GDT: #30 | PIT @ NJD | Sun Dec 19 2021 | 7 PM ET | Do You Believe in Cryptids?

[Randy Butternubs]

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WHERE: Prudential Center, Newark, NJ
WHEN: Sunday December 19 @ 7 PM ET

Pittsburgh Penguins Lineup

Rodrigues - Crosby - Kapanen
Zucker - Carter - Heinen
Aston-Reese - Blueger - McGinn
O'Connor - Lafferty - Simon

Dumoulin - Letang
Pettersson - Marino
Matheson - Ruhwedel

Jarry - DeSmith

New Jersey Devils Lineup

Zacha - Hughes - Tatar
Johnsson - Mercer - Studenic
Kuokkanen - Sharangovich - Vesey
______ - McLeod - Bastian

Smith - Hamilton
Siegenthaler - Severson
Geertsen - Bahl

Gillies - Blackwood

lineups taken from DailyFaceoff the morning of the 19th and are subject to change



Apologies for the low effort GDT today.

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[Randy Butternubs]

I believe in the Grafton Monster. cc all my WV folks down in the holler.

 

[Ms Maggie]

Nope. Starting not to believe in Malkin either...

 

[Pens x]

Three dead weights in. I know we are on a nice little streak, but some of these guys are complete trash. Let’s see some other guys get some action.

If we want to continue spewing Hextall needs more time to evaluate the team, then maybe he should actually evaluate other players instead of keeping these fools in the lineup?

 

[Randy Butternubs]

Three dead weights in. I know we are on a nice little streak, but some of these guys are complete trash. Let’s see some other guys get some action.

If we want to continue spewing Hextall needs more time to evaluate the team, then maybe he should actually evaluate other players instead of keeping these fools in the lineup?

Such as?

 

[Pens x]

Such as?

You all said the same bs last year when people saw nothing wrong with playing Jank and Sceviour over anyone in Wilkes Barre. Then, Hextall was FORCED to try others after we were decimated by injuries, but then guys like Gaudreau, Z, and even Angello looked pretty good, and were nice additions that actually contributed to the team. Gasp!

Id bring Z back for a couple of games, for one. Hell, try Puustinen at RW. Simon and Laff bring nothing, and neither does ZAR.

It’s laughable that someone like Simon continues to play. It’s utter laziness. We are doing the same ish as last season. It’s like Hextall never learns from his mistakes.

It took Calgary 11 games to see he was worthless last year; he’s about to play in his 24th game this season. This sums up Sully and Hextall. Simon would have played his way out of the NHL on 31 other teams by now. The fact that a fair amount of people didn’t see this is exactly how it would all unfold with Simon this season is disturbing.

 

[Turin]

New Jersey is horrible and on the second half of a back to back, and Pens are winners of 6 straight. So the easy money is on NJ. But hopefully not.

 

[KareemTrustfund]

Since nobody answered your question, Randy, I’m perfectly comfortable enough with my sexuality to acknowledge Bigfoot may in fact exist.

 

[Andy99]

I believe in the mythical creature known as the reverse jinx…

 

[Al Smith]

Are the Hockey Gods cryptids?

 

[bathroomSTAAL]

I still have faith in the Loch Ness Monster. Trouble me not with the evidence that it's a hoax

 

[Randy Butternubs]

You all said the same bs last year when people saw nothing wrong with playing Jank and Sceviour over anyone in Wilkes Barre. Then, Hextall was FORCED to try others after we were decimated by injuries, but then guys like Gaudreau, Z, and even Angello looked pretty good, and were nice additions that actually contributed to the team. Gasp!

Id bring Z back for a couple of games, for one. Hell, try Puustinen at RW. Simon and Laff bring nothing, and neither does ZAR.

It’s laughable that someone like Simon continues to play. It’s utter laziness. We are doing the same ish as last season. It’s like Hextall never learns from his mistakes.

It took Calgary 11 games to see he was worthless last year; he’s about to play in his 24th game this season. This sums up Sully and Hextall. Simon would have played his way out of the NHL on 31 other teams by now. The fact that a fair amount of people didn’t see this is exactly how it would all unfold with Simon this season is disturbing.

Zohorna currently is in COVID protocol... Puustinen would be worth trying if Rodrigues wasn't performing, especially with his shot on the PP. Not sure I'd trust Puus on the 4th line over Simon right now. If he were healthy, I think Angello would be at the top of my recall list. But I think he's also in COVID protocol.

 

[Pens x]

Zohorna currently is in COVID protocol... Puustinen would be worth trying if Rodrigues wasn't performing, especially with his shot on the PP. Not sure I'd trust Puus on the 4th line over Simon right now. If he were healthy, I think Angello would be at the top of my recall list. But I think he's also in COVID protocol.

Simon didn’t suddenly start to suck. The dude has done nothing since October. Has Angello been in Covid protocol for 2 months? Same goes for Z.

 

[Randy Butternubs]

Simon didn’t suddenly start to suck. The dude has done nothing since October. Has Angello been in protocol for 2 months?

Injured first, then played something like 3 games, and is now (supposedly) in COVID protocol.

 

[Nakawick]

Sasquatch lives in Saskatoon Saskatchewan.

 

[Pens x]

Injured first, then played something like 3 games, and is now (supposedly) in COVID protocol.

Puustinen and Z then. Let’s not pretend that any of these guys would be playing under lazy and stubborn. Boyle, Laff, Simon will continue to block AHL guys even though I was told they wouldn’t this off season.

 

[3ladesof5teel]

No problem seeing Lafferty up for a little ice time., he didnt look terrible last game so lets see it

 

[LOGiK]

I still have faith in the Loch Ness Monster. Trouble me not with the evidence that it's a hoax

I would imagine there are quite some ferocious sea creatures in the deep dark unknown.... but the loch ness....errrhhhmmmmm

 

[LOGiK]

WELL.... I've lost basically every bet the last week picking the big time underdogs to win in regulation.
I'm still going for the UD for the big payout. The penguins streak got to end sometime... and I expect it to be followed up by a several game snide. (well... at least a game or two losing period - that so often follows long winning streaks)

Again....... hope the penguins win handedly, but betting on the debs.

 

[K Fleur]

If the Pens don’t win this random December game then THE SEASON IS OVER!

 

[Andy99]

If the Pens don’t win this random December game then THE SEASON IS OVER!

although to be fair NJD sucks and has lost five in row, so it’d take a special kind of suck and probably a 10% drop in our already terrible shooting % to lose to them…

 

[dogthateats]

I know for a fact that the mothman is real

 

[LOGiK]

although to be fair NJD sucks and has lost five in row, so it’d take a special kind of suck and probably a 10% drop in our already terrible shooting % to lose to them…

I thought it was an error last game when the stats showed the penguins had 21 shots to 3.
I think MTL eek'd out 5 by the end of the first period, but dammmmmmmn!

 

[LOGiK]

I know for a fact that the mothman is real

A baby moth, which was still f***ing big mind you... flew directly into my ear drum this past summer.
Not only that, but it was alive inside my brain for an hour before we finally drowned it.
Not only that, but the weekend pretend doctor couldn't get it out.... and I thought it was a gnat or something... and left it in there for two weeks until the pain ramped up and it had to go.
You could say I was freaked out.

Was that a mothman encounter?

 

[K Fleur]

A baby moth, which was still f***ing big mind you... flew directly into my ear drum this past summer.
Not only that, but it was alive inside my brain for an hour before we finally drowned it.
Not only that, but the weekend pretend doctor couldn't get it out.... and I thought it was a gnat or something... and left it in there for two weeks until the pain ramped up and it had to go.
You could say I was freaked out.

Was that a mothman encounter?

You are the mothman now.