GDT: #26 | Fri Nov 29th | Pens @ Blue Jackets | 7 pm EST

[JimmyTwoTimes]

I wish they could give us some advanced warning when they are going to lay an egg like this. Yeesh, this has been unpleasant. Luckily these outings have been few and far between this year.

Maybe Jarrry letting in 4 will make Murray play better and we win 2-1 tomm against Blues.

Sunny is out...so no hatty for him that would have surely happened.

 

[madinsomniac]

Rust is so important.

Yes but its more that this team works with speed... thats the driving factor

The Pk works when the slug bums shotblock but the speedy guys pester and get pucks out, plus teams have to respect tge shorthand ability

The offense isn’t built with finishers as much as counter attacks off the rush...

The defense works with guys that can get back fast...

The whole sully system only works with an excess of speed...

a few years back, when we started trading speed and the braintrust kept saying that the team was plenty fast enough was tge reason we fell back to earth...

Rust is more important here than he would be on many teams for that reason

 

[Tacitus Kilgore]

Petts is having a rough game? Honestly, that's pretty par for the course this season. I don't think he's been very good at all, regardless of who he's been partnered with.

Even JJ has been better than Petts, and as the president of the "JJ sucks and JR needs to move him asap" club, that's tough to type.

We can resign him on the low then

 

[PensandCaps]

exactly..that just tells you that Gally, ZAR, LAF even Blueger, don't belong on a cup contender...its easier to hide when you have other guys moving puck and playing and defense is just clusterf... now...5 and 28 awful, tanger still limping...

Blueger is easily 4C on a cup winning team.

Lafferty is also easily a bottom 6er on a cup team.

the others, yah...not so much, but even then, ZAR as a 4th liner on a cup winner is possible. every team that has won a cup in recent years has someone like ZAR or even worse

 

[vodeni]

Petts is having a rough game? Honestly, that's pretty par for the course this season. I don't think he's been very good at all, regardless of who he's been partnered with.

Even JJ has been better than Petts, and as the president of the "JJ sucks and JR needs to move him asap" club, that's tough to type.

or to put it differently: he has been our 5th best maybe 6th d-man this year

 

[AuroraBorealis]

I am not feeling the comeback today.
No Tanev
No Rust
No Schulz
No Crosby

This team is truly cursed with injuries.

Bjugstad too.

 

[JimmyTwoTimes]

I am not feeling the comeback today.
No Tanev
No Rust
No Schulz
No Crosby

This team is truly cursed with injuries.

Wheres iron men Phil and Craig Adams when you need them?

For real tho these need to stop by January. Getting a lil ridiculous now.

If JR makes a solid trade because of it then fine but...

 

[PhilThrillPill]

Bjugstad too.

Addition by subtraction. Intentionally not mentioned.

 

[vodeni]

Blueger is easily 4C on a cup winning team.

Lafferty is also easily a bottom 6er on a cup team.

the others, yah...not so much, but even then, ZAR as a 4th liner on a cup winner is possible. every team that has won a cup in recent years has someone like ZAR or even worse

I'd like to think the same...I really would...where is he tonight?

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Wait, Riikola's playing forward? Classic.

 

[WayneSid9987]

Blueger is easily 4C on a cup winning team.

Lafferty is also easily a bottom 6er on a cup team.

the others, yah...not so much, but even then, ZAR as a 4th liner on a cup winner is possible. every team that has won a cup in recent years has someone like ZAR or even worse

Guarentee you there were no ZAR's on STL last season and WSH in '18.
Simon, you are pushing it as well.
There was definitely some Galchenyuk's tho.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Guarentee you there were no ZAR's on STL last season and WSH in '18.

I'm sure part of ZAR's jaw was on Tom Wilson's shoulder for a bit in the 2018 playoffs.

Count it!

 

[ownal]

Johnson & Marino with a +1.

 

[PensandCaps]

I'd like to think the same...I really would...where is he tonight?

if your expectations for 4Cs is to be a factor in games, then you're overvaluing the position.

4Cs job is too PK, take a ton of Dzone starts, win faceoffs and provide a bit of a scoring punch.

Blueger does all that well. Blueger is a very good 4C.

 

[vodeni]

maybe just float this one out to the end and save the rest for tomorrow...Murray coming back with a monster game...and win...two in two not bad...

 

[PhilThrillPill]

Why did they have a practice the morning of a first of a back to back?!?!

Is that a regular thing? They just played two days ago.

Just venting on the Rust injury from complete BS even though I probably have no good friggin reason too.

 

[WayneSid9987]

maybe just float this one out to the end and save the rest for tomorrow...Murray coming back with a monster game...and win...two in two not bad...

This team is getting worked tomorrow with no Rust/Tanev.
Big picture, just be thankful they went on a little run cuz they'll probably be a .500 hockey team by the time they come back from Western Canada.

 

[Flying Dego]

Guarentee you there were no ZAR's on STL last season and WSH in '18.
Simon, you are pushing it as well.
There was definitely some Galchenyuk's tho.

Bjugs, ZAR, Chucky- all need shipped out to the highest bidder. Replace with speed via trade or WBS

 

[vodeni]

if your expectations for 4Cs is to be a factor in games, then you're overvaluing the position.

4Cs job is too PK, take a ton of Dzone starts, win faceoffs and provide a bit of a scoring punch.

Blueger does all that well. Blueger is a very good 4C.

thats exactly what he has not been doing in a while...unless he has Tanev on his flank...

 

[Beauner]

I'd like to think the same...I really would...where is he tonight?

If Carter Rowney can anchor our 4th line in the Stanley cup finals, damn near anyone can. Including Teddy

 

[vodeni]

rewatching these goals....TJ seems to be deeper in the net than usual...

 

[vodeni]

13 back yes! comeback upcoming

 

[PensandCaps]

Guarentee you there were no ZAR's on STL last season and WSH in '18.
Simon, you are pushing it as well.
There was definitely some Galchenyuk's tho.

Guess you missed Devante smith pelly, chandler Stephenson

People really over value 4th lines. hell we win two cups with Kuhnackel. hes no better than ZAR. hell ZAR is better.

aslong as your 4th line isn't filled with a Zac Rinaldo, its good enough to win a cup.

EVERY 4TH line in the league save like 3 is good enough to win the cup, its the Dpairs and the top 9 that win cups

 

[WayneSid9987]

Hey! Tanev's back. What a warrior.

 

[vodeni]

If Carter Rowney can anchor our 4th line in the Stanley cup finals, damn near anyone can. Including Teddy

I'd like to think that that should not be a blueprint for winning the SC