Tuesday’s Penguins Buzz
Evgeni Malkin points/60 (5v5) over the last five years:
2016-2017: 2.85
2015-2016: 1.86
2014-2015: 2.39
2013-2014: 2.57
2012-2013: 1.75
With 67 points in 57 games, Malkin is giving Sidney Crosby a strong run for the team scoring race as the two are neck and neck in points and points per game, Crosby averaging 1.19 points per game (1st in NHL), Malkin 1.18 points per game (2nd in the NHL).
It’s been several seasons since when Crosby and Malkin both played full seasons that near the end of the season a topic of discussion was ‘who’s having the more dominant season.’
This is finally one of those years as Malkin is putting together his best season since 2011-2012.
Many hockey people think this is finally Washington’s year, I’m also in that boat, but if the Penguins get around .925 save percentage again this post-season from Matt Murray like they did last spring and the Penguins get this Evgeni Malkin throughout the playoffs, good luck to the rest of the East.
— A topic of discussion surrounding the Penguins is whether Evgeni Malkin and Phil Kessel should keep playing together when the playoffs roll around.
From the first day Mike Sullivan stepped foot behind the Penguins bench he told Jim Rutherford he believed in balance and wanted to put Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Phil Kessel on separate lines. Balance was a big reason the Penguins won the Stanley Cup last season.
What the Penguins coaching staff can’t be locked into is a mindset that how they won last season is how they’ll win again in April, May.
“It’s not like we’re locked into balance,” Sullivan said this week. “Based on the complement of players that we have available to us on any given night, we look at the group and say, what gives us the best chance to win?’ Some nights, it might mean loading the top six, depending on who we have available to us. Some nights I think it means we create the balance. It might involve what our opponent looks like. ”
Sullivan’s comments is what I think we’ll see when the first round begins. Much of it might revolve around the opponent.
There may always be this desire to see if the HBK line can rekindle their magic when the post-season gets here and that’s understandable, but the HBK line more likely than not already peaked last spring.
I don’t think it’s a coincidence that Evgeni Malkin is playing his best offensive hockey in years with Phil Kessel on his wing in a more full-time role, the best winger he’s had since James Neal departed following the 2013-2014 season.
When Evgeni Malkin and Phil Kessel are on the ice together, the Penguins have a Goals For percentage of 74%, controlling possession at a 53% clip. Not surprising, Malkin loves playing with Kessel and his ability to get Malkin in goal scoring areas.
Phil Kessel has played over 415 minutes with Nick Bonino this season and the Penguins have a 42% Goals For percentage when the two are on the ice together with a possession rate of 45%. The HBK line in fact has produced just 5 goals this season and it’s underlying numbers are below average in several areas.
Until Malkin and Kessel start faltering together, Sullivan has his answer on who Kessel and Malkin should be playing with.
Sheary a $4 million a year player on next contract?
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Hope Cullen isn’t long term… sundqvist wasn’t very good either last night! Bonino looked alright early, scored yet again… sammich?
Also D… it’s been nearly a week since we had a real article. Was Fleurys performance too good to shit on ergo not deserving of a comments section?
Zero, I think I saw you on TV at the game tonight. Were you the guy wearing a jersey with another man’s name on the back ?
Ya, like I said it was your mothers name
-2 degrees in Edmonton. It’s warming up. How many of your neighbors had to help you take the plastic off the roof of your parents home?
I saw Ron Klatt last night he was wearing a McDavid Jersey
I was wearing a Crosby one but by the second I was wishing I had chosen the McDavid one… less embarrassing based on the performance
Should have brought the Malkin one with me if we are splitting hairs
All of them, genuinely liked family!
Fleury #1*, Malkin #2*, Kessel #3*. But sid stole the show doing all the little things.
Like what, like losing face offs ?
Gotta give fleury props. He had an incredible game. He just needs to be more consistent. It was a 3-2 game that played like a 5-4 game. Only 3 points back.
“This game was so good, you just cant put it into words” – DePaoli
Need more Fleury offseason trade/buyout rumors. Fleury must have fucked d’s wife.
The Pens were owned in the circle… I expect it from some but Sid was 29%… at least Malkin had a goal to offset his rough faceoff night. This team misses Letang! He better come back… Maatta and Daley wouldn’t hurt either.
Ruhwedel sucks more cock than sams mom
Trade letang
Can’t imagine you’re going to get much for someone that doesn’t play and costs $7.25 mil.
That’s the real tragedy… guys a huge asset, when he actually fucken plays. He’s become so unreliable. The hopes that the injuries would be dealt with and he’d move on earning every dime of that deal clearly has not come to fruition and now the team is at the mercy of that deal. I love the player, I hate the contract… if he wasn’t made of glass it wouldn’t even be discussion but alas here they are trying to repeat with a 7.25 million dollar hole on the back end. And all dip shit can do is bitch about the… Read more »
Pretty sure pens will lose fleury this summer but fleury will go out like a boss he will finish as number 1 goalie in playoffs mark it down clowns
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Fleury traded yet?
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KESSELMANIA!
Best player of the game by far was fleury. Suckk dickk fleury haters .pens had no business to win tonight after 1st period they were sleeping
+1 here.
easily the saint’s best game of the year. all hail! hopefully that shootout goal for sid will get him going again. that dude has been snake bit as of late.
#TriggeredFraud #BlowItUp
He was garbage all night! Second straight game McDavid has made him look like a rookie. Not sure if they simply don’t not take them seriously or what but they looked pretty good jumping out to a 2-0 lead and then bed time. Missing bodies factored and overall the game was decent but man the Pens did a lot to let the Oilers off the hook. McDavid is awesome!
Snake bit implies he’s sniffed a chance in the last two weeks
CHUBBBBBYYYYYYYY!!!!
8.7 million for a shoot out specialist
Kessel
Kessel was better all night period!
Trade fleuryy
Crosby has been terrible.
How is chubby tonight
Same as usual. Will be hard as a rock when Geno wins it.
Fleury a la hasek save
Chubbbbyyyy
Kessel with the big draw… still more than what Sid has done here
Cherry picker
Decent game… would have been a lot better had Sid shown up. He wasn’t decidedly outplayed by McDavid all night! Pens destroyed in the face off circle all game. Chalk it up to underestimating the Oilers. OT to save face… get it done. Maybe Crosby will decide to play
70% to 30% favor for oilers on face off
That should read “he was decidedly outplayed”
Pens played only first period with 2 fluke goals if this wasn’t for fleury this team wouldn’t even be overtime now. Trade fleury guys
Chubbbyyyyyy
All this hype for a powerplay specialist?
Malkin is clearly the best player on the ice.
There’s thousands here wearing jerseys that read McDavid, Crosby, Malkin, Lemieux, Gretzky and so on… maloron would have a stroke. For a guy that claims Ron describe male genatailia of others he has a weird thing about what is clearly a large source of team revenues lol
For a guy that claim he can… fucken couldn’t type for shit last night and this one hurts lol
McDavid is a selfish player like Ovechkin. Hell never win the Cup.
Dude go to bed already your bedtime has passed
Only players that are selfish are Americans they take selfish big contract and sabotage the team to win a Stanley Cup
How can you sabotage a team to win the Stanley Cup? Is that what Scum Sully did? That great American coach bastard.
Mom said I could stay up to watch the Malkin/McDavid matchup
She must be busy with her gangbang event tonight
They dont do that on Fridays.
Good Fridays
Your moms calls its good Saturday through Thursday… you call it rent and food on your plate
Fridays are the holy day to repent the previous weekend debachary sammich… ask yo momma. Her confessions are a few hours weekly
Murray taking notes on that glove
Fleury has looked sharp. Must be all that game experience against NHLs elites like Buffalo and Arizona.
Malkin > McDavid
You should be in bed by now slob your bedtime has passed
Malkin was luck and his line suckks sid line been all over. Oilers despite they have 0 points but ugly cuntss like you don’t see hockey that way it’s all about points so go cheer malkin and choke on a hot dog you fat Democrat pig
He’s at 3/4 sam right now. If malkin buries another one, we might be looking at fool sam.
This one even made the fiancée snicker
I appreciate the little things. Sids 3rd line provided a nice spark before our Russian superstar tallied another goal to his points per game lead.
This game should be nationally televised. Unsurprisingly the NHL misses a golden chance to showcase the Malkin/McDavid matchup.
Was thinking the same thing. Especially on a Friday night.
D any update on Cullen
Poke check works Yoda
Apparently Ron klatt will let his cherry popped at Rogers place let’s hope it’s malkin that does it for him in the penalty box
Kind of like the time Orpik pooped your cherry doing it for you in your dirt box?
Quit stalking my Facebook you fucken creep!
PS Malkin did on the score board fuckboy!
I don’t have Facebook been maybe 6 years
Like you only have one account…
Pens gear here vs Edmonton is still 50/50… that’s usually reserved for Montreal and Toronto… good showing
Okay… maybe more Oilers gear lol
0/0 in Quebec.
Its funny cuz it’s true lol
Really nice building here!
Just don’t cum in your pants
Make sure you don’t choke on hot dogs and stay alive because npl needs to back him up here
Should I pour water on this burn?
If Orpik jizzed in his pants would you still try to drink it?
Mike Flynn
Think DePaoli knows the Pens won the Cup … in 09?
Of course MAF will start tonight. Why would they want to play Murray vs McDavid where he would be embarassed again.
Part of scum sully ‘s agenda have you noticed doesn’t make fleury play and when it’s time it’s vs good teams all for to protect Murray and make him look good
Did he protect Murray against the Rangers, Capitals, Lightning, and Sharks last Spring?
5 of Fleurys last 6 game were against Buffalo, Detroit, Winnipeg, Coyotes, and Blues. So no, havent noticed. Dummass.
Good thing there is nothing going with the Steelers or Penguins this time of year……..
Edmonton sucks, but at least they can support a hockey team. Unlike Quebec.
Crawl back to your hole you fat Pig
Technically speaking, pigs don’t live in holes. But I know what you’re sayin’
You are one of few who can speak Sam.
All im saying is, NHL would be taken more seriously if they eliminated all Canadian teams. Its embarrassing to their brand to have all these Cleveland Browns-type organizations.
NHL would be taken more seriously if they get rid of disgraceful teams leaching off Canadian teams. Get rid of teams like Carolina, Florida,arizona, Tampax also stop the out door games in non hockey areas and NHL would be less of a joke Now in few seconds you’ll have stain or Ron klatt to your rescue
DePaoli, can I take a crack at your weekly column, you can edit to your standards.
I have a few story ideas in Mind. Does the power play matter in the playoffs ? Will Pouliot return to his opening night forum? Where did NPL disappear to after Hillary lost? I have a few other story ideas mostly focused on how miserable it would be to be stuck in Edmonton living in your parents basement.
It’s sweet you think about me often enough to come up with multiple stories… how’s your man handling this?
He’s pissed. Isn’t that right Stanch?
Honestly…..I would like to read these. Better info there than from D.
Tuesday was the last post……. At what point is a refund appropriate? This is embarrassing coverage.
the point where a refund became appropriate was about 6 years ago.
Dude, D is probably just taking a break because he worked so hard on deadline day…….
He probably worked hard From preventing the site crash multiple times on that day?
Is that a question?
Why did you pay to begin with. No one here pays.
if the playoffs started today, the genius NHL playoff format has it looking like this….. 1vs8, 2vs3, 4vs5 and 5 has home ice, and 6vs7. way to go NHL. then when 1 wins they play the winner of 2vs3. only in the NHL do you get punished for finishing in the top 3 and get a better chance to reach the finals if you finish 4-7. #garageleague
Thank jew bettman
Jews always make things more complicated. It’s a conspiracy to keep gentiles in the dark
You have to beat everyone anyway – who cares.
Right on queue…….On the opening rush of practice Carter Rowney lifted a shot that hit goalie Matt Murray in the mask. Murray put his head down and his helmet fell to the ice
where did you see that?
simply dusty twisting info to fit his cheeky little narrative. “Matt Murray took a wrist shot to the mask on the first drill of practice, that off the stick of Carter Rowney, and took a few moments to collect himself in the corner before returning to the crease.” – some other site where reporters actually report.
Thank god
Murray’s helmet fell off in practice. Trade him!
The penguins official site? Where they give practice reports. It will be soon uncovered that he got a concussion here, and this lead to edmonton lighting him up. Out 2 weeks.
Pretty jacked for tomorrow night… I have a soft spot for the hometown team but my boys are In town so for one night, **** the Oilers! A game where Sid, regardless of line mates, can establish himself in the race vs McDavid for the Art Ross and Hart Trophies. Should be great, gonna see this building for the first time as I’ve turned down opportunities for tickets, free or otherwise to pop my cherry vs waiting for it to see the Pens! Not the same cherry that MAF popped on yoda mind you but a cherry nonetheless
Secret oilers fan
Your hockey starts in April.
It’s kind of funny how he projects… We are all racist not him… Others cheer for another team instead of the Pens not him… I cant even say he only watches in April because he clearly doesnt understand shit year round tho lol
LOL, cuz I am the one out here talking about the Oilers every day? No wait… thats sammich and the Habs
Seeing those two on the ice at the same time, in their prime, should be looked at as a must see for any hockey fan. I’m pumped for it as well. There was an interesting write up on mcdavid in the most recent SI. Definitely worth a read.
1st time around McDavid was hurt so I am glad I actually missed out on tickets for that game. So many similarities between the two. McDavid is a lot faster but Sid is a lot tougher. Really looking forward to this.
Which jersey with another Man’s name on the back are you going to wear?
Your mothers
The NHL continues to be a joke league. The Sam kind of joke that is brutally unfunny, incomprehensible, and authored by a little weirdo with ‘punch me’ face all over him.
Agree you are a joke and not funny at all you fat slob
I know you are but what am i?
Must suckk to be a fat Democrat living in poverty
#BlackLivesMatter
#15DollarMinimumWage
#FatLivesMatter
We don’t all have our mother to support us, that’s for sure Sammich.
I know you have the government supporting your lazy assess
Transfer payments…
2016-17… of the 18 Billion in the slush fund Quebec will receive 10 billion for social programs. Money that myself, others in Alberta and BC work hard for that should be used to better our own provinces goes to Quebec to help keep those lazy bums afloat and they won’t even buy deodorant with the money!
Yes help the bums that your favorite Justin Trudeau importing here. And now we have illegal border crosses coming too thanks to Trudeau. Last I checked on ctv news last month unemployment rate quebec dropped from 6.4 to 6.2% while Alberta 8.3 to 8.8%. Pretty much the country unemployment went down Alberta was maybe one few went up
That’s because we have to send billions of money that should be invested back into the province for things like jobs to your shitty province. Besides unemployment rate doesn’t count those actively not looking for work… I’m sure that skews your data lol
Also not to forget how many assholes from your province are here looking for work? There’s a lot trust me
Can you explain the 8 billion in 13-14? I can keep pulling these numbers ftr!
Sam – i could buy you and make you my pool boy.
Sestito gets four games
Been having arguments all day with fellow Winnipeggers mad about the Penguins dressing Sestito… as if the Penguins specifically brought him up to crush Enstrom into the glass like a Hansen brother (I was 10 feet from that glass, by the way). With the dumb threats against Malkin, what did they expect? Reminds me of the Paul Gardner/Jimmy Mann broken jaw incident when I was a kid. I was at that game too and got into fights in the school yard over that one… .
wahhh! I mean I am no fan of Sestito and am of the ilk that the role isnt just dying but dead however with some still employing these guys what do they expect with all the threats made to local media. File it under boofuckenhoo lol
Guentzel
Sprong with a 7 point game…. cannot wait for his return to the NHL
Same here, although I wouldn’t rush him. He’s had some injuries and there’s a vast difference in speed between the levels. Give him a full and healthy offseason and camp. His skillset would fit perfectly with our centers.
Agreed but I imagine he will get a look out of the gate next year… I mean depending on his preseason.
How exciting is it that we’re going to get to see Malkin / McDavid saturday night in Vancouver….
Think Malkin will fight him?
Man – to see them both square off at center ice, right there in the middle of Rogers Arena…that would be something.
Why am I paying for a site that doesn’t stay current at all on posts?
you come for the top notch hockey talk from the posters?
I mean, there are several contributors and no stories. Fleury could save a building full of puppies and babies from a blazing fire, and this guy would still talk **** or ignore it. The last post was that Sheary is going to get paid— well no ****. The Steelers are barely covered (I just heard from a friend at the combine that Tomlin loves Jabril Peppers and JT Watt both. Both met with Steelers brass. Come on. This should be free if he’s gonna half-*** it.)
Funny you should mention… Once upon a time it was free. There were like 5 or 6 guys writing for it inclusive of Mark Madden. I think they must of relied on advert revenues. Its basically gone downhill since it became a pay site. The comments content is a zoo and most are guilty, even the ones that dont think they are although hockey chatter tends to pick up when we see more writes. It seemed to return to something decent around the trade deadline because of the league activity alone but alas… 1 write up to cover a couple… Read more »
Is this one of the blogs Mark Madden shits on? I know Pensburgh is one he hates. I can’t wait to not re-up my subscription for this POS.
Yep. A while back he wanted to write an article bashing Hines Ward and Depaoli stopped him. He got real pissed and hasn’t liked it since. The issue is that there are only about 10 people that post on here and at least 3 of them have their own agenda, while also know nothing about the game. Sam posts 30 times a day and has yet to post something that makes any type of sense.
Really? Madden takes shots at this page? LOL… guy is a known radio personality but feels the need to take time to dump on this hahaha, I admire his pettiness lol.
madden flipped at depaoli because depaoli reported sid wasn’t returning to start the season years ago during his concussion days. madden said it was a lie and called depaoli a bitchhhh. meanwhile D was right and madden was at home eating hoagies and looking at nudie mags because he is too disgusting to get a real woman.
now zero is going to cut and paste my comment and email it to madden. #tattletale
Right… because it’s only cool when you’re bouncing back and forth hey fuckboy?
I think we got about 3 or 4 consecutive days and a dozen or so posts of “they said this on DKs page” but my retort is the crime haha. Hypocrisy rises again!
tattletale tattletale. hahahaha! a grown man is a tattletale! gotta loooooooooove it!
I mean, it’s less embarrassing than a grown man who throws a fit over a certain goaltender every single time his is mentioned because he didn’t get a callback after coitus. #TriggeredFraud #TearItDown
Whats better is that you still dont see that my dickhead move was exactly what you were doing… I have no regrets as it exposes you as a bigger hypocrite and idiot than we thought you were. You’re just pissed that you were exposed as a lying sack of **** to a whole new group of people. Your reaction says more about your ability to be a twofaced cuntt than it does me 😉
Screw Madden he is nothing but a punk from Shaler who thinks he a bully.
Murray faking an injury yet? Will Sullivan put him out there vs McDavid?
#cultofstbleury
Tobias Enstrom in the hospital, Pens should be embarrassed to have sestito in their organization. Just cements the fact hes there to hurt people not play hockey.
While I think Sestito is a waste and a neanderthal, Winnipeg reaps what it sows. I don’t know how you come out of the last game in Pittsburgh, after injuring two Penguin defensemen, and you have Wheeler bitching about getting back at Malkin, and their paper with a headline that says “Payback.” the day of the game. They set the stage. And it cost them a defenseman. Both teams are to blame. But fuck this “woe is me” shit. They were complicit in what happened. They can fuck right the hell off.
you sound like a soccer mom jeff. it’s hockey. enstrom saw sestito coming and turned his back to him like an absolute dope.
And of course, there’s the moron view as well.
I agree. The Jets wanted revenge for $hit they started last game. They should have put a premium on getting 2 points and not trying the revenge card. I think they had the ambulance out front running it’s siren! Looks to me that the Pens walked the walk and talked the talk last night. Wheeler is a pu$$y. Waht Buff did last time should have been a penalty and a fine or suspension.
Why? w Winnipeg got what they wanted they planned it and JR and Sullivan wasn’t dumb enough to go into a fight unarmed. Where were the tears when we were carrying our people off on non calls.
Fight unharmed? this moron is up there to fight and the first fight is Malkin??? Why have Sestito up to fight chris thorburn??? No one gives a shyt about either of them they are both useless hockey players.
Think of the Islander carp fest a few years back. PS when did you become the god of hockey and decide who can play or not in the nhl. Gino fought on his own first of all since he has a pair so that is why that fight happened first. We are not going to change each other opinion. BTW who won last year Class Cup? They don’t reward it except with injured players.
And its about class, forget what Winnipeg does or says, worry about your own team. And employing this thug is completely unnecessary.
Congratz to malkin hitting the 30 goal mark 1st time in last 5 years. That 9.5m sure is well invested. Every dime of it
Of course it is. He’s one of the best players in the world. I mean it’s not like he’s Jonathan Toews. Anyone remember the last time he hit 30? What does he make again?
Top 100 players of all time lol
“hes more than just points” Hes so damn overrated. If Malkin was Canadian he would be considered one top 30 players of all time, if not higher.
^This… 1000x. Toews over Malkin was a joke… hell Toews over Iginla was a joke too
Amen.
russians only show up when they feel like it.
Nancy Pelosi lol
7-4 games with stiff goaltending is pretty cool every once in a while.
Once in a while vs sabres if it wasn’t for fleury team would’ve had an embarrassing loss
Matt murray reminded me of Pedro Alvarez tonight
You mean, sexually?
I’m not judging, but homosexuality seems to be on your mind frequently. You post about it more than I do about st bleury.
Well, no – I post about it exactly as often as you do about “st. bleury,” as it’s the trigger for your ire. The way he humped and dumped you.
And of course you’re not judging – it’d be an indictment of yourself. Weirdo.
Always expected when you are a Democrat and when you judge you become homophobic, racist ,Islamophobia,sexiest
No one on the internet post more about anything than you do your love cries about the goalie that ravaged your butthole lol
Bad news guys Hornqvist diagnosed with concussion
Where is Yoda?
I wonder what will be his answer when pens needed 5 in order to get the W for Murray
Man. With hornqvist, sid and Letang out of the lineup, that’s going to be tough.
You must be happy now. npl gets entertained with high scoring nonsense hockey. Your entertainment is based on injuries
I get entertained by fraud frogs. You. Letang. Do you think letang’ BO knocked him out and he hurt his head?
Russia and US working together again tonight
Trump would be proud
Ba-zing!
Go back to your pokemon go you fat slob
Go find a shower you obese wannabe Canadian frog
Can I come shower in Alberta I’m curious and want to try the pink water that’s coming out
So much weirdness in one thought. #French
!!!!!
lol, is this supposed to be a burn? It’s an admission of a lack Of understanding of chemistry and probably biology but it’s not a burn. On that note do you still qualify for all the money we send to your shitty province if you leave? You may be better off sticking around and dumping millions of gallons of waste into the St Lawrence… if we are playing Captain Planet that is lol
Better then the states since they play captain pollution at all cylinders
… ok!
So trump and Putin working together again
Typical fat Democrat
#FakeNews
Sid and Geno now tied with 70 points. Geno did it in 1 less game.
That’s because he faces other teams 4th line.
Pens need 5 in order to win for Murray. You see Yoda new magic number is 5
You shut the fuck up… you think Malkin and Bonino have been holding the team back because you’re a stupid cuntt so your opinion on Murray is invalid. Go buy some deodorant you wannabe Canadian fraud frog fruitcake
Hey sammich… Geno rules lol fuckyou
“Real good chemistry on that bench” spoken by two time cup champ and long time announcer Bob Errey…
Murray must have grabbed Fleury’s glove after the first period.
Pens 4 to win for Murray again
Hags with his best Marchand impression lol
KInd of a dumb game plan for the Jets to play the revenge card in this game. They need points.
Bemini with the trick!
D’s best work.
For you Zero!
Bonino really needs to step it up this year…
This is gold… sammich types have been bitching about Bonino all year. Suddenly he has 3 more goals than all last year and 1 less point in one more game. Pens are fucked because Bonino is trash lol
As long as they love limit Sestito they should be fine haha
Clearly the Rum was at it’s peak here… not quite sure what I was saying… I know it had something to do with Sestito never playing again tho haha
Oh wow he showed up first game on what 65th game of the season get fuckedd you fake Canadian
Lmmfao… He has paced at near the exact same rate as last year… you’re so dumb!
Like your comments on Geno, he’s either tied or passed a man whose balls are never greasy enough for your taste and somehow that’s the first time. Every time yoda tries to run with the title of dumbest fuck ever you come out and out do him. It’s like a WWE feud with you two retards lol
Gordie Howe hat trick lol
Glad they kept Sprong lol
Do you guys think sid knows how pedestrian he looks compared to malkin right now?
The geno goals are worthless. Sid’s assist to schultz is where it’s at.
Hellasuck! Nice effort by 71 there. He’s lazy tonight.
Sammich? Geno!
Schultz does what Letang can’t do on the power play…hit the net.
I love Letang but the injuries, they money and the fact that Schultz seems to be a replacement… I mean there are things Letang does a lot better but…
First to 10 wins.
Bonino has been soooo bad this year.
What up Zero?
I’m just upset at how bad Bonino has been
Looks good tonight. He needs to step it up now like last year.
He needs to find a happy medium. Got to give Fleury his starts to keep him sharp just in case he’s needed if Murray goes down. I think Fleury deserved to start this game tonight.
Sullivan is in a tough spot here. It looks like Murray has hit his rookie wall here. Do you play Fleury and risk him catching fire and then you have a goalie contraversy for the rest of the year and the offseason? Do you keep playing Murray and hope he fights through it, knowing that the vets on the team probably want you to go to Fleury vs struggle with swiss cheese back there. Should be interesting.
The suck at penalty killing this year. Need to stop taking penalties.
What from last game warrentend Murray getting this start over Fleury?
Murray is the “starter.” That’s it. That’s the list.
Even Errey is talking glove and he verbally fallates the pens a lot… glove hand by Murray lol
Jeff was right. Murray looks fine. This and that.
Maybe he should try a baseball glove?
Awesome… glad Sestito was in the game! Can’t wait to see how this major plays out. Game settles down after the fights and this Neanderthal kills Enstrom. Ya so fucken valuable.. so glad the Pens had him up
Enstrom turns but Sestito was coming for blood one way or the other period
The temperature of the game is back up… thanks Sestito. If this is almost any other player on the roster this hit doesn’t occur
Geno does the team a solid and draws a penalty… guys on fire tonight. Even you have to appreciate the work here sammich
Sestito. 46 seconds of ice time. Key player!!!
Glad they called up sestito. He sure left his mark
Geno sucks…
Sid looks unstopable tonight. He’s keeping the Pens in the game all by himself!
Hey Jeff, you see that? He doesn’t even bother raising his glove anymore to miss. He just shrugs his shoulder.
Yeah it was a laser. Those goals happen. See the pens first goal.
They just seem to always happen high to Murray’s glove side.
Murrays glove has been suspect for a bit… yes the kids a good goal scorer but you’re running the pointing out of the hypocrisy of how yoda would react if it was MAF in net!!!
Lol. MuzZ!
Get Murray out… he’s looked like hot garbage for a couple games now
Sorry… they called one back…lol
Murray 2 goals on 4 shots?
Can’t be a goal
Murray is on fire again I see.
What was that dummy?
Does the changed call mean he handled the puck well? Or that that goal looked better? He sucks right now. Period.
It wasn’t a goal though. What goalie looks good getting pushed into his own net trying to make a save?
Goalies with the puck secured in their glove.
Murray doesn’t own a glove.
Puck was loose, we got a lucky break.
lol what?
Hey yogurt. Your lover Murray looks like rank assshole again.
Sestito hurt lol… Murray looking like poop again
Murray fears the poke check lol
With that goal Bonino has more this year than last…
Sestito is up and Malkin fights. Good thing they have sesttito to protect the stars
Ya but you’re missing the momentum piece… clearly the staged fight was a momentum thing! Whoops lol
Good thing sestito is up. So happy he could get Chris thurborn off the ice for 5.
Huge… good thing that happened before one of the stars got their hands dirty. Dodged a bullet there
Sam takes his hat off and pulls his pants down for the canadian national anthem. Weird tradition.
Even weirder because he’s a queeb
Hornqvist out?
You guys think Letang will play again this season or continue collecting a paycheck for no reason?
You guys think malkin will take a dumb penalty tonight?
Probably yes
Sestito!!!
The last two days here in Winnipeg, all the local sports radio stations have talked about is Wheeler being mad about the Malkin hit from when the Penguins played the Jets last and the possibility of the team getting revenge. I’m thinking it’s no coincidence that suddenly Sestito gets called up. The fact that the Penguins lost two defensemen to injury in the same game doesn’t seem to come up much… .
Takes some balls to cite that hit after they injured two of our defensemen on less than questionable hits. Tonight might be a good old fashioned bloodbath.
The Jets need the win badly but if the score gets out of hand it could get especially ugly… .
I just wanna see the Pens leave the ice with all 18 skaters returning Friday! Refs better be on top of this one
Just noticed the cover of today’s Winnipeg Sun is a giant picture of Malkin with the headline “PAYBACK?’
This is getting a little ridiculous… .
What is sestito going to do if someone hits Malkin with a cheap shot? yell from the bench, attempt to put a few strides together to chase after someone? These bums don’t deter anything from happening. How about play hockey instead of bringing up a complete dud to ruin the 4th line.
Gaunce and sestito, recalled, isnt playing in the NHL about having talent?
Can’t wait to see Sestito deter all the potential BS
for stanch and zero. give me some examples of chemistry in pirates baseball and on the steelers.
Andy McDonald! Same as Sid! And you claim to have a clue! More Yogurt! MORE!!!
#warrenyoungsyndrome
#AndyMcDonald = #Sid Yogurt!!!
I love how the start and stop style games are being compared to the non-stop action and speed of hockey here. Nice try retard!
http://www.bobschaller.com/usahglines.pdf
“I think you just try to make sure you execute and get on the same page,” Crosby said. “Things can change in the short-term in an event like this but when they don’t usually that’s a good thing. As long as we get a good start, we get some momentum and some chemistry.” – Crosby from the World Cup lol
Brown and Ben have chemistry……baseball is more of an individual game…but a catcher and pitcher might develop chemistry which is why some pitcher prefer a special catcher…..to say chemistry doesnt exist among players is ridiculous……even if phil would play with sid they would say they need time to develop CHEMISTRY together…
The running back also has chemistry with his O-line.
But honestly, none of this matters. All you need to do is look at HBK last year. That line, in that iteration, was better than the sum of its parts. Period.
ummmm, no chemistry. great qb great receiver. it has nothing to do with magical chemistry.
ummm No great chemistry……
Also chemistry comes from being familiar with your line mate, thinking the same way, playing a similar style….all thigns that go into chemistry…the best shooter wont necessarily play well with the best passer if they are never where the other one wants them to be…..thats where chemistry comes into play….if you ignore that or claim its “magical” your an idiot but then again consider the source claiming such things dont exist in sports
Ya its great how he uses Hull and Oates as an example but neglects to mention the disaster Hull and Gretzky were lol
gretzky was old when that happened
He was over 100 points that year you dolt… slowed a bit when he ended up in St Louis, go figure
Goal scoring had dipped starting the prior year, overall. This helped factor in the 102 point year vs the 120-130 he was capable of two years earlier
he was still old. according to your definition, kurri should have scored just as much with wayne as a king as he did with the oilers. but he didn’t, because they were older.
Kurri probably needed Andy McDonald at that point.
Kurri was still damn near a PPG in LA
The game had changed, Wayne wasnt a 200 point guy either, there were other parts of the line rolled out that didnt exist in LA. The team’s entire scheme was also different than what the Oilers had going for them but nonetheless Kurri was still a solid player in LA with Wayne despite them being in their 30s
End of the day the chemistry between the two was still apparent
We can look at it this way… Luc Robitaille was a far better player than who Kurri and Wayne skated with in Edmonton on average (Semenko a lot). There was a trust for both his wingers… he had options on either side. Altered the way the two from Edmonton played because they had an incredibly competent winger that meshed with their style. What is best on all this is I have given you player quotes about chemistry. You called out Hull and Oates… Oates himself commented to the chemistry between the two. Crosby himself has spoken about line chemistry. You’re… Read more »
I can’t believe you’re taking time to engage this moron.
System froze at work…
not really. the best shooters always do well with the best passers.
You’re seriously a level of dumb that few people have managed to get to. You’re like an OT Level X of stupid.
zero and stanch think kuntiz can’t score anymore because his “chemistry” with sid isn’t how it used to be. it has nothing to do with the fact that he is old. now sid has “chemistry” with sheary and they can use the force together. hahahahaha!
Well, nearly nothing in this statement is accurate – aside from Kunitz being old. Remember when you said Andy McDonald was as good as Sid, because Kunitz put up 60 points playing with him TOO in 2006-07? Yogurt thinks Andy McDonald is Sid! This guy!
So chemistry can disappear after so many years playing together wow I tough they were pros.
You tough. You know what i tough? I tough you claimed to not go around thumbs downing everyone. I tough wrong.
So what you two fools are now arguing is that line chemistry trumps age? You two are attempting to change the discussion from its point. No one has discounted factors like age and talent however line chemistry is also very important. You two fucken morons have attempted to discredit both Chris Kunitz and Connor Sheary as product of Sidney Crosby. The counter arguments are that Kunitz has been a productive winger near the same levels throughout his career regardless of his centre with the aberration of the 30 goal year. That Connor Sheary is a talented hockey player that should… Read more »
No, Kunitz has aged, the reason he is still getting time with Sid is because of chemistry. If his hands did not fail him he would still be productive. We have been discussing Sheary this entire time, you’re the dishonest fuckk attempting to change the argument all of a sudden because you’re fucken stupid
Even at that, it’s chemistry / injuries.
zerocool and stanch attribute players playing well together to witchcraft and magic. “chemistry”. malkin and kessel having success playing together has nothing to do with them both having high hockey IQ’s and being incredible players…..it’s because of chemistry….it’s because of magic…they use the force together….hahahahahaha!
I love how, factually, you’ve been proven to be full of shitt like twelve different times in this thread alone – and you just keep going. It’s really a testament to how stupid you are. #TearItDown #Fraud
they have an ingredient to play together that can only be felt not seen. hahahaha! if you’d ask adam oats if he had a special chemistry with brett hull, i guarantee you he would say, ummmm, nothing magical about it. brett hull could really shoot and i could pass really well. it has nothing to do with some magical property that people who never played hockey thinks exists. you are either capable or you aren’t. there is no magical formula.
Is that what you guarantee? Because you’re batting 1.000 on guarantees. No?
“The chemistry Adam and I had was … it was just ridiculous,” Hull said. “It just felt like every time we were on the ice, we had a serious chance of scoring a goal.”
I dont even have to entertain this level of stupid at this point. Players and coached have been discussing this since the beginning of time. Also I find it hilarious that the guy that believes aliens have visited earth and played with rocks struggles with the idea that player style mix and tendency can have a massive impact on how they work with others lol.
It’d be nice if our division lost every now and again.
Isn’t it better if they keep winning and we lost?
True. Quirky benefit to the new playoff system. We would have an easier road than the Caps would.
Haven’t looked at the standings for a couple days. Crazy, our 4th place team will have more points than the Atlantic 1st place team and will not have home ice.
Thank jew Bettman
#RacistSam How do you find the balls to be racist while being a frenchman w/ perpetual BO? I don’t understand where you find the balls.
In your mouth
I haven’t been anywhere near your disgusting BO. I just know you’re french, so it goes with the territory.
Not a blessed word about Fleury the other night.
Zero, do you have to remove the aluminum siding on your home when the season changes?
Ha, coming from some chump that lives off his wife? At least my names on title bitchh.
It’s cute how we don’t say **** for weeks to one another and suddenly your virtual boyfriend says something asinine, gets run for it and your out here with your cape nestled around your neck taking shots. Gary has returned!
” if you are good you can play with anyone and then only can the crap players bring you down.” – Yoda Just the other day he noted and posted stats on Crosbys production with Sheary vs without… It was clear Sid was playing at a better pace with Sheary on his line. Somehow this has been lost and forgotten and now that Sheary is back, adding two points in a 3-0 comeback where Sid was held off the score sheet, somehow Sheary is garbage holding Sid back or at the very least riding his coat tails lol. Make up… Read more »
His mind decided that he’s a moron, and that every post should echo that.
it’s about kunitz being a turd not about sheary being great
A 60 point turd. Both here and in Anaheim.
Odd because all we’ve been discussing is Sheary!
Rumors starting to circulate that Letang has a shoulder tear, and if it requires surgery, he’s done for the year. He’s one of the worst contracts in the NHL. I don’t give a flying shitt what his skill level is – he can’t be counted on. Lejunk.
Yikes…
French Canadiens are pretty fragile, physically and mentally.
I don’t think the all time record holder dipietro is French
I remember DiPietro made “3$” less
Bad news, but let’s hope the guys we picked up can help supplant that. Schultz is fine on the pp and Streit brings a good transition game.
Yeah. But you lose that quasi #1 28 minute guy. And make no mistake, your blue line generally wins you series. I hope you’re right.
Throw a shoulder sleave on and play through it you pu$$y. Operate after the season.
Dustin, would that work for all tears or only certain grades?
Simply Dusty doesn’t know. He justs posts worthless things without thought.
Depends on where the tear is and how much. He’d probably lose a slapshot because he wouldn’t be able to fully rotate or raise his arm. I’d be ok with it, as it would leave him off the PP and keep it with schultz.
I wish you would throw a bag on your head and suffocate yourself so nobody would have to see your stupid posts.
How can you breathe with sid’s nuts lodged in your throat?
Insert your Sid’s nuts joke here. The one trick pony strikes again. Stick to the hot dog cart pics Simply Dusty or try the suffocating thing you douche.
zero and stanch don’t believe in warren young syndrome. warren young really was a 40 goal scorer because he had chemistry with mario. and rob brown and bob errey had chemistry with mario. and kunitz and sid have chemistry. give me a break.
Well, again, you can’t read. I believe in it – with a player as good as Lemieux. But some of us actually watched Lemieux play. And Sid is like Lemieux w/ cerebral palsy.
Kunitz has so much chemistry w/ Sid that he put up the same numbers in Anaheim. Impressive.
To say someone isnt as good as Mario is hardly an insult. Crosby is going to go down as a top 10 player of all time.
Oh – I agree – I’m not trying to insult him. I’m stating that, Conor Sheary isn’t Warren Young.
Agreed, Warren Young played a total of 236 NHL games… 50 bucks says Sheary passes that by a wide margin!
You’re right, the chemistry between Crosby and Sheary in a lower scoring era is the exact same as one of the single most offensively gifted players raising the game of a winger in the games highest scoring era. Yoda doesnt believe the way the game is played has evolved significantly since the 1980s lol.
Also in typical fashion you are misrepresenting our position, this is because you’re fucken stupid.
so you are saying sheary would have 18 goals if he skated every shift with nick bonino?
Potentially… Dupuis accomplished 25 basically without Sid. Sheary is a better player.
End of the day you are making a claim that has not been substantiated. We have watched Sids wingers perform just as well of his line as they have on. There has been a slight improvement over 1 or 2 seasons for Kunitz but marginally enough that it could be looked at as an aberration as much as anything.
Yoda himself doesn’t even believe this crap – because two days ago he was bitching about Sid struggling because of Guentzel – i don’t knwo why he doesn’t just turn Guentzel into a 40 goal guy the way Mario did to Warren Young – i mean, just go and do it. FIgure it out, SId!
I think he’s saying he might have 15…he sure as shit wouldn’t have 3. The guy’s a player. And he’s reallllll good. But you barely know what you’re watching aside from “fleury bad! fuck fleury! st. bleury! he made my assshole bleed!” So you wouldn’t understand.
he’d have 10 at the most
Given that you’re a moron, it’s the type of response I’d expect. Kinda proves he’d have more.
Sheary 4$ please. This clown won’t have same success anywhere else. It’s like kunitz and dupper got nice paychecks thanks to sid. Yet someone here want the C striped away from sid and then trade him
I would take him for four dollars, quite honestly. Who’s dupper?
Rupper’s cousin?
Since 2011 that means that fraud Russian took a lot of vacation since yet stain complained about sid last year for taking 2 months off
3 months.
HAHAHA, did you even bother to read the 2014 and 2015 numbers or did you just find what you thought gives your argument teeth and… nevermind. #wannabecanadian
Letang is French, gotta be an assplay-related STD.
Is that why you weren’t here often this year getting cured from it apparently Florida is the capital of std in United States
but i thought Geno was only a powerplay specialest
…that only went up against 4th liners.
right right….a 3rd liner whose putting up crosby numbers…..does that make crosby a 3rd liner too?
logic does dictate….
Sam is going to blow his top lol
i want to see malkin, crosby and kessel on the same line for the remainder of the regular season. EJ did it when he loaded up francis, jagr and mario on the same line. for our sake, it would give us the most entertainment and a guaranteed art ross trophy coming back to pittsburgh.
Yeah. EJ did it. And then that team lost to the Florida f’ing Panthers. This team’s strength is in being able to call matchup nightmares. There are few stupid enough to want to voluntarily give up said strength. You’d have been on the “few” list when thinking about said potential morons. Thank you for not disappointing.
i said regular season
Yeah. Just hodge podge it together in the playoffs – no reason to start letting lines settle in now.
you act like malkin, kessel, and sid are retards. dude, it isn’t hard to play with different people on different lines. if you are good you are good. they are all professionals. it isn’t a big deal to play with different people and if the lines are shuffled it doesn’t create a hiroshima event and take 30 years for things to get back to normal once the playoff lines are put into place.
Actually, you moron, chemistry does take a little time regardless of the talent. Not everyone just settles in and meshes. Tendencies often need to be learned and people get used to playing a certain way when they have done so for a period of time. It’s unreal having to explain this to someone at this point as the league has seen how chemistry can be important for a long time. Think 2013… they havea great thing going in Iginla – Jokinen – Morrow but fucken moron decided to sit one, demote one to the 4th and force the other onto… Read more »
not true.
http://www.tuckerhockey.com/files/PDF/Newsletter-Coach_Rex_Hockey_Tips-The_Art_of_Chemistry.pdf
“For anyone who has played the game, I am sure he or she has experienced a situation where there’s great chemistry
among line mates / teammates… playing the game is fun…where there’s no chemistry… playing becomes a chore and a very frustrating experience!”
crap. if you are good you are good. if you suck you suck. if you are good you can play with anyone and then only can the crap players bring you down. it’s not a matter of chemistry, it’s a matter of good players play well with good players and if you suck you suck.
This is some high level retard right here.
At least we are getting an inside look at how the yoda brain thinks the game. Everything else makes a lot more sense at this point.
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No – i act like line chemistry matters (which it does). And even if the three of them are smart enough to mesh quickly, you know, because “it isn’t hard,” they play with individuals without their skill AND hockey intelligence…so, yeah – i think the long term output is far more important than your Playstation lines.
chemistry is a term derived from sports writers who never played. if you are good you are good and can play with anyone and thats it.
So explain why Canada doesnt run away with every best vs best tourney? Why do they stumble sometimes? Why was there no gold in 2006? 1998? Why is it when they pick a roster it’s never so cut and dry? When you see the pros, the best GMS of the best league in the world make decisions on personnel that doesnt always include the best player available why do you think that is? 1972 the Canadians ice one of the greatest teams ever assembled. In an 8 game series vs the Soviets they nearly lost. Why? Will you argue that… Read more »
Right – you’d know – because you’re one of the dumbest people on the planet – but you – you’re the one that figured it all out. Okay.
sheary isn’t worth 4 million. he would have nick bonino numbers if he didn’t skate along side of crosby. it’s called warren young syndrome.
Except that, as proven, Sid doesn’t really elevate point totals of players around him. Hell, even you agree with it, because the minute Sheary goes down, you blame his wingers for his lack of production. We call this “talking out of both sides of your mouth.” Sheary is a 24 year old that was on pace for 70 points. Pretty easy to see he’d still be a bargain at $4 mil.
#stachbelievesinwarrenyoung, #redwingmillionaire, #mariohadnothingtodowithit
I believe Mario actually elevated players. But then again, if you’re putting Sid on Mario’s level, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. PS – who’s stach? Is that Wannstedt?
yeah, sheary would definitely have 18 goals this year if he skated with matt cullen or bonino. okay.
Maybe he’d have 15. Maybe he’d make Bonino better. What we do know, based off of Kunitz’s past production, is that Sid made and continues to make, a minimal impact on his numbers. He had 60 points in Anaheim – Averages about 64 points here. Playing predominantly with the “best player in the world.” Whooppee.
Guess trying to reason with this moron is every bit as futile as doing so with sammich lol
Malkin a such a cerebral player. If he’s comfortable with Kessel then leave them together and force other teams to beat us. Crosby will always find a way to raise his game.
Then let Kunitz play bottom 6 and just smash and wear other teams down.
They need a full healthy roster, that includes Lefraud getting back in the lineup in order to repeat.
the streit trade kind of gives the impression that the pens are assuming “lefraud” (that’s pretty good btw haha) will be injured. can’t count on a guy who refuses to get out of the way of monster hits.