Pre-Game Talk: The All Purpose Off Day Thread | Simon Recalled

[DegenX]

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[wej20]

Sprong as well please.

 

[HandshakeLine]

I love our Line Up Follies.

 

[HandshakeLine]

(Editors note: the discerning reader will note the irony, and that I do not "love" our line-up "follies".)

 

[vikingGoalie]

why? Desmith could've maybe been a little better on the 2 goals, but he was pretty much lights out against the Devils, and the only player that actually showed up to play.

 

[Captain Hook]

I thought two of the goals DeSmith let in last game were pretty egregious. He's been mostly good since his call-up but I don't think the Pens are that sold on him as NHL material and consequently his leash is very short.

 

[Zirakzigil]

I’m guessing this is going to go on the rest of the season. They are going to swap them around so that neither one does a long span without playing.

 

[ncm7772]

I thought two of the goals DeSmith let in last game were pretty egregious. He's been mostly good since his call-up but I don't think the Pens are that sold on him as NHL material and consequently his leash is very short.

I would tend to agree. I honestly think that he's looked better than Jarry recently, but I'm with you in that the team doesn't seem real high on him.

 

[ColePens]

I think DeSmith for sure proved himself to be the guy up here, but that happens. That's life as a fringe NHLer.

 

[cheesedanish87]

Hopefully Horny is back at practice today.

 

[WayneSid9987]

JR and company got a little more serious/logical with the goalie position. It'd be nice if they did the same up front especially.

 

[ncm7772]

Thinking the hockey gods were just toying with us and have a cruel sense of humor. Sid will get his 400th vs his old buddy MAF tomorrow night.

 

[vikingGoalie]

I thought two of the goals DeSmith let in last game were pretty egregious. He's been mostly good since his call-up but I don't think the Pens are that sold on him as NHL material and consequently his leash is very short.

I hear ya. However when you still put up over a 92% save percentage in a game where you are out shot 38 to 16 you should not be punished for that. I'm just saying personally as a goalie I would not be pleased with that decision.

 

[WayneSid9987]

Expect another low shot affair tomorrow.
Another loss comin' up.

 

[ColePens]

That is 100% not the roster you want against Vegas.

 

[TheGoldenJet]

Expect another low shot affair tomorrow.
Another loss comin' up.

Sully being stubborn. Going to cost us some points again.

 

[ncm7772]

There ya go, Sully!

With that lineup, Pens are gonna need to have MAF go into the Fleuriest of meltdowns to score more than one goal.

 

[Coastal Kev]

Expect another low shot affair tomorrow.
Another loss comin' up.

Sullivan should be fired over his use of Kuhn.

That soft German puffball has 2 GOALS.... in 49 games.

Mike has become our worst nightmare in one years time.

 

[wej20]

I'd rather have Recchi in the top 6 than Kuhnhackl.

 

[WayneSid9987]

I mean, they can still have their Kuhnackl. Just like...:

Simon/Jake-Sid-Sprong
Hags-G-Phil/Rust
Simon/Jake-Sheahan-Phil/Rust
Kuhn-Rowney-Dea

Be smart about it. Speed and puck possession kills.

 

[Shady Machine]

Sullivan should be fired over his use of Kuhn.

That soft German puffball has 2 GOALS.... in 49 games.

Mike has become our worst nightmare in one years time.

haha "worst nightmare". You always keep us entertained!

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

Only the Penguins could have Tom Kuhnhackl and Carl Hagelin in the top 6 but not Phil Kessel.

 

[wej20]

I actually like Kuhnhackl, but having him playing RW in the top 6 is just mind boggling, especially when you have Hagelin on the other wing who is already defensively responsible.

 

[Speaking Moistly]

This should go well.

 

[KIRK]

That is 100% not the roster you want against Vegas.

The Pens may be closer to last place in the division than one would think by this time next week if THAT is the lineup Sully uses at home against Vegas and then on the road at Dallas and St Louis.

Rust doesn't fit with Sid. We know that. But, at least one could sort of argue he's a top six forward with Hornqvist and Sheary out.

That said, if you are 2 injuries up front away from Kuhn in the top six, then it's a trifecta of failures . . . failures of coaching (Sully), AHL management (Guerin), and management (JR) of truly epic proportions.

EDIT: Strike that. It was failures of epic proportions LAST GAME. Now, it's also a testament to my argument that the coach with his bench management is doing more to coach them OUT of the playoffs than he is to coach them into the playoffs.

Only the Penguins could have Tom Kuhnhackl and Carl Hagelin in the top 6 but not Phil Kessel.

Carl Hagelin should be surgically attached to Geno's hip right now.