Not watching... What was this?
Made a great play to body the pen player off the puck and missed an easy empty net.Not watching... What was this?
Made a great play to body the pen player off the puck and missed an easy empty net.
3 games into this preseason and I’m ready to be hurt again.
I came to a conclusion 2 years ago that I’ve wasted too many careers of great athletes across my favorite sports teams only thinking about a championship. Playoffs are the goal but I’m ready for the ride.Prepare to hurt until you see they clinched a playoff spot.
I'd be really upset if I were a Pens fan. They shouldn't be losing against an AHL/Junior team. But credit where credits due: the kids worked their asses off and earned that one.
You’d think one team literally taking their top 27 players out of the equation would be a good time for the other team to get payback on the asskicking they got a few days earlier. I expected a very different result from this game. If the roles were reversed I’d be very annoyed right now.Got beat by no regular NHLers and two periods of an ECHL goalie is certainly something.
Looks like our major prospects had some sweet highlights. What were people's overall impressions?
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Sooner than later we're going to have a conversation about Novikov. He had three pretty dynamic activations in that reel, outside of his nasty snipe. He jumped off the screen for me with his size, skating, and appetite for getting forward. He doesn't turn 22 until July...
If his D zone game is at least average, his floor is real NHLer and top 4 with some signature traits seems reachable imo.
I know this seems like a bit of a lazy comparison, but I think it's apt:
Novikov reminds me very much of Zadorov. Good skater, doesn't mind the physical stuff, is occasionally good offensively. I think it's certainly well within the realm of possibility that he becomes a legit 2nd/3rd pairing guy. Maybe not a guy you can always lean on to log big minutes (Zadorov has always been in that ~18 min range)......but a guy that can certainly complement one of our big guns very well at even strength.
Leone's post-game comments are up finally -
Love Novikov. He'll absolutely be an NHLer. Being a lefty, I still hope it's with us.I know this seems like a bit of a lazy comparison, but I think it's apt:
Novikov reminds me very much of Zadorov. Good skater, doesn't mind the physical stuff, is occasionally good offensively. I think it's certainly well within the realm of possibility that he becomes a legit 2nd/3rd pairing guy. Maybe not a guy you can always lean on to log big minutes (Zadorov has always been in that ~18 min range)......but a guy that can certainly complement one of our big guns very well at even strength.