Honour Over Glory
Blomqvist for Vezina + ROTY
- Jan 30, 2012
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The Geno-Sid-Raks line needs to end, Geno and Raks are still playing well but Sid is still up and down, he is good against the weaker teams not so good against the stronger teams, he was better vs the Isles in his own game, but the stacked line also gave up a goal - the tying goal. That goal is funny to watch, Sid skating around in a circle which has Raks come out to cover the point and then Geno is stuck coming over after trying to keep a gap on Pulock and Horvat and then breaks his stick on Pageau and when that happens Sid stops skating and Pageau just goes for his rebound while Grz does jack shit and Letang is doing his losing battle aginst Lee. While Sid does his lap, Raks is like wtf watching the right wall for the point and the player down low...Letang of course, weak ass clear with the chop at the puck and then pushes Lee into the spot he needs to be in to screen Ned. I bet Yohe still blamed Karlsson for that game, haha. Sid and his lap, the part that irks me was he barely goes after the puck to clear from Lee, then Horvat swoops in and passes right through Sid to Pageau..
That line lost vs the Wild and Isles, but won against the Habs and Ducks. So it's done jack shit for the team that has already been doing the usual this season - lose against playoff caliber teams (when healthy) and win against bottom feeder teams.
Rakell is just a beast this season and I am glad he is because so many here wanted him gone and should be eating a f*** ton of crow while very few of us kept backing him knowing his shoulder was a big reason why he was off last year when it came to light. Rakell has been the better RW over Rust since he's been a Penguin. The line was great vs the Isles, but then again it's a severely destroyed Isles team and they still won, lol.
Acciari this season has been one of the worst forwards on the team for anyone that's played as much as he has, just shit all across the board for his analytics as a player, but because a "line he is on" does well, he stays in Sullivan's good graces while being mostly mediocre as shit (Rust too when he was healthy). I think the Hayes line with Glass does well because of Hayes + Glass, I bet if you threw Lizotte there, it'd still be a damn good line without Acciari, meanwhile Acciari's individual game is ass.
There's usage that were used for a couple of shifts that had promise based on analytics, etc.
Malkin + Rakell - They've been strong together all year, their issue is the best LW for them was Bunts when he was ass, he's better now so it would be fine, but Rakell is going to be with Sid which f***s Geno over.
Bunting, Glass, Beauvillier - They were great vs the Ducks, but Sully kept shoving Acciari with Glass & Bunting, Beauvillier looked far better with them.
Puljujarvi + Eller is also a strong duo.
Puljujarvi + Bunting have good shifts together, although I feel like when Acciari is thrown with them, it suffers.
Bunting, Glass, Puustinen
DOC, Eller, Puustinen - Still works
Bunting, Hayes, Puustinen
Beauvillier, Lizotte - As a duo, strong (Lizotte was good with Doc and Hayes too)
That line lost vs the Wild and Isles, but won against the Habs and Ducks. So it's done jack shit for the team that has already been doing the usual this season - lose against playoff caliber teams (when healthy) and win against bottom feeder teams.
Rakell is just a beast this season and I am glad he is because so many here wanted him gone and should be eating a f*** ton of crow while very few of us kept backing him knowing his shoulder was a big reason why he was off last year when it came to light. Rakell has been the better RW over Rust since he's been a Penguin. The line was great vs the Isles, but then again it's a severely destroyed Isles team and they still won, lol.
Acciari this season has been one of the worst forwards on the team for anyone that's played as much as he has, just shit all across the board for his analytics as a player, but because a "line he is on" does well, he stays in Sullivan's good graces while being mostly mediocre as shit (Rust too when he was healthy). I think the Hayes line with Glass does well because of Hayes + Glass, I bet if you threw Lizotte there, it'd still be a damn good line without Acciari, meanwhile Acciari's individual game is ass.
There's usage that were used for a couple of shifts that had promise based on analytics, etc.
Malkin + Rakell - They've been strong together all year, their issue is the best LW for them was Bunts when he was ass, he's better now so it would be fine, but Rakell is going to be with Sid which f***s Geno over.
Bunting, Glass, Beauvillier - They were great vs the Ducks, but Sully kept shoving Acciari with Glass & Bunting, Beauvillier looked far better with them.
Puljujarvi + Eller is also a strong duo.
Puljujarvi + Bunting have good shifts together, although I feel like when Acciari is thrown with them, it suffers.
Bunting, Glass, Puustinen
DOC, Eller, Puustinen - Still works
Bunting, Hayes, Puustinen
Beauvillier, Lizotte - As a duo, strong (Lizotte was good with Doc and Hayes too)
