Series Talk: Pens vs Habs Round 1 Best of Five - Episode 5: Camme toé

[Honour Over Glory]

Sid and Marino miscommunication, Murray beat by a double deflection.

Then Geno literally assisted Hayes on their 2nd goal.

I am still sober, are we doing the Murray excuses early?

 

[Andy99]

1000% the Canadiens are going to trap like they are clones of the 90’s devils... we better be ready for that

I’ve always thought we’d do much better the last few years in the POs if we played with the same structure but we never do...I’m resigned to our goalie having to be in God mode...unfortunately they haven’t been

 

[KIRK]

Agreed. Hopefully an exhibition game such as this will give them a lot more to work with in practice to fix issues than in-team play.

The thing is they're not hitting. I don't want to read too much into an exhibition game without seeing, as I suspect, that there's another notch or two for all three, especially Malkin, to turn it up.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

I really think that some here are going to be shocked by the end of the night Saturday...but they shouldn’t be.

Oh, they might keep us under 3 goals... but who is gonna score for them?

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One thing I definitely did not miss... Jay Caufield trying to explain hockey plays.

 

[KIRK]

I am still sober, are we doing the Murray excuses early?

The first goal is wholly excusable.

The second he was faked out of his jock strap on an in close 2 on 0 that Geno set up. I'm not kidding.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Have I missed live Hockey? Yes.
Does Jay's Telestration still suck ass? Also yes.

 

[WayneSid9987]

Going pretty much as expected.
In the scrimmages, their breakouts were atrocious for the most part.
In this 1st, they did what they practiced, held on to pucks for breakouts. PHI sets the trap, puck gets gobbled up in the NZ and PHI goes the other way.

I'll never understand why they don't focus in on the weakest part of their game which is breakouts. It's been terribad for awhile now.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

The first goal is wholly excusable.

The second he was faked out of his jock strap on an in close 2 on 0 that Geno set up. I'm not kidding.

Geno should be going monster mode on the other team, not our own.

 

[Shrimper]

Getting the Philadelphia feed here.

Yuck

 

[The Grim Reaper]

I wonder how much Jay makes to do just a 45 second telestration?

 

[Gurglesons]

Glad @Bingo71 is back with his enlightening prophecies.

 

[Andy99]

Have the Pens learned to dump and cycle yet against the trap? Doesn’t look like it...Philly owned the NZ and the Pens had no time in the O zone..if they don’t get a L1 score off the rush, it looks like they won’t score

 

[WayneSid9987]

What were the shots that period?

 

[KIRK]

Going pretty much as expected.
In the scrimmages, their breakouts were atrocious for the most part.
In this 1st, they did what they practiced, held on to pucks for breakouts. PHI sets the trap, puck gets gobbled up in the NZ and PHI goes the other way.

I'll never understand why they don't focus in on the weakest part of their game which is breakouts. It's been terribad for awhile now.

This certainly is a fair point. We're skating into the teeth of their trap absent sufficient support, like they're funneling us right into it pretty much every shift and it takes more often than not a broken play to beat it.

 

[KIRK]

What were the shots that period?

10-6 Flyers

 

[Scandale du Jour]

I wonder how much Jay makes to do just a 45 second telestration?

Too much. Is he friends with Mario?

 

[canadianguy77]

Looks like the top 6 is outright refusing to dump and chase and would much rather make fancy little lateral chip plays at the Flyers blue line. It’s what killed us against the Isles and will likely be our demise this year too.

 

[KIRK]

Looks like the top 6 is outright refusing to dump and chase and would much rather make fancy little lateral chip plays at the Flyers blue line. It’s what killed us against the Isles and will likely be our demise this year too.

100% accurate.

Tough to know if they're outright refusing like last year or it's more about this being an exhibition (for example, in terms of the hitting, this one is like a pick up game, so it's clear some guys-- maybe most guys-- haven't turned it up).

 

[Gurglesons]

Looks like the top 6 is outright refusing to dump and chase and would much rather make fancy little lateral chip plays at the Flyers blue line. It’s what killed us against the Isles and will likely be our demise this year too.

The weird part is basically all four of our top six wingers thrive on dump and chase lol

 

[Andy99]

Looks like the top 6 is outright refusing to dump and chase and would much rather make fancy little lateral chip plays at the Flyers blue line. It’s what killed us against the Isles and will likely be our demise this year too.

unfortunately I think people on here have overrated the team and their chances...I don’t see them winning a Cup this year so I’d rather they lose to MTL and at least get a chance at Lafreniere than lose to Philly or Boston etc in the next round...

 

[theicebox]

Lol at Errey asking Mears to get him a coffee.

 

[Andy99]

Already starting off giving Philly lots of time in our zone...

 

[KIRK]

Dump that Geno.

 

[Andy99]

Dump that Geno.

He’s playing like he’s walking in the park...hopefully he can turn on on Saturday

 

[K Fleur]

They’d be up 5-0 if Fleury was still here.