GDT: Battle for 8th!!!! Da Wings @ Pens 7:30pm

[Le Magnifique 66]

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Jarry promoted to backup!!!

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[BlindWillyMcHurt]

TONIGHT... we celebrate Geno's 500 goals (to desperately try to sell a few tickets) right after we told him that trading him would be just fine by us only yesterday!

 

[Empoleon8771]

Curious to see the lines they'll end up running with. Logic would tell me to put Poulin in at 2C to see what he can do, but they'll probably put Acciari in at 2C because Mike Sullivan is stupid.

I'd suggest:

Malkin-Crosby-Rakell
O'Connor-Poulin-Rust
Bunting-Lizotte-Puustinen
Beauvillier-Acciari-Puljujarvi

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

That, my friends, is a beeeeeeeeautiful forward group (for drafting in the top-5). Trade Rust and Rakell by October and you've got a shot at McKenna too.

 

[Dennis Reynolds]

TONIGHT... we celebrate Geno's 500 goals (to desperately try to sell a few tickets) right after we told him that trading him would be just fine by us only yesterday!

Seriously. I can't stop thinking about that. How does the "everyone but 87" make Geno feel? Or is that Dubas's way of trying to get him to waive?

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Seriously. I can't stop thinking about that. How does the "everyone but 87" make Geno feel? Or is that Dubas's way of trying to get him to waive?

lol nobody on this team aside from like Sid and Letang gives a shit about how they make Malkin feel... clearly.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

I'd like to imagine the omission of Geno in the "everyone but Sid is available" was just an accidental lapse amidst this frustrating shitshow of a season, but we all know it's not.

 

[Dennis Reynolds]

Lines I'd like to see:

Poulin - Crosby - Rakell
Rust - Malkin - Puustinen
O'Connor - Acciari - Puljujarvi
Bunting - Lizotte - Beauvillier

I'd like to imagine the omission of Geno in the "everyone but Sid is available" was just an accidental lapse amidst this frustrating shitshow of a season, but we all know it's not.

Malkin is my favorite player. I can't stand the thought of him in another jersey.

I mean, he can go home and play out a couple years in the KHL if he wants. That's different. But in the NHL, he needs to be a Penguin lifer.

 

[KrisLetAngry]

Lines I'd like to see:

Poulin - Crosby - Rakell
Rust - Malkin - Puustinen
O'Connor - Acciari - Puljujarvi
Bunting - Lizotte - Beauvillier

Puljujarvi Crosby Rak
Rust Malkin Puustinen
O'Connor Poulin Acciari
Bunting Lizotte Beauvillier

If I get a vote that's what I would be interested in.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Curious to see the lines they'll end up running with. Logic would tell me to put Poulin in at 2C to see what he can do, but they'll probably put Acciari in at 2C because Mike Sullivan is stupid.

I'd suggest:

Malkin-Crosby-Rakell
O'Connor-Poulin-Rust
Bunting-Lizotte-Puustinen
Beauvillier-Acciari-Puljujarvi

I love ya, Emp, but I hate it when you’re probably right.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Curious to see the lines they'll end up running with. Logic would tell me to put Poulin in at 2C to see what he can do, but they'll probably put Acciari in at 2C because Mike Sullivan is stupid.

I'd suggest:

Malkin-Crosby-Rakell
O'Connor-Poulin-Rust
Bunting-Lizotte-Puustinen
Beauvillier-Acciari-Puljujarvi

I, too, still have fantasies that will never be realized.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Lines I'd like to see:

Poulin - Crosby - Rakell
Rust - Malkin - Puustinen
O'Connor - Acciari - Puljujarvi
Bunting - Lizotte - Beauvillier


Malkin is my favorite player. I can't stand the thought of him in another jersey.

I mean, he can go home and play out a couple years in the KHL if he wants. That's different. But in the NHL, he needs to be a Penguin lifer.

I mean, it'd be doing them a solid if they got dealt from this shithole organization. Ownership, FO, and coaching are all abysmal. I'd rather watch Sid and Geno play meaningful hockey again than have them rotting along with the rest of the trash in this landfill. But I kinda stopped really caring about seeing my faves playing elsewhere when I was like 15 and they dealt Jagr, pretty much irreversibly jaded me as a fan tbh.

 

[HandshakeLine]

I keep hoping a stray puck puts the coaching staff on IR, hopefully long term.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

I keep hoping a stray puck puts the coaching staff on IR, hopefully long term.

I hope it's off of EK's stick too.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

I keep hoping a stray puck puts the coaching staff on IR, hopefully long term.

What’s Brooks Orpik up to these days??

 

[Gurglesons]

Poulin should play so that’s exciting at least.

 

[Sike Mullivan]

Poulin has been on wing all year in WBS, so Im sure they will put him at C then get mad that he looks out of place and bench him tonight.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Poulin should play so that’s exciting at least.

Yeah, I remember my first 5 minutes of action too.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Poulin should play so that’s exciting at least.

He'll probably get like 4 minutes of ice time on a Poulin-Acciari-Puljujarvi line tbh

 

[HandshakeLine]

Gonna just go ahead and quote the postgame here:

It was just a few bad bounces

You'll have games like this over an 82 game season

 

[Empoleon8771]

I, too, still have fantasies that will never be realized.

Realistically they'll probably split up Crosby and Malkin and just run with:

Beauvillier-Crosby-Rust
O'Connor-Malkin-Rakell
Bunting-Lizotte-Puustinen
Poulin-Acciari-Puljujarvi

Maybe the top-6 wing duos get flipped but that bottom-6 looks pretty close to what it will be IMO.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Man, I haven’t hated watching a Pen play since Carter as much as I hate watching Beau.

Calgary-ass busta

 

[Sidgeni Malkby]

Considering Geno has been one of the Pens best players this season, it is a head scratcher! :\

I don't even know if I want to watch tonight's upcoming debacle. Who knows...maybe we'll blow them out 7-1.

But yeah....I just wish we either rebuild, or we don't. This whole "we'll keep competitive for Crosby" the not do that. I'd rather just trade everybody if we're going to die a slow death.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Would love for them to get absolutely embarrassed again tonight just to put more pressure on ownership, Dubas and Sullivan. But the Wings are pretty trash so it should be an even matchup.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Would love for them to get absolutely embarrassed again tonight just to put more pressure on ownership, Dubas and Sullivan. But the Wings are pretty trash so it should be an even matchup.

Don't see any reason to think another blowout would at all put pressure on anyone.

If it hasn't yet, I don't see any reason to think it will.