GDT: Pens vs Stars: The Kids are anti tank

[IcedCapp]

People complaining is priceless. Don't ever change

This kinda game, okay. But I get complaining about games where we explode for 7 goals and Sid and Geno combine for like 0 points. wtf is that?

 

[End of Line]

To everyone complaining go eat a dick

Enjoy Crosby while we can still

 

[Empoleon8771]

The more I see Crosby dominating at his age, the more I feel he’s going to be playing for another 5+ years

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

I hope they win out just to mess with the tank cheerleaders.

 

[eXile3]

Sid deserves one more playoff run.

 

[BrookswasHere44]

No assist for McG on hatty? First glance I thought he should

 

[IcedCapp]

No assist for McG on hatty? First glance I thought he should

I hope he assists on every goal the pens score for the next two years, but he gets credit for 0 of them. We gotta keep these contracts in check

 

[Ryder71]

Another big win tomorrow against chicago I'm guessing. Tied with the Ducks now. So...

 

[DesertedPenguin]

I like Koivunen and think he will be a contributor, but McGroarty is really showing something with Sid. He's obviously not a finished product. The game is still a little fast for him at the NHL level, which is common for even first round picks.

But boy is he smart. He always seems to be in the right place. And he's energetic and competitive.

We need to see more. Such a small sample size for now. But the Pens might have a great fit with McGroarty and Crosby in Sid's final years.

 

[Zirakzigil]

I like Koivunen and think he will be a contributor, but McGroarty is really showing something with Sid. He's obviously not a finished product. The game is still a little fast for him at the NHL level, which is common for even first round picks.

But boy is he smart. He always seems to be in the right place. And he's energetic and competitive.

We need to see more. Such a small sample size for now. But the Pens might have a great fit with McGroarty and Crosby in Sid's final years.

New plan:

McG - Sid - Marner next season

 

[farscape1]

I like Koivunen and think he will be a contributor, but McGroarty is really showing something with Sid. He's obviously not a finished product. The game is still a little fast for him at the NHL level, which is common for even first round picks.

But boy is he smart. He always seems to be in the right place. And he's energetic and competitive.

We need to see more. Such a small sample size for now. But the Pens might have a great fit with McGroarty and Crosby in Sid's final years.

So Rakell will be traded in the offseason then?

 

[vodeni]

New plan:

McG - Sid - Marner next season

That second line Rakell Geno Rust sounds good too

 

[eXile3]

I’m not going to sit here and bitch about a draft pick while Sid puts up 4 points and a hatty. It’s crazy.

 

[Zirakzigil]

I’m not going to sit here and bitch about a draft pick while Sid puts up 4 points and a hatty. It’s crazy.

That slacker Ovi couldnt even get a hatty last night against one of the worst teams in the league!

 

[mrzeigler]

So, that Rangers pick is gonna be higher than our own, right?

 

[Turin]

To everyone complaining go eat a dick

Enjoy Crosby while we can still

Feels like it's been a 90% chance the Pens are drafting 8 forever anyway. Just accept it. Take your Eklund or O'Brien and like it.

Seeing guys like McGroarty look so much better than they did earlier in the year on the top line is encouraging.

 

[vodeni]

I like Koivunen and think he will be a contributor, but McGroarty is really showing something with Sid. He's obviously not a finished product. The game is still a little fast for him at the NHL level, which is common for even first round picks.

But boy is he smart. He always seems to be in the right place. And he's energetic and competitive.

We need to see more. Such a small sample size for now. But the Pens might have a great fit with McGroarty and Crosby in Sid's final years.

I focused on him all day trying to see all these flaws in his game, and he just kept making solid plays

 

[Turin]

New plan:

McG - Sid - Marner next season

Hell yea brother.

 

[Ryder71]

So, that Rangers pick is gonna be higher than our own, right?

Sullivan has them competing. I'm sure he's very proud of the team.

 

[Turin]

Ho-hum another 30+ goal and probably 90+ point season in the bank for 37 year old Sid.

Side note: Neither Sid nor Guentzel's production changed at all. Lol. Though Rakell was elevated to a bonafide top line winger and Guentzel plays with not just Point but also Kucherov.

 

[Empoleon8771]

I like Koivunen and think he will be a contributor, but McGroarty is really showing something with Sid. He's obviously not a finished product. The game is still a little fast for him at the NHL level, which is common for even first round picks.

But boy is he smart. He always seems to be in the right place. And he's energetic and competitive.

We need to see more. Such a small sample size for now. But the Pens might have a great fit with McGroarty and Crosby in Sid's final years.

He has the same thing that made Guentzel work amazingly well with Crosby: a superbly high hockey IQ. It's really not surprising he's immediately meshing with Crosby because Crosby has always meshed really well with high hockey IQ players.

Feels like it's been a 90% chance the Pens are drafting 8 forever anyway. Just accept it. Take your Eklund or O'Brien and like it.

Seeing guys like McGroarty look so much better than they did earlier in the year on the top line is encouraging.

Yeah it's really weird because I really like both Eklund and O'Brien and I'm not sure why people would whine about getting them at #8 instead of Desnoyers or Frondell at #5.

If Crosby will play through his age 42 season (so 5 years), they could have a legit playoff caliber top-6 group with Crosby and O'Brien as their top-6 centers before Sid retires.

 

[Ryder71]

Ho-hum another 30+ goal and probably 90+ point season in the bank for 37 year old Sid.

Side note: Neither Sid nor Guentzel's production changed at all. Lol. Though Rakell was elevated to a bonafide top line winger and Guentzel plays with not just Point but also Kucherov.

And yet another miss at the playoffs. But the boys are playing hard. There's a lot to be said for that.

 

[Jared Grayden]

Ceci running into Harley is one of the worst defensive plays I've ever seen. If I were a Dallas coach I would have broken a stick over his head for that.

 

[DesertedPenguin]

New plan:

McG - Sid - Marner next season

McG - Sid - Marner
Peterka - Malkin - Rust
Eklund - M. Bourque - Koivunen
Novak - Lizotte - Dewar
Poulin/Ponomarev

Hague - Pionk
Orlov - Letang
Pickering - Timmins
Kolyachonok

Pedal down, full speed ahead, no brakes.

 

[Turin]

McG - Sid - Marner
Peterka - Malkin - Rust
Eklund - M. Bourque - Koivunen
Novak - Lizotte - Dewar
Poulin/Ponomarev

Hague - Pionk
Orlov - Letang
Pickering - Timmins
Kolyachonok

Pedal down, full speed ahead, no brakes.

Pionk without Samberg is going to be pain for some team