactly?

The same reasons anyone would have: he didn't jump out to me with his skating, defense, puckhandling, etc. when he got some NHL time. It was sparse, but you need to do something dynamic.

He's no different than the other 5-6 guys he's battling with who have similar warts to their game. I hope I'm wrong, but I just don't see it

 

[Andy99]

Further scrimmmage updates from Taylor…PoolParty wants a spot in the lineup

• Sidney Crosby sets up Filip Kral on the doorstep. Team 1 goes up 3-1.

• Someone on Team 2 beat Schenkel, I think Puljujarvi. Down at the other end and couldn't tell for sure. Either way, it's 3-2 Team 1 now.

• Matt Grzelcyk ties it up off a feed from Rickard Rakell. It's 3-3 with three minutes left.


Crosby just flattened Koivunen behind the net in a board battle. Bullying the kids.


• We're going into a shootout to decide this. Nedeljkovic comes back in for Schenkel. Larsson staying in.

• Beauvillier is stopped by Larsson to start. Team 2 answers with Rakell, who is just barely stopped by Nedeljkovic. Nedeljkovic really had to squeeze his pad against the post.

• Crosby comes out for Team 1 and easily beats Larsson. Bodes well for his chances of making the team. Puustinen is out next and is stopped by Nedeljkovic.

• Rust is out next for Team 1 and misses the net. Koivunen is stopped by Nedeljkovic. Crosby's Team 1 is the winner.

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

Blomqvist looks rough rough early….from Taylor

• Andonovski scores the first goal of the training camp scrimmage, tucking the puck past the pad of Alex Nedeljkovic. 1-0, Team 2.

• Puljujarvi goes post-and-in to tie it, 1-1. That one was on Joel Blomqvist.

• Drew O'Connor puts Team 1 up 2-1. Blomqvist got turned around and O'Connor buried his own rebound.

• Switching goaltenders at the half. Filip Larsson replaces Blomqvist. Undrafted prospect Charlie Schenkel replaces Nedeljkovic.

She just means that he scored on Blomqvist, not that the goal was his fault.

 

[Gurglesons]

The same reasons anyone would have: he didn't jump out to me with his skating, defense, puckhandling, etc. when he got some NHL time. It was sparse, but you need to do something dynamic.

He's no different than the other 5-6 guys he's battling with who have similar warts to their game. I hope I'm wrong, but I just don't see it

Just seems weird to judge a player on what amounts to less than 60 minutes in the NHL.

People said the same thing about DOC when he first came up too.