Line Combos: Pens 2022-2023 Training Camp thread: Its happenings

[Empoleon8771]

I was digging through twitter to see if I could find any updates on Carter, and it seems like people think Pettersson has been very good in camp and seems to fit really well with Petry. That's good to see.

I've also seen the comment that literally everyone on the team looks fast and hte team is playing with an insane pace. That's also really reassuring.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

I was digging through twitter to see if I could find any updates on Carter, and it seems like people think Pettersson has been very good in camp and seems to fit really well with Petry. That's good to see.

I've also seen the comment that literally everyone on the team looks fast and hte team is playing with an insane pace. That's also really reassuring.

It seems like there is a good amount of intensity this year in particular. I think it comes from the top down.

And yeah my friend who attended the last two days of scrimmages said the Pete & Pete paring looks excellent. And that Petts looks like maybe he's sorta taking up where he left off in the playoffs. Which would be huge. I don't know if I considered how much a boon Petry could be to his defensive partner on top of everything else this year but that's an exciting thought.

 

[SEALBound]

The Pens will sign Boyle to replace Carter as Blueger must never be allowed to get the 3C spot.

Don't even joke.

Seriously though:

Jake-Sid-Rakell
Heinen-Malkin-Rust
Zucker-Bleuger-Kapanen
Zohorna-Poehling-McGinn

and +$3mil in space would be a good way to start the year especially if it means saving Smith, POJ, Big Z, Poehling, Ruddy, and Freidman from waivers/WBS for the moment.

 

[Gurglesons]

It’s weird how defensemen succeed when you pair them with complimentary players instead of forcing two really skinny mobile guys who want to play defense together.

 

[Empoleon8771]

It seems like there is a good amount of intensity this year in particular. I think it comes from the top down.

And yeah my friend who attended the last two days of scrimmages said the Pete & Pete paring looks excellent. And that Petts looks like maybe he's sorta taking up where he left off in the playoffs. Which would be huge. I don't know if I considered how much a boon Petry could be to his defensive partner on top of everything else this year but that's an exciting thought.

I've said in the past that I've always thought that a Pettersson-Ristolainen type of pair would excel as a 2nd pair, and I think Pettersson-Petry is similar to that. I think the ideal partner for Pettersson is a big and physical OFD, someone like Ristolainen, Phaneuf or someone like that. Petry isn't exactly that, but he's pretty damn close.

Don't even joke.

Seriously though:

Jake-Sid-Rakell
Heinen-Malkin-Rust
Zucker-Bleuger-Kapanen
Zohorna-Poehling-McGinn

and +$3mil in space would be a good way to start the year.

If Carter is injured, they're just going to slide Poehling into the 3C spot. Don't see why they'd mess with the 4th line in that case, Sullivan clearly likes duos.

 

[dogthateats]

I wonder if Carter left early to go watch his daughters first softball game? I’m not even joking he re-storied pics of her posted by his wife on his instagram story.

 

[Pens x]

It seems like there is a good amount of intensity this year in particular. I think it comes from the top down.

And yeah my friend who attended the last two days of scrimmages said the Pete & Pete paring looks excellent. And that Petts looks like maybe he's sorta taking up where he left off in the playoffs. Which would be huge. I don't know if I considered how much a boon Petry could be to his defensive partner on top of everything else this year but that's an exciting thought.

It looks excellent in scrimmage, against ECHL players.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

It looks excellent in scrimmage, against ECHL players.

*yawn*

 

[SteadyYeti]

Nylander - Crosby - Malkin
Forsberg - Guentzel - Kane
Heinen - Carter - Rakell
O'Connor - Blueger - McGinn





Letang
POJ - Petry
Cam Dineen - Rutta






Rust for Patrick Kane at $5,125,000 (player for player)

Forsberg for Tristan Jarry, Travis Sanheim, Owen Pickering and three first Rd picks

Sanheim for Jason Zucker, Ty Smith, and Brian Dumoulin

Marcus Pettersson and Sam Poulin for Cam Dineen

 

[Empoleon8771]

Nylander - Crosby - Malkin
Forsberg - Guentzel - Kane
Heinen - Carter - Rakell
O'Connor - Blueger - McGinn





Letang
POJ - Petry
Cam Dineen - Rutta






Rust for Patrick Kane at $5,125,000 (player for player)

Forsberg for Tristan Jarry, Travis Sanheim, Owen Pickering and three first Rd picks

Sanheim for Jason Zucker, Ty Smith, and Brian Dumoulin

Marcus Pettersson and Sam Poulin for Cam Dineen

Hitting the sauce early? Love the energy

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Hitting the sauce early? Love the energy

I'm about to go have some beers, myself.

You guys take care this weekend. I'll crack my first one and toast to no new injuries. I mean... for at least a few more days. That's probably asking a lot.

 

[dogthateats]

We finally get top 6 wingers for Malkin but we turn Malkin into a winger and make Guentzel a Center

 

[Empoleon8771]

I'm about to go have some beers, myself.

You guys take care this weekend. I'll crack my first one and toast to no new injuries. I mean... for at least a few more days. That's probably asking a lot.

Kirkland Oktoberfest - September 22-24, 2023

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I'm heading to this in about 2 hours. If I don't post anymore after today, it means I died here

 

[Gurglesons]

 

[Andy99]

Not surprised…he gets a bad rap here…won’t be at all surprised when he has a good year for NJD and burns the Pens when he plays them…

 

[Gurglesons]

Not surprised…he gets a bad rap here…won’t be at all surprised when he has a good year for NJD and burns the Pens when he plays them…

He stinks.

 

[Empoleon8771]

HFPens in shambles



I could easily see Puustinen bumping Zucker or Heinen out of the top-6 by the end of the year. His skillset seems to be one that should really mesh well with Crosby, he gives me some Sheary vibes from what I've read about him. He probably won't be top-6 quality, at least not initially, but you can really load up your 2nd line with Rakell-Malkin-Rust if you have a winger like Puustinen on Crosby's RW.

 

[Andy99]

HockeyBuzz.com - Ryan Wilson - Some thoughts on things said and done in training camp

www.hockeybuzz.com

HFPens in shambles

I think he’s good at times and does some things that look great…the problem is that doesn’t result in goals/points lol, and same here at the scrimmages so far…

 

[Gurglesons]

HockeyBuzz.com - Ryan Wilson - Some thoughts on things said and done in training camp

www.hockeybuzz.com

I think he’s good at times and does some things that look great…the problem is that doesn’t result in goals/points lol, and same here at the scrimmages so far…

I don't get this narrative that we need scoring depth. Wilson is making

 

[TheGoldenJet]

Let the injuries commence!….

Oh no!

Who will play with Rakell now?

 

[Gurglesons]

lol. there's the cap space.

maybe it's a good thing ifs he's out for awhile though.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Completely seriously, I have literally zero problem if Carter is out for an extended window that lets the Penguins get cap compliant.

Not because I don't like Carter, I probably like Carter more than most on here, but I'd much rather not lose anyone and get cap compliant through LTIR.

 

[Andy99]

 

[Randy Butternubs]

I'm not going to read into anything about how players are performing in camp AND in preseason games. Most of us should know better by now.

 

[Gurglesons]

interesting about the wing stuff.