Post-Game Talk: Penguins 3 - Habs 1
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KrisLetAngry
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Crosby already lifted the Cup with Malkin in 09.
They have a ton of talent gotta put it together
Ye he may not have got any points but the line is working.
AuroraBorealis
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Honour Over Glory
Blomqvist for Vezina + ROTY
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All the Sullivan fans right now when the team can only win against shittier teams but get dunked on by better teams...
Sid + Rakell works, it always has, had Sullivan given those two time after the Canucks game it would have had Sid produce anyway, Malkin being on that kind of f***s him over.
Big Friggin Dummy
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I feel like Geno's presence on the line keeps defenders more honest and draws guys' attention away from purely shadowing Sid, but I don't think that's really worth cratering the minimal depth this team may have had, to put it lightly.
Perhaps not but the team was f***ed with how bad Sid was playing.
Seems like a damned if you do damned if you don't situation with the lineup
Sidney the Kidney
One last time
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How can you say this team lacks depth when we've got the Big Three of Sid, Geno and Michael?
Big Friggin Dummy
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Yeah, I think they're thin enough on wing to be a one line team pretty much regardless so I don't particularly care. I do think it's killed any chance to even pretend they have two functional scoring lines though.
I guess you run DOC-Sid-Rakell but they really don't have a LW for Geno-Rust when Rust gets back. Beau is trash, Bunting's even worse somehow, I honestly wouldn't bother with either anymore in top-9 roles. Not sure how well Puljujarvi or Puustinen play at LW but those two guys should be getting permanent spots in the lineup moving forward imo.
Gurglesons
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Bunting - Malkin - Puustinen is fine with what this team is.
Bunting is playing so bad that Geno might be tempted to strangle him if he had to play with him for more than a few games
Gurglesons
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Bunting looked solid the last two games. Either way. I don't really care what they do with the line-up.
Sidgeni Malkby
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My take...
+ MCR is fun to watch! Malkin will get his points, I'm not worried. Right now he's just been driving plays just fine. Just bad luck being the 3rd assist.
+ Ned is good!
+ Gryzlyk actually looks decent on the PP with EK. Though that pinch leading to a SH opportunity was stupid.
+ Graves - glad he fought. He needs to somehow play meaner...I mean he's more than big enough to play a big body role.
+ Sid - ever since they put Malkin on his wing, he's really picked it up.
+ Acciari - actually liked him crashing and banging out there. Not going to get into the headshot.
= we won against another bottom feeder. Montreal sucks, so maybe it can help build confidence?
= Bunting didn't score but showed hustle out there.
If we can play Montreal/Ducks 50 more times, we should be in good shape!
+ MCR is fun to watch! Malkin will get his points, I'm not worried. Right now he's just been driving plays just fine. Just bad luck being the 3rd assist.
+ Ned is good!
+ Gryzlyk actually looks decent on the PP with EK. Though that pinch leading to a SH opportunity was stupid.
+ Graves - glad he fought. He needs to somehow play meaner...I mean he's more than big enough to play a big body role.
+ Sid - ever since they put Malkin on his wing, he's really picked it up.
+ Acciari - actually liked him crashing and banging out there. Not going to get into the headshot.
= we won against another bottom feeder. Montreal sucks, so maybe it can help build confidence?
= Bunting didn't score but showed hustle out there.
If we can play Montreal/Ducks 50 more times, we should be in good shape!
BusinessGoose
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Jag68Sid87
Sullivan gots to go!
I like how Graves has been playing this season. Is it because he is on the third pairing, or is it because he simply could not have played worse last season? Both? He also looked good next to Brunicke in the preseason. It is good that it seems that asset is not a complete zero. Perhaps he becomes even more important in a post-Pettersson world.
Like Gurgelsons, I too like how Bunting has played lately. Far more engaged, very ornery, very much the pest that he is. The problem is, he is supposed to be a second-line LW on this team, at least. But how is he going to produce with the current lines? Bunting is a complementary player, not a main piece. He cannot be the guy to lead a line. Now, if he was on a line with, oh I don't know, PULJUJARVI, that might make sense.
Without a good playmaker on his line, Bunting is a fourth-liner on a team that has no more place on that line. NO Vacancy.
Like Gurgelsons, I too like how Bunting has played lately. Far more engaged, very ornery, very much the pest that he is. The problem is, he is supposed to be a second-line LW on this team, at least. But how is he going to produce with the current lines? Bunting is a complementary player, not a main piece. He cannot be the guy to lead a line. Now, if he was on a line with, oh I don't know, PULJUJARVI, that might make sense.
Without a good playmaker on his line, Bunting is a fourth-liner on a team that has no more place on that line. NO Vacancy.
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I think the fact that they were both close/good games for us is what is more embarrassing.
KrisLetAngry
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I am interested in Puljujarvi on either top 6 line. He plays hard. Give him even strength time and let him just tough it out. Let him be the 3rd wheel. Retrieve puck to Crosby and let him do whatever.
On Graves. A little of column A and a little column B
He's being deployed favorably so as expected the results should be better.
Thing is I think last year was so bad compared to his normal that he was bound to bounce back somewhat.
I'd be curious what happens when he has to take on tougher assignments but I can't fault a guy playing well with what he is told.
I agree Bunting needs a playmaker or someone that handles the puck well to play with.
I'd love to rehab his value and trade him at the deadline for a team that needs goals.
Omg, this coach…why does Beau get a sweater every night?…Bunting, DOC, Hayes? Any reason Puusty needs to be benched outside of being a Euro lol?
Duffy13
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Still time to change... Sully is just pulling names out of a hat at this point. Except for his genius 1st line.
Big Friggin Dummy
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DOC-Sid-Rakell
Puustinen-Geno-Puljujarvi (swap wingers if needed idc)
Hayes-Eller-Glass
Lizotte-Acciari-Beau
Put Rust on 3RW when he gets back and Glass to 4th line, Beau and Bunting traded/waived/benched/whatever. It'll never happen, and that bottom-6 is hot garbage, but oh well. /shrug
Honestly, I hope they tank the season but it looks like the rest of the East is bad enough for them to stay afloat even though they're f***ing terrible.
Puustinen-Geno-Puljujarvi (swap wingers if needed idc)
Hayes-Eller-Glass
Lizotte-Acciari-Beau
Put Rust on 3RW when he gets back and Glass to 4th line, Beau and Bunting traded/waived/benched/whatever. It'll never happen, and that bottom-6 is hot garbage, but oh well. /shrug
Honestly, I hope they tank the season but it looks like the rest of the East is bad enough for them to stay afloat even though they're f***ing terrible.
Ok what in the actual f%#@?
So he'll put DOC and Glass together in the top 6 with 3C Eller. But not with the big dogs who DOC has shown some mild success with in the past if not great production. Makes a lot of God damn sense.
DOC- Sid- Glass
xxx- Malkin- Rakell
vodeni
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I read somewhere that 24 was on PP1 and Tanger was on PP2. Not a big fan of 24, but Geno may like this, this should result in more chances for his slapper on PP
Tacitus Kilgore
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Going to be interesting with Nieto a full participant at practice. Puckpedia currently has the Pens with $107k in cap space.
If they want to keep Blomqvist up, Puustinen's $775k won't be enough to bring Nieto off IR. But Puljujarvi’s $800k would be.
