GDT: f*** You Cancer! - New York Islanders @ 19:00EST

[KIRK]

This is why maybe a trade isn't the best thing. The chemistry is really good

So maybe we should trade Geno, Kap, Teddy, and Tanev and roll with this team.

 

[BrokenStick]

I remember when we looked like this. We bulldozed the league and won the first of back to back Cups.

Seriously I haven't seen this since Sully first took over. This is unbelievable hockey the boys are playing. I dunno how long it lasts but I'm gonna sit back and enjoy the ride.

Yep.

I'm not thinking about the playoffs it the cup or the trade deadline.

Right now, just sit back and watch this team play awesome hockey.

It won't last forever, but I don't care. This is a blast to watch.

 

[HandshakeLine]

You mean like Sid did last year?

Not really.

For whatever reason, the team does a better job integrating Geno coming back late in the season from an injury than it does Sid.

Maybe being the difference between being a team player and a player’s team?

 

[Gurglesons]

Is? Has.

I mean in our staff's eyes.

 

[Gurglesons]

Maybe being the difference between being a team player and a player’s team?

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

 

[vodeni]

and this all started when our goalies turned the corner, it was deflating when everything thrown at them was going in..don't know what will happen the rest of the night but just keep playng trust the process

 

[Big Poppa Pump]

End of 1

Buffalo 1
Philly 0

Fkn love it.....

 

[bambamcam4ever]

Crosby's line looked amazing in the Ozone earlier. Like the most in-sync his line has been since KCD.

 

[Empoleon8771]

This is why maybe a trade isn't the best thing. The chemistry is really good

No you make trades to get rid of the shitty depth players to give a chance to the young guys from WBS.

Get rid of guys like Sceviour, Lafferty and Jankowski and give NHL chances to guys like O'Connor, Zohorna and Gaudreau.

 

[The Sodfather]

Gaudreau is stealing Junko’s job in front of our eyes right now. # 1 usage on the PK. Getting more 5v5 time.

Agree. He's earning it. When he gets it won't simply be a matter of trying another body. Freddie is taking it for his own.

 

[vodeni]

I would rather play Malkin and Kapanen than Jankowski and Sceviour, but that’s just me.

that would be one of the better fourth lines in NHL

 

[HandshakeLine]

Jank just looks lost. I don’t know how a guy who never gets healthy scratched manages to still look lost but he does.

 

[Peat]

How took our normal dynamic with the Islanders and where did they pu- actually, second thoughts, don't want it back.

Much wow.

Retaliating? He was trying to get up?

Letang took a couple small shots. But. Not much by NHL standard.

Anybody else worried that Geno coming back will throw a wrench into this chemistry we have going on right now lol

A little because that's how shit goes sometimes, but I'd rather worry about that than worrying where the chemistry's going to come from...

I don't know how, if you're Hextall, you're not looking at what's happening right now and thinking ADD.

Maybe another division, with one of the biggest contenders, you're more reticent, but look at this division. NYI. Boston. Washington. All those team's have questions. He adds that right guy-- a Horny type who can slot with Geno and Kap or down the lineup-- and I think the Pens go from having as good a chance as anyone to reach the conference finals out of the division to the favorite to do it.

Which division is our conference final against?


Anyway. Small things I liked.

+ Matheson and Marino, obvs

+ McCann having the patience to see nothing on and keep it and get rewarded

+ Cody Ceci casually zipping all over the place like he's a great all round dman

+ Jankowski playing that possible wraparound chance perfectly to take it away

+ Zucker's alive

+ Couple of smart zone exit plays by Lafferty

Things I don't like

- Crossbars

 

[KIRK]

Maybe being the difference between being a team player and a player’s team?

Joke aside, this is why I'm hoping Zucker-McCann-EROD works.

We KNOW Sullivan is going back to BART. It's not even a question. So, if that Zucker-McCann-EROD line sticks and you know you've got GCR, then it becomes easier to reintegrate Malkin and Kapanen and some small addition from the outside on a 'new' line.

The thing that worries me is Sullivan square pegging Zucker onto a line with Malkin and Kapanen. As long as he doesn't do that, I'm not really worried about guys coming back.

 

[HandshakeLine]

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

I eagerly await all the PMs I’m going to get about that one.

 

[MrBrightside]

No you make trades to get rid of the shitty depth players to give a chance to the young guys from WBS.

Get rid of guys like Sceviour, Lafferty and Jankowski and give NHL chances to guys like O'Connor, Zohorna and Gaudreau.

There's nothing O'Connor has done that suggests he should be playing on a good NHL team. Zohorna really either - Gaudreau should stay, but meh as to the others.

 

[Peat]

No you make trades to get rid of the shitty depth players to give a chance to the young guys from WBS.

Get rid of guys like Sceviour, Lafferty and Jankowski and give NHL chances to guys like O'Connor, Zohorna and Gaudreau.

Isn't Gaudreau older than both Lafferty and Jankowski...?

 

[Gurglesons]

How took our normal dynamic with the Islanders and where did they pu- actually, second thoughts, don't want it back.

Much wow.



Letang took a couple small shots. But. Not much by NHL standard.



A little because that's how shit goes sometimes, but I'd rather worry about that than worrying where the chemistry's going to come from...



Which division is our conference final against?


Anyway. Small things I liked.

+ Matheson and Marino, obvs

+ McCann having the patience to see nothing on and keep it and get rewarded

+ Cody Ceci casually zipping all over the place like he's a great all round dman

+ Jankowski playing that possible wraparound chance perfectly to take it away

+ Zucker's alive

+ Couple of smart zone exit plays by Lafferty

Things I don't like

- Crossbars

It's fine to call that. Let's see them call it on the Isles the rest of the game.

 

[Miro4Norris]

As I already said before the game: Pens are playing hockey they played 2016. Fast and smart

 

[ownal]

Marino 2 assists already. Better be in Norris conversation !!

 

[Turin]

All my earlier takes have been horrible so far. Which is very nice.

 

[Gurglesons]

Every line is a buzz saw analytically but Junko's.

 

[HandshakeLine]

There's nothing O'Connor has done that suggests he should be playing on a good NHL team. Zohorna really either - Gaudreau should stay, but meh as to the others.

And Jank has? Okay.

 

[KIRK]

How took our normal dynamic with the Islanders and where did they pu- actually, second thoughts, don't want it back.

Much wow.



Letang took a couple small shots. But. Not much by NHL standard.



A little because that's how shit goes sometimes, but I'd rather worry about that than worrying where the chemistry's going to come from...



Which division is our conference final against?


Anyway. Small things I liked.

+ Matheson and Marino, obvs

+ McCann having the patience to see nothing on and keep it and get rewarded

+ Cody Ceci casually zipping all over the place like he's a great all round dman

+ Jankowski playing that possible wraparound chance perfectly to take it away

+ Zucker's alive

+ Couple of smart zone exit plays by Lafferty

Things I don't like

- Crossbars

I think it's Tampa's division in the conference finals. When you look at how they do standings, the order is that division, our division, the west, and the Canadian division.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Guentzel-Crosby-Rust
McCann-Malkin-Kapanen
Zucker-Blueger-Tanev
ZAR-4C via trade (Gaudreau until they make a trade)-Rodrigues/Angello

Sullivan won't do it but it's fun to dream.