Penguins/NHL
PENGUINS PROJECTED LINEUP VS BRUINS
David Perron – Evgeni Malkin – Phil Kessel
Chris Kunitz – Sidney Crosby – Conor Sheary
Sergei Plotnikov – Nick Bonino – Patric Hornqvist
Kevin Porter – Matt Cullen – Eric Fehr
Defensemen
Olli Maatta – Trevor Daley
Brian Dumoulin – Ben Lovejoy
Ian Cole – David Warsofsky
Goaltender
Jeff Zatkoff
FRIDAY’S PENGUINS BUZZ
1. Penguins coach Mike Sullivan will go back with Jeff Zatkoff tonight vs the Bruins. Appears likely Murray gets the nod tomorrow night vs Carolina but Sullivan would not commit to the rotation, saying he’s comfortable with both goaltenders. Sullivan called Murray the best goaltender he’s seen in the AHL this season….Sullivan said the Penguins line combinations are not set in stone…..Looks like Daniel Sprong might sit tonight based off the skate. Porter or Sprong will be odd-man out with Bonino back.
2. Jim Rutherford has had many blunders as General Manager but after failing to lottery protect their 2015 first rounder in the David Perron trade last season, at least Rutherford learned his lesson and got Pittsburgh’s 2016 first rounder lottery protected in the Phil Kessel trade. The Penguins enter today’s action 12th in the East.
3. In November we reported the Jets and Penguins had discussed Patric Hornqvist with Winnipeg dangling Toby Enstrom as trade bait, but the Penguins were not interested in moving Hornqvist at the time.
Keep an eye on the Jets moving forward.
Darren Dreger mentioned on radio yesterday the Penguins recently kicked the tires on Enstrom. “I know that he had interest in other defensemen. Kicked tires on Toby Enstrom out of Winnipeg, but just didn’t seem to be a fit there with the money. And I don’t know that they actually even negotiated on trade. I believe that Rutherford was shooting a little bit higher,” Dreger said via Chris Nichols.
Enstrom would help but another player with a bad contract who at age 31 is heading towards the downside of his career. Enstrom has two more seasons left on his contract with a $5.75 million cap hit.
4. T.J. Oshie or Phil Kessel, who you got? That shouting scene at the Penguins draft table during day 2 of the NHL entry draft in June between Jim Rutherford and former assistant GM Tom Fitzgerald centered around many in the organization’s desire to re-engage in trade talks to acquire Oshie and close the door on trying to acquire Phil Kessel.
I wasn’t a big Oshie guy in the past, but watching Oshie much more closely now with the Capitals, he has a lot of elements the Penguins lack, a two-way top-6 winger with physicality/skill and oh yeah you’re not stuck with him for six more years with an unmovable contract. Perfect type of player on a good contract ($4.1 million cap hit through 16-17) the Penguins needed more than adding another one-dimensional winger on a big contract.
The Kessel acquisition was all about trying to keep that tiny window open but now 28 years old and exiting his prime, it’s difficult to find anyone who looks at Kessel and believes he has much of a chance of being a game changing player in years 30-34. The window of getting one great season from Kessel is only going to continue to shrink.To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!
Is the Crosby – Lemieux rift fact or fiction? Why is the team playing better without Sid? Barnaby’s source was Artie – so I expect it is true.
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Even tomlin was celebrating for the camera last night. LOL sorry, I just don’t understand the culture I guess
The winning culture? Lol, its a game.
jaydogg, the guy who posts 50 things per day vanished the second i called him out for being on the pens payroll as an internet blogger. i saw him all over DK’s site too when i was breifly on that garbage site. hey jay, how much does moreheist pay you to talk trash on anyone who mentions in any way that the pens suck? you are a paid blogger and there is no doubt about it!
Bush Sr. shot JFK.
Can the Penguins hurry up and lose? id like a new article.
Hilarious…
Can npl hurry up and lose weight
Seriously Sam, fat jokes? How old are you?
New article
That was classic Big Ben. Hall of Famer one play only to throw a horrendous pick with the game on the line.
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That’s awesome Nipples. I loved Crosby after the 2009 Cup (well not really). When was the last playoff game Big Overrated won?
Haha! So angry because you stay dumb things. You’re awesome.
Angry? Not really. If the Broncos don’t drop a half dozen passes then all anyone is talking about is Big Numb Nuts INT. I know you’re out of your element with the Pens but as a gay, black, Democrat I’d think football would be your thing.
lol youre clearly not angry.
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For those wondering. DePaoli would have made those defensive adjustments before the game even started, not at halftime.
Only adjustments that’s needs to be made before the game is your diet. No need to eat junk food when you watch the game you fat slob
No Steelers article? Guess that means they won.
Wtf has this place become.
The fat slob is taking over
Maybe he should stop talking to himself then.
You and stan talking to each other is like talking to yourself.
Jordan Staal! The guy you win cups with! Thunder Bay! This and that! Another Same original!
Referring to yourself in the third person now. Interesting.
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2. Steelers
3. Pitt FB
4. Pitt BB
5. Riverhounds
6. Penguins
Mitchell has certainly made a few dumb plays this year, but overall he’s had a good impact.
I accept that
Me too. They haven’t had a guy that plays with that kind of edge since Harrison when he was a starter. I’ll take the good with the bad with him.
Using Boykin more seemed to have paid off. Keith Butler deserves credit for whatever he changed at halftime, too.
Looks like people will finally get their wish; Goodbye Todd Haley. Have fun being the head coach of an NFL team again!
Mike Tomlin is one hell of a coach.
LMAO. Tomlin doesn’t even know the Steelers are playing today.
Because they played yesterday?
Mike Mitchell’s crew really stepped up in the second half.
Mike Mitchell!!
Have to give him credit for managing to make a play without making himself look like a retard in the process. #progress
Like a good ole white boy. Atta boy Mikey!
Or like anyone that isn’t posing while a fumble is laying at his feet.
Glad he didnt upset you and angry drunk uncles everywhere
Who’s uncle am I?
If im guessing… 14 year old chubby girl who likes black guys but is afraid of what her family thinks. The anxiety forces depression, she cuts herself on her thighs because its easier to hide and cries alone most nights. She cant wait to go to college somewhere far away from home but shes nervous because she doesnt think her parents can afford it, nor care about her need to get away. Am i close?
Pretty close. Aside from the “I don’t have a niece or nephew” part. not a bad guess for a lower middle class hump though.
No comment about Mike Mitchell after that? What a play! Maybe you should have let him go flaccid for that play.
Haha, Mike Mitchell was the problem there! Are you saying that because you dont know football and think the closest guy is to blame?
poor guy. Victim of circumstance.
Wallace is a fucking idiot.
Good for you. That must have been hard.
How many times are you going to type “good for you?”
It might be a lot. Trying to break your barriers and scrooge-like, drunken mentality with positive reinforcement.
You basically have the same mentality. Unless it’s pirate related. Then there’s not a move they make that you don’t love.
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Ha! I’m taken.
By Jack Daniels and despair.
I prefer bulleit rye. And you’re taken too. Between nutting, Mitchell, and your nephew, there’s generally a dick in your hand.
At least its for pleasure. You practically abuse yourself everytime a move is made for a non-big name player or Crosby doesnt score, with the only lubricant used being your angry tears. Im starting to get to the root of your anger i think… Chaffed wiener cant be pleasant.
You molest your nephew for pleasure. That’s pretty good.
Grabs popcorn. This is getting good.
You think a child being molested is “pretty good?” Thats gross Stanch.
No. I think you bragging about how much pleasure it brings you is pretty good. Ballsy if nothing else.
So you get your rocks off on hearing about child molestation? Thats “pretty good” to you? Thats not healthy.
You read poorly.
There it is! When Stan says something dumb, its because others read poorly. Was waiting for that one!
Yeah. Good one.
OMG Antonio! Stop dancing when you score a TD. Its not fun. This game is serious. Grrrrr.
Guy gets pleasure out of diddling his nephew and I’m the one that said something dumb. Beautiful stuff.
Its been an hour Stan, make sure you post your obligatory “crosby is a pu.ssy” or “98-win pirates are losing the offseason” post.
Isn’t it about time for you to explain how Vogelsong helps them make the next step?
Isnt it about time you get upset because a black man was dancing and looked happy? Youre white, why is he happier than you?!
So typical of the left. It’s only the black players. Cody Wallace isn’t black. I called him an idiot too. Still waiting on the detailed analysis of the Vogelsong signing making them better. Something tells me I’ll be waiting a while. Might even hear about what cigarettes you smoke first.
Im confused with the cigarette obsession. Whats your deal there? And could you explain the correlation between you getting angry about black men dancing/being happy, and calling out Cody Wallace like everyone else in the world for being an idiot?
Why are you so guarded on what brand of cigarette you smoke? The correlation is, stupid people are stupid. And it doesn’t matter what color they are. Only you bring up race. Like most liberals.
Do you know why im winning this debate? Because im in it for the comedy of exposing a grumpy 40-something-year old lonely guy and you legitimately care because your anger drives you.
Winning the debate! He thinks this is a Lincoln Douglas competition! That’s so pathetic. I’m not 40. And you’re still so guarded on what cigarettes you smoke. Which I find humorous.
Youre older than 40 and act like this? Haha grow up.
Every now and again, you’re pretty creative and witty. then you devolve and post something like that and I realize it’s just a blind squirrel finding a nut. Do better.
Im just happy i can make you smile every once in a while. See, life isnt all bad, bud.
Oh you do. I nearly pissed myself laughing when you claimed to be #WinningTheDebate
Youre a republican, you wouldnt understand lol
I’m actually not.
Ha! Ok…
For someone that only blindly pulls the democrat lever, you probably don’t know there are other parties. I’m a registered libertarian. Quite honestly, the republicans by and large and middle road shitbirds just like the dems. You probably convinced yourself that mitt Romney was a conservative. You know. Because he was a republican.
Romneys votes were conservative. Haha #landslide
Is that English?
Que?
Are you bragging that Romney didn’t win? And if so, why are you bragging to me? I didn’t vote for that idiot. Talk about an embarrassing pair of candidates.
You cant take back your vote. Thats not how it works. Besides, im sure he appreciated your support, however little it helped.
I can’t take back what I didn’t make. And I don’t mean a vote for Romney. I mean..a vote. In general. Send me a better candidate next time.
Haha, im sure youll be voting for the voice
of angry drunk uncles everywhere: Donald Trump.
I’m sure you’ll vote for whoever has a D next to their name. You don’t even have to pay attention until Election Day.
I’m sure you vote for whatever shithead the dems throw up there though. Doesn’t matter to you. So long as he has a D listed after his name.
Gooooooo Bernieeeeee!
Still waiting on what kind of cigarettes.
98 wins. That’s awesome. That and a fin will get you a hamburger at Wendy’s. Npl already got his tickets to the unveiling of the 98 win banner at PNC
Its funny because you know the point. You bitch every offseason, and then they win a lot of games. Dont you ever get angry with yourself, or is the narcissism just too overpowering?
They’ve literally won nothing. You blow a feat that got Bylsma fired. Pile up regular season wins and then do fuck all in the playoffs. But that’s an accomplishment to you. 98 wins! All of the players on the 25 man roster got a 98 win trophy!
Lol you just went to bat for Bylsma this past week! Thats fantastic.
I don’t bat for Bylsma. It was time for him to go. I just like the irony that everyone thought any change would be good change. I do like pointing out to Sam that he swore up and down that Johnston would be better. Don’t confuse that for me supporting keeping disco around.
What brand of cigarettes do you smoke?
I like to think im a little more bubbly and have different material everyday. Definitely more range.
You’re not. And you don’t.
I guess you wouldnt mind explaining his role on that play. Could you please?
Apparently zone where nobody where there was nobody to be seen. You think he’s proud to anchor the 31st ranked pas defense.
So you think he was supposed to play center or right field when he was clearly shading left? Did Your buddy Keith tell you this? You know hes not allowed to text during games.
Lonely drunk… Thats even more sad. Im sorry buddy.
I’m not lonely. How does not having a niece or nephew make someone lonely? Do you live with yours? THATS sad
Good for you! Say it louder. Youll get through this…
Something tells me you’ve diddled one of these kids.
I admire your dedication. No matter how many stupid plays he makes, you refuse to cede the job of being his personal fluffer.
Thank you! But i must admit, im nowhere near your level of dedication. I mean, the dedication shown by talking about the same three things every day, the same two jokes associated to each, and to the same select targets is something special. Sun up, Stanch grunts, sun down.
I don’t know. I’d say you rival me quite nicely. Sam is fat. Everything the Pirates do is great. Rinse. Repeat. Impressive.
Well, i think we can agree that sam is fat. Cant really penalize me for that.
Fair. He is. Disgustingly obese.
Get him some midol and call it a day.
Breaking news: crosby has a vaginal tear. Will never be the same player again.
Amazing how he found an injury so he doesn’t have to face Dubinsky again.
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Crosby is hurt now. It’s te for the propaganda dept to start with the injury excuses again.
Fall of Rome = pens
Kessel is easily the worst player in the NHL when the puck is not on his stick. Horrible back checker, horrible on the boards, and he avoids getting hit at all cost. No wonder they ran him out of town in Toronto. He is a losing player.
Hahaha glad u realized it I said that before even kessel started to play his first game. When he has the puck he Flys when he doesn’t he is t slowest player In the NHL
#firerutherford
Sam, what are your thoughts on Agrabah? Should the city be bombed or no?
The train wreck is official
Trade that cancer kessel already
Sully fired yet lol
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Now your bf is humping machines. He quit humping donkeys
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Remember when Sam said that Jordan Staal was the kind of guy you won Cups with?
I never said that you clown keep inventing B.S typical American good with lies and try to brainwash others just like the fact I’m suppose to be fat when I weight 179lbs when the real fatso is npl but trying hard to reverse it on me miserable fuckk go sell some hot dogs or something you fat fuckk. You wish you were 178lbs npl last time you were 178lbs was when you were in 6th grade stealing food from other kids lunch boxes
Jordan Staal! Good Canadian boy. Another swing and a miss by same.
Sam is fat.
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Stop exposing yourself fooll
Can the pens buy heart something that same been preaching since 2010. As I said before you can have Gretzky lemieux on Same line if players have no heart the talent becomes useless
Trading their heartless captain would be a start.
Trade fleury guys. Murray to the rescue
Jaydogg is on the pens payroll. He is a paid blogger to spread propaganda.
It is soo
disgusting how this organization has handled Sprong.
Pens treated Sprong like you treat the English language.
I thought they treated Sprong like Sam treated Orpig’s buckeye.
Not sure why the Pens would lick Sprong.
And the way you treat your hotdogs
People make way, way too big of a deal out of Sprong’s elc contract, the only thing that really matters is that they didn’t go past 40 games and start his FA clock. Unless Sprong becomes a complete stud in the next 2 years his 1st bridge deal is going to be 2y-1.5-2M/year which means getting him this experience cost them 700k-1.3M in 2017-2018 which is pretty much irrelevant and if he does become a stud that requires a big 2nd contract it will cost them more financially for the 2017-2018 season but they will have a stud top 6… Read more »
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there goes jaydogg apologizing for the pens yet again. jay, it was a stupid move. even if it does turn out to be irrelevant in the long run, you still don’t burn a year on an entry level contract the way they did.
Don’t recall ever defending them or calling it a good move, just called it irrelevant which it is.
What doesn’t make sense is keeping Sprong on the roster if they weren’t going to play him. And on the handful of games he did play, it was for 5 min on the 4th line. Gmjr was quoted and on record stating he wanted to see what they have in sprong. Yet he was never given a chance or at the very least a shift or two with crosby or malkin.
@jay, you told me at the beginning of the year the pens won’t care one bit if i don’t go to the games anymore with my ticket package and you told me somebody would walk right in and be happy to take my spot. do you still believe that now?
Absolutely. Every game is still sold out and there’s still 1000’s of fans on the waiting list praying fair weather fans like yourself give up their seats.
by the end of the season you won’t be able to give the seats away and next year they will get 11k per game.
This org is lost.
Crosby still on this team?
What’s better than trading away every first round pick or first rounder you draft? Playing him not even half the year and wasting that first year of his contract and sending him back to juniors. Now that is brilliant. Standing ovation
This year keeps getting better and better. Shouldn’t surprise you, did the same shit for basically every young player not named maata.
#bucn
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poor cindy
When does roster freeze start and end
they should change their name from the pittsurgh penguins to the pittsurgh poke checkers. what a bunch of women!
i told you guys at the beginning of the season that the pens had no chance of making the playoffs with a bunch of skinny poke checkers on the blue line. are you starting to believe me yet?
No because even if/when they miss the playoffs that won’t be the reason they miss.
yeah okay! hahahaha! you’ve drunk too much of moreheist’s cool aid.
who said from day one that they were going to trainwreck and finish 12th? that’s right, your prophet did. who said they were awesome, you did!
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If you bring in sully and sign him 3 years right away that means somethings is going to change and my feeling is if sully stays his 3 year with pens. Expect kessel be traded
How does signing the coach mean things are going to change? You’re making Yoda’s job tougher.
If anything drastic is to happen , one of crosby malkin letang would be traded in offseason
As same said a few years ago this team and organization is a joke and average fans take 2 3 years to realize I’m glad you clowns are finally catching on except for npl he still needs a few years to discover hockey is played on ice
You also said MT was missed even though he has had the exact same kind of success as all of the coaches here have.. Minus the cup of course. You also said Malkin was a shit lazy Russian and should have been traded… He’s the best fucken player on the team. Now shut the fuck up you arrogant cuntbag
Kinda getting to the breaking point… No pride here at all. Franchise is a fucking joke. Leadership is a huge question… The dream became a nightmare that gets worse yearly.
Plug Kessel on the third… See if the match up there helps. Get Geno off the fucking left wall on the PP… Fucking stupid
How is our one dimensional kessel doing guys did same said this summer pens made mistake by trading one of their future for a bum. Did also same said pe.s future is done from now to the next 5 years
I actually do remember when you opined on pe.s future from now to the next five years. We all do.
So pens scored 3 goals and allowed 13 goals in 3 games so far. Hmmm where is MJ
Fire sully lol
Pens need one big move to make Angry Drunk Uncle Stanchy happy. Ovechkin or Patrick Kane would be nice.
blow it up. move the entire roster of every player over the age of 24.
#cerebral. One more year for Stephan Richer! #bucn
Uh oh, hes been drinking again… If the Pens dont trade for Shea Weber tonight, this could get ugly…
Remember how you bought that Kia? #cerebral
Do i remember HOW I bought a car? Yes. Do you need assistance?
Npl owns a BMW. Bus metro walk
how long before the pens use the injury card again?
#firesullivan
i’m glad i trusted my instincts and dumped all of my tickets at the beginning of the season. i knew that by new years you wouldn’t be able to give them away.
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that’s how i feel too!
the pens defense is so horrible. go and watch the highlights and observe how many bruins stood directly in front of the pens net and all the pens tried to do was stick check. i’ve never seen a group of D so incapable of clearing the crease and knocking the other team on their as$ on a scramble in front. i think it’s safe to say the implosion that i told you was coming has begun. this sucks!
Just hammers home how unbelievable fleury has been.
st.blurry is easily having his best season. but i keep telling you who cares. he sucked when the pens had a shot.
they didn’t have a shot. Because Sid sucked too. (And he sucks now)
Look at how long MAF kept MJ employed.
What center do the Pens trade when they land Mathews?
Worse leader. Sidney Crosby or Stannis Baratheon?
Fleury being concussed forces you to go with the more #cerebral choice.
Npl buys crisped rice instead of Rice Krispies. It’s more #cerebral.
We need an article. Bigger offseason acquisition. Goebbert or Vogelsong. #cerebral
Vogelsong. Cerebral move. #championship
When they practice the pp, do they ever score?
point 5. ian cole absolutley sucks. bortuzzo brings 10x more to the table. at least bortuzzo is a complete psycho who would fight, throw elbows, and stick up for his teammates.
Notice you left out the part stating he can play hockey…
…and he can play hockey
Echl hockey. Sure.
King is so mad right now. That midget Sheary shouldnt be in the NHL. #Sheary-ously
Havent seen Dustin on here in a while. Cant be good for his range factor…
It was apparent from Day 1 a lesser move of acquiring Oshie or a similar player thus allowing them the room to address the backend was the better option but fans like flashy big names and mking the fans happy so they continue to spend money is always more important than winning to the Pens management.
Fans like Angry Drunk Uncle Stanch like the big names, not the cerebral moves that make the team better. #BucnRight #98wins #NuttingAllOverYou
#2ndBestRecordInMLBPast3Years #GoodwillHuntington #YoudLikedItWhenRogerDornSignedParkman #McCutchenFuts #illCallYouACuntOnHereCuzICanButIWontCallYouAButtheadCuzICantOnHere
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Does this mean the daily 5 is back?
This article is a joke! D the only thing you are good at is having kids and then disappearing from this site. I hope you haven’t quit your day job.
Vogelsong. BOOM!! #championship
Who needs kazmir anyways
DePaoli’s hindsight is second to none. Great insight.
If we’re using hindsight, how about shero should’ve drafted forsberg instead of pouliot… saad instead of morrow. Maybe I should write articles.
Milan Lucic instead of Carl Sneep.
Scott Scissons instead of Jagr
DePaoli finally got the depth chart in better order. Still not sure Sid belongs above Bonino.
Oshie looks better because he’s not on a team that’s struggling in front of us game in and game out. Kessel isn’t a perfect or complete player by any means, but he’s in a different class than Oshie. Not second guessing this. Was never as high on Cole as some, but I’m not as down on him as some seem to be now either. He shouldn’t have been on the first pairing, but he’s perfectly acceptable on a 3rd pairing and can probably bump up in limited spots if needed. If we’re going to second guess with Capitals, I wonder… Read more »
I agree with this. Oshie would be a 3rd liner with 8pts on the season in Pittsburgh
Oshie would have cost less too, even though Kessel didn’t exactly cost as much as we thought.
Oshie might of costed us more than kessel. I say that due to the rumor of pouliot or some other higher prospects for oshie talk.
might of costed? wow