GDT: #27 | Pens vs. Ducks | Sat. Dec. 11 - 7:00 | Battle of the Birds

[vodeni]

1st line should stay as is, and Sullivan should just run GMR when everyone gets healthy. Of course Sully won't make this obvious move...

nah..this first line won't work

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Need a couple dangerous chances on our side. Keep the Ducks on there toes.

This is not a team you want to be up 1-0 on, Zegras and Terry are crafty AF. Once they get one in, those two will find ways to score a couple more. Pens need to stop being so hesitant.

 

[Coastal Kev]

Casey looking good. We're gonna need more than 1

At what point does anyone involved with the sport wake up and realize the goalies and their super sized equipment are destroying the sport.

He's not playing well...........he's blocking the moon with his new balloon equipment.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

1st line should stay as is, and Sullivan should just run GMR when everyone gets healthy. Of course Sully won't make this obvious move...

You know what’s gross?

I used to think the R was Rust in that line, but now it’s probably Godrigues with how Sully loves him so much.

 

[Fiji Water]

nah..this first line won't work

Been working pretty well so far

 

[The Old Master]

Jarry looks like a new man this year, great to see him smiling on the bench. Kudos to Hextall for telling him what he needed to hear over the summer. The difference in confidence and calm this year is profound.

yeah! it could of easily gone the other way

 

[KrisLetAngry]

This is not a team you want to be up 1-0 on, Zegras and Terry are crafty AF. Once they get one in, those two will find ways to score a couple more. Pens need to stop being so hesitant.

Agreed no goalie is going to constantly save these chances by Terry and Co.

There's an expiry date on how many saves a goalie can make.

 

[vodeni]

Been working pretty well so far

one game...they are not looking all taht great tonight, I just feel that Sid will get annoyed pretty quickly

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Jarry looks like a new man this year, great to see him smiling on the bench. Kudos to Hextall for telling him what he needed to hear over the summer. The difference in confidence and calm this year is profound.

Last year it wasn’t so much that Jarry lost his game like Murray, of whom is just awful and likely belongs in the ECHL these days, but it felt like his coaching wasn’t helping him at all, his mechanics in the crease were all over the place. Right now he looks more dialled in and the vote of confidence from Ron and then a goalie coach that he vibes with is such a huge helper.

He looks elite right now vs last year where he looked like Bambi on ice.

 

[Pancakes]

Look a little tired. Gonna require a gritty effort to close this out in the third.

 

[FreeBobbyFarnham]

Damn Kapanen killed that rush

 

[Jaded-Fan]

Back2back games.

Look good considering.

 

[SomeDude]

Damn Kapanen killed that rush

That was such low IQ pass/play. He took the worst possible option he had.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Look a little tired. Gonna require a gritty effort to close this out in the third.

Bottles of Pepsi and Dr Pepper should do the trick, I think.


I swear, the moment Ovechkin retires he’s going to go back to Russia and be like 600lbs because he won’t be able to cut that diet out.

 

[Fiji Water]

Terry is legit af

 

[Pancakes]

Bottles of Pepsi and Dr Pepper should do the trick, I think.


I swear, the moment Ovechkin retires he’s going to go back to Russia and be like 600lbs because he won’t be able to cut that diet out.

Gretzky used to no joke rely on cokes, snickers, and hot dogs.

As for Ovie, he's just a physical freak. To skate like that at like 250 pounds or whatever he is...I don't get it.

 

[FreeBobbyFarnham]

That was such low IQ pass/play. He took the worst possible option he had.

Exactly. I expected him to put it on net if the cross crease pass wasn't available. I definitely did not expect such a stupid play lol

 

[CascadiaPenguin]

This is not a team you want to be up 1-0 on, Zegras and Terry are crafty AF. Once they get one in, those two will find ways to score a couple more. Pens need to stop being so hesitant.

I thought the Ducks were supposed to suck? These guys don't suck. They've got size, skill, and a goalie. Where the hell is Pixies (@Gurglesons) to explain all of this? Third period is going to stress the out of my liquor cabinet.

 

[Fiji Water]

Terry reminds me of Kuznetsov with the way he effortlessly dangles around guys

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Gretzky used to no joke rely on cokes, snickers, and hot dogs.

As for Ovie, he's just a physical freak. To skate like that at like 250 pounds or whatever he is...I don't get it.

I mean when you have body guards on the ice each time you play, he could probably stand at the other blue line and doze off and nothing would happen to him.

Ovechkin burns a ton of calories because of the way he plays, but that’s such an unhealthy diet he has, it’s never a recipe for anything good the moment the way he burns calories, ends.

The weirdest story of Ovy is how he chants when he gets his pasta meal, like a child when you give them candy and they chant “CANDY CANDY CANDY!” This bloke literally chants Mama Lucia or whatever the f*** that giant plate of coma inducing pasta he eats, then the Pepsi’s during each period and Dr Peppers during intermission, I’m in awe of anyone that can do what he can do with that garbage AF diet.

 

[AuroraBorealis]

With B2B's my biggest beef is how it lowers scoring. The legs aren't there, so the tired team needs to rely on structure.
The 3rd is probably just gonna be zone clearances all day.

We're kinda overdue for a PP though.

 

[vodeni]

3rd line gave up 4 HDCF 0 for....

 

[Honour Over Glory]

I thought the Ducks were supposed to suck? These guys don't suck. They've got size, skill, and a goalie. Where the hell is Pixies (@Gurglesons) to explain all of this? Third period is going to stress the out of my liquor cabinet.

Whatever made him go away, I’d like it to stay this way mate. The other shitbrains I can block because even you blokes wouldn’t quote them anymore, this loss basically took a baggy pair of slacks and tailored it to a better fit for everyone.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

With B2B's my biggest beef is how it lowers scoring. The legs aren't there, so the tired team needs to rely on structure.
The 3rd is probably just gonna be zone clearances all day.

We're kinda overdue for a PP though.

What bothers me is that after the way the Covid-Season went, a lot of back-to-backs and then a short off season and a massive mess getting even into this season, the least they could have done was to spread the games out to at least give them a day off between games instead of a bunch of back-to-backs.

They deserve that much after what they endured.

 

[Jaded-Fan]

Pens likely do relatively well despite more injuries year to year that would destroy most teams because of their system and so many plug and play trained in that system in the organization backups.