Penguins/NHL
Penguins Post-Game Reactions
Do we have an early front runner for one of the Penguins two open bottom-6 center spots?
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One observer tells TIOPS Pittsburgh’s best line on the night was the Hagelin-McKegg-Sprong and the line was especially effective with zone entries.
McKegg’s strength as a skater and hockey smarts in getting on the puck with speed and good angles was on display and he earned praised afterwards from the man who will be calling the shots on whether he earns a role in Pittsburgh or not.
“I thought McKegg [hide] was on the puck, I thought he won some faceoffs,” Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan said of McKegg. “He made some plays. I thought he was solid defensively. He can skate. I thought that line overall had a pretty strong game.”
McKegg had an assist in the win, while other centers in the mix for spots also found the scoresheet.
Jay McClement scored a power play goal, he hasn’t scored a power play goal in the regular season since 2010 and Teddy Blueger is said to have held his own and had an assist.
— Mike Sullivan’s thoughts on Antti Niemi who made 25 of 27 saves:
“He saw a lot of action early,” Sullivan said. “He made some big saves for us. I think sometimes as a goalie coming to a new environment, maybe that’s a good thing. Because he really doesn’t have any opportunity to think about it much. He just has to go out there and trust his instincts and make the saves.”
Zach Aston-Reese has impact game
— Despite skating for all of camp with Evgeni Malkin and Phil Kessel, Zach Aston-Reese’s camp has been described by team sources as ‘underwhelming’.
He’s struggled with making quick reactions and hasn’t looked like an ideal candidate to think fast enough to play with a Malkin and Kessel.
Because he’s a player whose game is more filled on getting to the dirty areas and his play seems to rise when he’s physical, Aston-Reese is setting up as a player who may need to be evaluated more accurately from games than practices.
Aston-Reese had his most impactful performance with a goal vs the Sabres with Mike Sullivan calling his performance “strong”.
[hide]”I thought this was his best performance to this point, but it’s early,” Mike Sullivan said of the undrafted rookie. “We’re trying to reserve judgment, especially in intersquads. Those first few days, guys are trying to get used to playing real hockey again. This was really the first opportunity, I think, to have a fair evaluation for all those guys. I thought Zach had a really strong game.”[/hide]
How’d TK 2.0 do?
What a fuckinn loser you are. Preseason game and his team was full of bunch of nobodies compare to him I hope he performed better then them if he didn’t then there is bigger problem then we thought. Now shut and go back the counter and sell some donuts fat boy
So he did ok? But only cause he played with sid, right chubby? See that’s what happens when you try to pretend that you know what you’re watching when you started watching the NHL after the Crosby lottery you little virginal racist.
Get lost fat boy.
Hey sammich, how was Sheary last night? I do think it’s cute that you piggy backed my preseason scum of Reaves last night but then switch up the “logic” when it applies to a guy who did well that you don’t like. What a white supremacist thing to do!
Sammich the white supremacist… sounds like the name of a knock off bible belt Saturday morning cartoon don’t it? Where exactly is the Canadian Mason-Dixon line sammich? Rue Du St Denis?
Buuuut if he plays a somewhat dominant game vs the “nobodies” what does that mean?
#FatLivesMatter
Racist.
Reaves sitting with the third lowest icetime on the team… in a preseason game vs what could be a bottom ten, maybe 5, team
No shots on goal either… to his credit tho it’s 6 hits in that period
Amazing trade for pens sending 1st round pick for him. Even him when he got traded to pens for a 1st round pick he didn’t believe it that’s what he said on TSN
Def a racist statement.
What’s so racist about my comment you Fat Democrat
It’s coming from you and everything you say and do is racist!
Agreed, I’m making a hockey observation and all Sam can see is flashbacks of all the guys that have tore open his mother anus!
You should make a even closer observation. Cuckholder. They maybe the same people that your wife wanted to meet up at Vegas
annnnnd, he thumbs upped himself from the other account that his mom pays for. Racist fat sam!
“They maybe” lol… do you even English bro? Vegas is awesome sammich, you should stop being a hyper-nationalist white supremacist and check it out. I bet if you begged hard enough you can get some of that sketchy Freemont alley pie to touch your little weewee
Hey sammich… what is a cuckholder? In your own words (heaven forbid)!
“Dude can play”
Sam, you should sign up for one of Coach D’s hockey clinics. Report back with what you learn.
Awesome. Saturday D’s article says Sheahan not on the top of teams wishlist. Today writes article about internal guys taking the role. Now PG guys saying there’s gonna be a deal for Sheahan….D’s inside information is top knotch.
Still waiting on that Kessel trade that Cook postulated and the sammich started “drooling over”
It’s hard to decipher which one of those two know less about hockey.
It’s Sam. Not close. And that’s not an endorsement of cook.
So I am confused… did they win or lose? You have claimed both above.
There is no same post yet, so we win. But he will eventually, so we lose.
I wonder how many representative D sent to the game to ascertain the analysis above.
Lost 4-3 in OT
I know, just taking a shot at the quality of the article lol
Sorry, it seemed like the game was put on with a level of secrecy. At PSU, but not televised. Not reported on and even at the NHL APP they didn’t have stats. Odd.