GDT: @ Pittsburgh

[w e l o s t b o y s]

I had GCL two years ago and it was off an on terrible so I gave up on it.

I get it free with with my cable subscription but yeah it's hit or miss

 

[HisIceness]

We scored two more goals in regulation than we did last night. Baby steps.

 

[nobuddy]

Phil!

 

[nobuddy]

This is good.

Lack needs to be the starter for this team to have any prayer.

 

[cptjeff]

apparently the gamecenter stream is choppy so every other stream will be choppy as well

I thought it was just on my end, and was trying to find ways to speed up my browser.

Ah well, firefox should be faster in the future.

 

[Swag Surf Aho]

Listening to it on 99.9 the Fan. Pens up 4-2 now. Triangle tic-tac-toe play for the fourth goal. Crosby drops it back to Kunitz who extends the stick and makes the pass to Kessel who taps it in.

 

[cptjeff]

Intermission, blessed, blessed intermission.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Honestly, really hard to assess anything based on the terrible stream. A lot of prime scoring chances given up by the Canes, but it's pre-season and Pens have all their stars playing tonight (Crosby, Kessel, Malkin Letang, Maata, etc...) so not overly surprising that they are having their way with the Canes.

 

[CandyCanes]

How did Hanifin look that period? I gave up on the stream lol.

 

[HisIceness]

I think we knew this already but yikes it looks like Pittsburgh is going to make mincemeat out of us this season.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

How did Hanifin look that period? I gave up on the stream lol.

Impossible to tell with the terrible streams.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

I think we knew this already but yikes it looks like Pittsburgh is going to make mincemeat out of us this season.

While they are a much better team and I expect them to have a much better record than Carolina this year, let's not base it off of this game. They have Crosby, Malkin, Kessel, Hornqvist, Kunitz, Letang, Maata all in the line-up, so basically their first 2 lines and their first pairing on defense. Canes don't have their top line and only half of their top pairing.

Not exactly apples to apples.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

I've given up on the stream. If it gets better and people can provide input on how certain players look, I'd appreciate it.

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

- It looked like the Globetrotters vs the Generals in the 1st period. There were some really ugly defensive breakdowns for the Canes that period.
- Hanifin looked really hesitant to handle the puck. Any time he received it, he immediately passed off to a teammate, resulting in a couple turnovers. I’ll chalk that up to nerves.
- Wiz can really bring it from the point. It will be nice to have either Faulk’s, Wisniewski’s or Murphy’s shot on the ice basically at all times.

 

[Swag Surf Aho]

#lostitforaustin

 

[Identity404]

CAM WARDO sporting that .75 save percentage

 

[Quacktastic]

Even the highlights on nhl.com are choppy

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

Skinner makes it 5-3. Good heads up pass by Hanifin to I think Rask and then activation from #5 to create that chance. Skinner put home the rebound. Lindholm was in front of the net creating traffic as well.

Crosby makes it 6-3. The Canes defended that pretty well. Ward simply got fooled by Crosby's backhand.

 

[nobuddy]

If Lack isn't the starter after this...

 

[cptjeff]

If Lack isn't the starter after this...

Still plenty of camp left, Ward could just be rusty, and he might turn it around by the end of camp and start looking spectacular. Or not. But yeah, Lack has to be the favorite right now.

 

[TheOllieC]

Skinner from Lindholm and Hanifin should happen every game IMO

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

Great 1-on-1 defending by Hanifin on Malkin.

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

7-3. Kessel from Crosby. Hanifin was not strong enough on the stick lift there.

 

[Identity404]

Hahaha no. But me and my friend happened to be talking about him and how nice of a guy he was at the autograph session while walking back from the parking lot dropping off our new signed stuff. And while walking back into the stadium what do you know this girl came up to us that was behind us and asked us "Were you just talking about Jacob Slavin" and we were like yea? She was then like "O, he's my husband". Was literally so freaking bizarre we happened to be talking about him while we had no clue his wife was walking right behind us lol. She didn't know anyone at the Carnival as they just moved from Colorado. So she ended up hanging out and watched the scrimmage with my friend and I. Was cool to hear what the life of a hockey prospect wife was like haha. Both her and Jacob are incredibly nice people, and both seem to be so thankful to where Jacob Slavin is in his career. I was a huge Slavin fan from last years prospect camp after meeting him, now I'm even more of a huge fan haha. I'm really hoping Slavin makes it to the NHL now.

Cool Story. I sat behind Justin Peter's Wife/GF (no sure) at a game once. I didn't talk to her, she seemed kinda unpleasant TBH.

 

[Wolfpuck]

We want 10!