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[Jacob]

Just looking over rosters for D:

Gorges
Jordie Benn? meh.
Oduya? Nah.
Barbario? Currently listed on IR and can't find anything about if he's practicing or? Looks like a solid defensive depth D-Man tho looking at his numbers.
Schenn. Big shot blocker. Not totally against it but probably prefer the other bolded more.
Connauton.
Bartkowski. Likes to block shots as well. Seems to never play there in CGY.
Davidson. Nah.
Benning. Likes to block shots but not a relied on defensively.
Auvitu. Nah.
Folin? Would he be available?
Beiga? Meh?

Bolded would be my preferred pick ups.

I think Oduya is the best name listed due to his experience. And unlike Gorges, who’s mostly a healthy scratch or barely plays when he is in the lineup, Oduya is still a regular.

 

[Ogrezilla]

I think Oduya is the best name listed due to his experience. And unlike Gorges, who’s mostly a healthy scratch or barely plays when he is in the lineup, Oduya is still a regular.

Oh do ya think so? He clearly gets bonus points because Errey will get to make some sweet puns out of his name.

 

[cheesedanish87]

It will be interesting to see what Sully does now on the PK.

Its either play Sid on the PK every game, or play Rowney at wing so he can be used on the PK.

I'm not crazy about either option.

 

[Pengwins]

Or play brassard on PK. Rowney shouldn’t dress

 

[JTG]

It will be interesting to see what Sully does now on the PK.

Its either play Sid on the PK every game, or play Rowney at wing so he can be used on the PK.

I'm not crazy about either option.

Penalty killing isn't a hard skill to learn.

Sheahan, Kuhnhackl, Rust, and Hagelin. Rust knows how to PK. He just not a regular.

 

[Asuna]

i wonder if sullivan will use crosby in a slightly more defensive role going forward. let malkin/brassard take the offensive matchups

 

[vodeni]

It will be interesting to see what Sully does now on the PK.

Its either play Sid on the PK every game, or play Rowney at wing so he can be used on the PK.

I'm not crazy about either option.

ask ourselves a question: who would PK if Rowney gets hurt?
you have 62, 17, 15 and they need a fourth guy: if Kuhn is there that could be hime (much to my chagrin)
if not, they better make one of the other forwards learn quickly, I would try anyone who is fast (Sheary?)

 

[cheesedanish87]

Penalty killing isn't a hard skill to learn.

Sheahan, Kuhnhackl, Rust, and Hagelin. Rust knows how to PK. He just not a regular.

Somebody has to take the faceoffs on the PK, those faceoffs on special teams are very important.

You need 2 centers to kill penalties.

 

[vodeni]

Penalty killing isn't a hard skill to learn.

Sheahan, Kuhnhackl, Rust, and Hagelin. Rust knows how to PK. He just not a regular.

Rust is regular on PK

 

[Ogrezilla]

Penalty killing isn't a hard skill to learn.

Sheahan, Kuhnhackl, Rust, and Hagelin. Rust knows how to PK. He just not a regular.

we have plenty of PKers. What we don't have is a 2nd PK center. We obviously could give someone PK time who hasn't typically gotten it. That's an option. But Sully does seem to value PKing, I think we've seen that with Kuhn and Rowney both.

 

[cheesedanish87]

ask ourselves a question: who would PK if Rowney gets hurt?
you have 62, 17, 15 and they need a fourth guy: if Kuhn is there that could be hime (much to my chagrin)
if not, they better make one of the other forwards learn quickly, I would try anyone who is fast (Sheary?)

I'm not worried about having enough forwards who can kill, Jake can kill, ZAR as well.

I'm just worried about who can take face offs besides Sheahan.

 

[JakeNBake59]

 

[Coastal Kev]

I went to bed last night reading many different Pens sites and the one thought I saw repeated over and over was "tee hee, thank god Reaves is gone".

Interesting. I noticed our Captain seemed very disconnected last night, did anyone else notice? I also have read that our Captain was very tight with Reaves.

Night in and Night out, Sid has bore the frustration from the league's mindset that it's simply unfair that the Pens have the 2 best Centers in the league on the same team. More so than any other player he routinely is targeted for borderline and sometimes outright dirty play by the opposition. That constant abuse seemed to take a toll on Sid's love for the sport, the same way that it did for Mario. I think JR saw this, especially after the nasty dirty shot to the head by Niskanen.
His response, Reaves; and a certain large % of the fanbase howled in protest. I will also make note one time of this fact, SID's ABUSE TOTAL WAS DRASTICALLY LESSENED THIS SEASON! Granted these complaints were mostly from a younger demographic who own the social media space, but their "opinion" became a mantra that a player like Reaves no longer serves a purpose to a team built on skill and speed. Well.... opinions differ. I accept that you may laugh at my opinion, call me outdated and out of touch, I mean who cares. My opinion is worth the same as any of yours, nothing. But I do wonder what is the opinion of our Captain now that Reaves has been traded??? Does anyone care about that???

On paper, yesterday was another HUGE day for the franchise. It's really hard to complain about a roster that now on paper looks to be the best in the league. But as we all know, it's only on paper.

One thing I can guarantee is that the jealousy of the Pens grew 10 fold yesterday. Team will play nastier against the Pens and yes, the mostly Canadian Refs (who probably are among the biggest trolls here on HF) will once again eat their whistles with that ole Canadian ham & egg'r mindset, "you have to expect to get what you got".

 

[Zirakzigil]

I'm not worried about having enough forwards who can kill, Jake can kill, ZAR as well.

I'm just worried about who can take face offs besides Sheahan.

The only other one right now is Crosby, which has been something I have been concerned about since the first rumors about Brassard. A Cullen like center we could put on the wing would be perfect right now.

 

[turd]

I'm not worried about having enough forwards who can kill, Jake can kill, ZAR as well.

I'm just worried about who can take face offs besides Sheahan.

Isn’t Guentzel a natural center? Have him do it. I don’t want Rowney anywhere near the starting lineup.

 

[Jacob]

Brassard didn’t PK in NY?

 

[Liquid Gel]

The only other one right now is Crosby, which has been something I have been concerned about since the first rumors about Brassard. A Cullen like center we could put on the wing would be perfect right now.

CULLEN! Calling Matt Cullen! That would be over the top!

 

[Ogrezilla]

Brassard didn’t PK in NY?

He has 0 SHP for his career, so I'm guessing no.

 

[Tom Hanks]

Reporter: Why did you want Brassard?

JR: Why not? Have you seen him play.

 

[cheesedanish87]

Isn’t Guentzel a natural center? Have him do it. I don’t want Rowney anywhere near the starting lineup.

Yeah, that's not a bad option.

Jake is around 50% in faceoffs this year.

 

[Tom Hanks]

i wonder if sullivan will use crosby in a slightly more defensive role going forward. let malkin/brassard take the offensive matchups

Malkin’s line is our best defensive line though.

 

[Empoleon8771]

I'm surprised JR is flat out saying "we didn't have interest in Brassard because we didn't think the cap would work". I was expecting him to say he has been looking at Brassard for a while.

 

[Asuna]

Malkin’s line is our best defensive line though.

i don't think they have that many defensive zone starts though

( i haven't checked those stats)

 

[BreakfastatMarios]

Oh do ya think so? He clearly gets bonus points because Errey will get to make some sweet puns out of his name.

dear god plz no Oduta every time pens play him my wife says oh hell do ya..... irritating lol if he becomes a pen gonna be some annoying times for me lol

 

[Empoleon8771]

I dojn't know if this got mentioned, but something else good about this trade: the Penguins got Ottawa's 3rd round pick this year, which is basically the equivalent of where their 2nd round pick will be. That's actually pretty nice, they'll have 2 picks in the 55-65 range most likely.