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

[K Fleur]

we’re going to struggle to get good shots on goal, aren’t we?

Andy I have missed your almost cartoonish pessimism.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Pens need to start using the hit stick.

 

[vodeni]

FFS we cannot exit our zone with our top pairing D. That is bad news.

because they are kind of stupid, trying cross ice passes there

 

[KIRK]

cmon beat that trap, its not like you saw this first time in your life

I'm torn here.

I mean, you're right in the abstract.

But, I watching these guys, and most of them have another notch or two to turn things up. Kind of hard to beat the trap when you're sort of going through the motions.

 

[Turin]

Exhibition game, meh. Just hope Johnson gets a mild cold and has to quarantine for a few weeks.

 

[ronduguayshair]

Ice looks terrible. Phil Bourque was commenting on this during the pregame.

Saturday the game is the third game of that sheet. Really the worst possible scenario for the pens.

 

[AuroraBorealis]

Nice hit by Maatta

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Breakout is way too static.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

AV is literally a broken record with his coaching, yet the Pens seem to find ways to make his boring ass coaching effective against this team.

 

[vodeni]

the lines looked much better on paper this summer

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Marino bud, wtf. Jarry bails his ass out.

 

[DesertPenguin]

Our zone exits are terrible. We keep trying these east west outlets that the flyers are disrupting at best, intercepting and scoring on at worst. Gotta clean that up.

Crosby line looks good.
Geno line looks like Geno is having a Geno night.
Third line looks like they're going to need the physicality of actual playoffs to be effective.
4th line is making life difficult for the Flyers, exactly what I want from those guys.

 

[KIRK]

because they are kind of stupid, trying cross ice passes there

This goes back to something I was discussing with @Peat in the final scrimmage. He was talking about Letang trying his things and it not working, and I noted that it's not going to work unless he's all in out there.

It's ugly, but it's hard to take much from this when so few Pens are playing with desperation.

I mean, the trap literally beats a team by sucking the life out of it. If you're playing without life you start, it's a problem.

 

[Andy99]

the lines looked much better on paper this summer

I think what we do is very predictable and easy to coach against....I mean the Flyers players are there with a stick as soon as we make a pass, or try to

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Really need to get Rust going if we hope to go anywhere. A dump and chase once in awhile would be nice too.

 

[AuroraBorealis]

Not hearing enough swearing/trash talk

 

[WayneSid9987]

I trust JJ more with the puck on his stick in his own zone than i do Letang. There i said it.

 

[KIRK]

Our zone exits are terrible. We keep trying these east west outlets that the flyers are disrupting at best, intercepting and scoring on at worst. Gotta clean that up.

Crosby line looks good.
Geno line looks like Geno is having a Geno night.
Third line looks like they're going to need the physicality of actual playoffs to be effective.
4th line is making life difficult for the Flyers, exactly what I want from those guys.

I'm not sure L2 also doesn't need the physicality of the playoffs to be effective. There's another level there for all three of them (actually another two levels for Geno).

 

[Andy99]

Not hearing enough swearing/trash talk

isn’t there a 5 second broadcast delay..??

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Junk Johnson with a random hit that Errey gushes over.

 

[vodeni]

core muscle what?

 

[KIRK]

Pens offensive zone support is awful

(again allowing that you can see they're invested like it's an exhibition game)

 

[Honour Over Glory]

isn’t there a 5 second broadcast delay..??

Some say Jack Johnson is on a 30 second mental delay.

 

[PhilThrillPill]

Marino is a beast. You just know he will outman two flyers and then shoots that keeping it simple.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

First time we sustained pressure in the ozone during the secone period: 18:00 in.