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Latest Pens Buzz
[1. 1,000 for Sid?]
[2. Jets better than record says]
[3. Fehr back in]
[4. Sheary back next week?]
[5. Guentzel off limits, Sprong in play?]
1,000 Tonight for 87?
The Penguins are 43-11-3 all-time vs the Jets franchise with a Goals For/Goals Against differential of 213-145. The Last time the Jets/Thrashers franchise won a game in Pittsburgh was December 27, 2006. The Penguins have won 15 straight vs the Jets in Pittsburgh.
Sidney Crosby has 15 goals and 32 assists in his career vs the Jets, averaging over 1.55 points per game in his career vs the Jets.
Jets a talented hockey club
The Penguins will get to see Patrik Laine for the first time this season.
No. 1 overall pick Auston Matthews and Laine the No. 2 overall pick, are in the top-5 in goals this season. Laine has an Alexander Ovechkin type release that will be on display tonight.
“That release is extraordinary,” Jets coach Paul Maurice said recently of the rookie sensation.
NHL GOAL LEADERS
1. Sidney Crosby – 30 Goals
2. Jeff Carter – 29 Goals
3. Max Pacioretty – 28 Goals
4. Cam Atkinson/Auston Matthews – 27 Goals
5. Patrik Laine – 26 Goals (3 Others tied with 26 goals)
For the Jets, there’s some serious talent on this team. Problem is they have no goaltending.
They sit five points out of a playoff spot and are the 7th highest scoring team in the NHL, while tied with the Dallas Stars for the 30th in the NHL in goals against, giving up 186 goals so far on the season.
The Jets are the only team in the NHL entering tonight with two players who have at least 25 goals, Patrik Laine (26) and Mark Scheifele (25). It’s a strong forward group, 1-12. The Penguins defensively will be tested tonight.
On the blueline, injuries to Tyler Myers and Tobias Enstrom haven’t helped but the Achilles Heel for the Jets this season is goaltending and top-pairing defenseman Dustin Byfuglien being a disaster some nights in his own end.
There’s enough talent on this club where the Jets should have been all over the rental goalie market at this point to make a serious push for the playoffs.
— Lineup Buzz —
If the Penguins want to try to move Eric Fehr in the next week or so to give them cap flexibility, they’d be smart to keep him in the lineup for the short-term. Fehr will return to the lineup tonight after being a healthy scratch Tuesday night. However, he’ll on the right wing.
The Penguins should be showcasing him at center.
With Hagelin getting close to returning and Conor Sheary not far behind, it’s tick tock for Fehr.
— Sheary back next week? —
Mike Sullivan said today Conor Sheary is making “significant progress”. Considered a few weeks ahead of schedule, told there’s a shot he returns to the lineup as early as next week.
Avs – Penguins Trade Buzz; Sprong in Play?
The Penguins have a general idea of what it’s likely going to take to acquire Matt Duchene based on their discussions with Avalanche management, but as of yesterday GM Joe Sakic is said to still be gathering organizational info on interested teams and hasn’t circled back yet to the Penguins to define an exact asking price, though, that is surely coming fairly soon.
As Penguins GM Jim Rutherford is actively flirting around on going big game fishing, the Penguins will have a decision to make to put the small group of top prospects in their system on the table or not.
The Penguins entered the season regarding Jake Guentzel as their top prospect and Guentzel has done nothing this season to change that view as he’s currently playing on the Penguins top-line. He might even be better than the Penguins imagined.
If talks get serious enough with the Avalanche where it comes down to To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!
Maatta… six weeks… hand surgery
Just another in a line of things that have hampered this kid. I have doubts we will ever see the Maatta that wowed us as a rookie again
You’re slippin Stan… we need our GWA update after that highlight reel one by Malkin
Hey npl how is Tampax and Johnson doing I heard he is stealing paychecks
Must be comfortable with his raise.
Better than Therrien and Bob Hartley, I’d imagine.
who cares…
3 goals and 4 assists in his last 7 soooo… heating up?
If you are what you eat, Sam is a twinkie.
*Insert god awful hot dog joke above and/or below
Hillary joke?
Uhh..
Democrats carry signs that say share the wealth .But you never see them carry one that says share the Work .bunch of lazy Fat pigs
Hope you get your 15$ minimum wage but will be in the year 2050. Now go make some Donuts fatso
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Sorry to hurt your Democrat feelings now you may make a protest out of it
Sammich going all in hahaha… so bad
I love how you try the same post 48 times before you realize its never going to catch on
Trade sid asap
Game had everything in it
Amazing Game Winner Assist for Malkin!!!!
with st.bleury in, you need 4 to win. bow down to your prophet!
Blow this shitshow of a team sky high!
Poor little yoda and his butthurt – it’s “totes adorbs” as the kids say.
What a fucken play by Geno omg… great Sid could finish but man what a brilliant play by Malkin! Fleury with like three massive saves to keep the Pens in it but holy fuck that was nice
Anybody else yelling at Letang to get moving and not play for a shootout?
Wheelers a bitch! Guy was crouched to make the play… ya if we wanna argue head shots it’s not pretty but it was pretty quick after the puck moved
Ok… changed my mind on the replay… bad play by Malkin
Pens only played good first period maybe they are saving their energy for tomorrow’s game so they can give the W to Murray. Suckss they don’t play as good in front of fleury but media and bandwagons fans will judge fleury based on numbers not how team plays poorly in front of him compare to fraud Murray
The media literally has not done this… unless you count D and the morons on this page but they are not media you fucken retard lol
That said, Murray has been the better of two all year period…
Also, how’s that Kessel you fucken moron?
Whoa… did you guys see the bouquet of Maple Leaf on the back of MAFs mask… what a wuss…
Yoda comes out to blame MAF in 3… 2… 1…
Classic Crosby on that play… out muscles the bigger guy to the puck only to set up Chris Kunitz lol. Would only have been better if he was the 87th to do it! Congrats Sid
1000 points. Trade him stain don’t forget to strip that C
You’d rather see him strip for you in a G
What’s amazing is how Sid stopped scoring with Geno and a Sheary out lol
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Shrek
Ha that’s awesome. I laughed when they showed that.
Malkin back in Russia?
Yeah back in the penalty
You mean first goal….
Black Kane is a disgrace to the NHL
What weird french shlt are you into sexually? My money is on armpit fucklng.
Get lost fat slob. Go back to your 15$ minimum wage protest or black lives matter
I heard you are organizing a new movement Fat lives matter
The guy who’s mom pays for his satellite radio is telling someone else they make minimum wage. He also double our minimum wage. Brilliance!
Damn I must be lucky eh according to u. Paid satellite radio paid hockey tickets. What was the other thing. She pays my Acura tlx too?
Acura lol.
Sorry can’t afford the kind of BMW you can your welfare money is giving you a lot to own a BMW. Bus Metro Walk. Fat slob
Go fuckk a hairy arm pit sammich…. probably lots in French “Canada”
Go fuckk a goat or a cow you fake Canadian you Democrat.
French “Canada”…
“Democrat” a term used to describe a US political organization that does really translate to our parliament but I’m the “fake Canadian” lmao
Don’t forget, you’re only here because the a British didn’t take you seriously…. not much has changed lol
Lmmfao
Hey sammich… wanna remind the board how much of a racist you’re not?
#FatLivesMatter
Chubby frog adding more value.
Guentzel looks like he is a future 30 goal scorer. Sheary may reach 30 this year. Sprong is a top six forward. Last year less than 30 players reached 30 goals. Kessel and Malkin did not reach 30 last year, Duschene scored 30 goals just once in 8 years? What does Duchy bring that the Pens don’t already have? If Pens make a move it will be defense.
One thing he brings that none of the others bring, is the ability to give this team a third scoring line at center next year when Bonino is gone, allowing for a Sid-Geno-Duchene three line mammoth. Can put Kessel on that line with him and let Sid and Geno carry their lines – makes for playoff lineup matchups that nobody else can deal with – which, as you can tell with HBK last year – they seem to like.
That a good point Stanch, and I’m all for the win now approach but Im just not a Duchene fan. Guentzel could carry a third line next year.
Not at center he couldn’t. And don’t confuse me saying that with “I’d trade Guentzel.” Because to me, Guentzel and Sheary are non-starters. They’re both already at least what Duchene is, albeit less flashy names. I think Duchene / Kessel on a third line gives you an awesome dynamic. I let Sheary and Guentzel continue to reap the benefits of playing with the two best centers in the world.
I’m still leaning towards Kane. He’ll bring that hard forecheck the Pens will need against the Caps and Lumbus. But when you do lineup those 3 centers it will give opposing coaches a nightmare matchup.
i think kane may be the best fit as well.
Well. That locks it for me. Kane is a bad idea.
you’re likely looking at Maatta, Sprong and a pick going the other way. None of which bothers me but you need to replace Maatta and drop some salary (Fleury).
The speculation with trading MAF to Buff for Kulikov, would be ideal for that scenario. But would still need to shed salary, Fehr +.
Do they have the goaltending issues to warrant that move? Like, Lehner is having a pretty solid year, isn’t he?
Yeah – honestly, I’d like to avoid Sprong as well, but there might be no getting around that. And with the surge in performance of a Sheary and a Guentzel, I’m probably okay there, begrudgingly. Going to be hard to take them to option #4 when you say no to those three. I’d rather give them wilson AND pouliot than any of those three. But that’s likely why they’d scoff at it. One thing that might work is if they can get Oduya and Lehtonen from Dallas – Oduya on an expiring contract and Lehtonen to help with the bookkeeping… Read more »
don’t discount the fact that sheary and guentzel get to play on malkins and crosbys wing. they would not score 30 if they were playing with bonino all year. duschesne is an elite talent. if you can get that guy you get him.
He’s not elite. At all. If he was, he’d be elevating people like well…sid and geno. Instead of having idiots like you make excuses for him.
While I don’t dismiss Duchene being very good he isn’t elite, and I have to point and laugh that even at this point you still credit others for the game that a player like Sheary brings. While they are the beneficiaries of playing with high end talent you have to recognize that they are solid players in their own right
the real question is will they be cash strapped to make deals because of the 6 million dollar backup
aka your “daddy”
the pens window is right now. malkin and kessel are going to be ghosts in a few years and letang will only play 30 games per season because of injury when he is in his 30’s. trade the prospects, go all in now and give themselves a shot at the next 3 cups.
Are you kidding me Kessel is amazing look how well he performs vs 3rd pair of D’s. And malkin has carte Blanche to take his annual mid season vacation . If only pens can strip that C from Crosby and trade him. Shitstain will be happy ,and maybe stop giving thumbs down to people then
You really are a special kind of stupid… Phil Kessel is a great addition. PPG guy that will flirt with 30… how can you still be talking this kind of shit?
Leave it to sam to hate on the guy that was a huge part of this teams cup win and probably should have won the Conn Smythe!
He was literally the true MVP on a Stanley Cup team – there’s nothing else to discuss – and we don’t have to discuss any further anyway, because he’s going to put up 70-80 points this year as an encore. I mean, i know the french are a few ticks behind the rest of us, but Sam makes them look like a province of window lickers.
You’ve been right so often (tear it down – this team needs to rebuild), who wouldn’t listen to you, pincushion?
LOL, you’re so reactionary hahaha.
Laine 3 hat trick this year
per thefourthperiod.com
Buckeye donuts.com
a web site with a space in it. Interesting.
And now many Leafs fans are worried about Kapanen completely flaming out. Pens rolled the dice on moving a “young prospect” for an older guy with a lot of game left and won substantially.
Also Patrick Laine is a fucken beast and he should be fun to watch!!!
He is the next ovechkin
While McDavid will be the next Crosby.