Penguins/NHL
— Sidney Crosby’s possession numbers have greatly improved under Mike Sullivan. While Chris Kunitz is not rekindling his former scoring prowess ever again, the numbers say Crosby has been a significantly better possession player this season when playing with Kunitz then when apart.
Crosby and Kunitz have been on the ice together for around 300:00. When playing with Kunitz, Crosby has a Goals For/60 at 2.54 and a CF% of 53.5. When apart from Kunitz (around 255:00), Crosby is at 1.64 GF/60 and a CF% of 45.
— Bobby Farnham with 6 goals in 25 games, leads the New Jersey with a 1.60 G/60 at 5 v 5 this season. No Penguin is over 0.91.
Farnham’s six 5 v 5 goals would be tied for third on the Penguins with Sidney Crosby. None of this is sustainable for Farnham, but when the Penguins are struggling mightily from a depth scoring standpoint and more importantly lack some snarl and energy players, it’s warranted to question the Penguins cutting the cord on Farnham.
Bobby Farnham having more goals than the likes of David Perron, Chris Kunitz, Nick Bonino and Eric Fehr just shouldn’t be happening and shows had big of disappointments those players have been.
–Conor Sheary is another example of why you can’t put too much stock into how a fringe player performs during his first couple games in the NHL. Once the adrenaline rush wears off is when the true evaluation period begins. Sheary began to fade as he appeared in more and more games.
–Mike Sullivan complained after the Blackhawks game about the Penguins poor wall play which played a factor in the callup of Tom Kuhnhackl.
“Kuhnhackl’s good with puck possession and he can help with the puck on the wall below the hash marks,” Sullivan told reporters this week.
Kuhnhackl now 24 is a low upside prospect but has always and still remains a player who has some intrigue about him. Penguins assistant GM Bill Guerin started taking Kuhnhackl under his wing two summers ago with a big focus on improving Kuhnhackl’s ability to win 1-on-1 battles down low and use his size properly in around the net and on the wall.
The work has paid dividends scouts say. Facing a quick Canadiens team, though, could be troublesome for Kuhnhackl tonight. Will be interesting in how he handles the NHL speed.
— 98 Points got the Penguins in the playoffs last season as the final wildcard team. 84 Points remain available with 42 games to go. Penguins will need to pick up 55 out of 84 to get to 98 points.
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PENGUINS LINEUP TONIGHT
Patric Hornqvist – Evgeni Malkin – Phil Kessel
Chris Kunitz – Sidney Crosby – David Perron
Kevin Porter – Matt Cullen – Eric Fehr
Tom Kuhnhackl – Nick Bonino – Bryan Rust
Defensemen
Olli Maatta – Kris Letang
Brian Dumoulin – Ben Lovejoy
Ian Cole – Trevor Daley
Goaltender
Marc Andre Fleury
If I win the lottery, say hello to the new owner of the Penguins and goodbye to Lovejoy!!
Chris Higgins hit waivers.
3 days with zero fucking content on the NHL team but… this is a better page for information than DKs – Yoda!
this page is better because depaoli isn’t a homer penguin payroll boy. you would like DK”s site better because you are both on the pens payroll. DK is a propagandist and you are a paid internet blogger.
No because the page doesnt suck you fucking troll. Speaking of paid bloggers… when did D put you on his payroll dusting his balls off and doing PR for this page?
i’m not on any payroll. you didn’t deny being on the pens payroll which means you are or you are an AI robot. you should change your name to HAL.
FFS the team just blew what should have been another 2 points… there wasnt even an instant buzz. You appreciate this page because the amount of content allows your tiny brain to take the time to process it. DKs page move too fast for you clearly.
Apparently Kane has circled this date to beat up Ladd hope jets player beat up Kane and injure him today
Classic example of why you are a piece of fat shlt.
Jan Hejda
Are we all missing a joke here?
No npl we are not missing you here
Ha, ill actually give you that one. #blindsquirrel
Does anyone else find it hilarious that Sid had 0g-0a, was -1, had 2pim & was 9-23 in the faceoff circle(3-11 in off zone) and the only thing Sam noticed was how Geno did in the FO circle? It must be so frustrating spending all that time watching hockey and still have no clue what you’re watching.
If he even watched. No way that fat tub of goo can fit in those seats.
Penguins are mediocre, held on to beat an even more mediocre team. Kessel is a bag of shit dragging down Malkin.
you high?
Montreal really sucked tonight.
More like fleury was th best player in the last period. Only penguins that suckedd tonight happens to be the Russian and the 2 American players kessel and gayjoy boy they were a train wreck to watch chubby was falling all I’ve the ice without even someone touch him
Sid sucked. Again.
Can you even formulate a proper sentence? Not only does your lack of hockey knowledge show, but your lack of any sort of intelligence or high school education also shows.
Trade Fleury guys
Ha did you guys see how Markov choked once again a Russian fails when game is on the line. And D can you give the stats for our Russian tonight how he was on the faceoffs tonight specially in the offensive zone
Replace our Russian with McDavid. Vancouver would love our Russian. At least he would only have to play in the bell centre MORGUE once a year.
Malkin 0-6 Crosby 3-11. As usual Sam has absolutely no clue what he’s watching on the ice. Overall Malkin was 2-12 and Crosby was 9-23.
Sid took more draws then the russian if malkin took as many he would’ve been worst and the Russian had 0 win draw in the offensive zone exactly same has no clue what his watching dumb asss go blow npl or something you are as idiot as he is
You’re calling people idiots? Wow, you can’t even put a sentence together. Have you heard of punctuation or spelling?
Fleury the man again.
Bell. Centre. Morgue.
They’re playing with their heads in their asses.
Nantz and Simms’ microphones going off has been the best part of the night.
Reggie Nelson is hurt….oh so sad.
It’s like watching Sam in pain.
That American fraud chubby must be traded ASAP to Colorado. He is a cancer to this team and a cancer to any team he plays for. Now where are the kessel droolers
Get Marty St. Louis! Or get McDavid off of Vancouver!
Every time that American gayjoy is on the ice something happens for the other team
Wow you can hear a pin drop in the Bell Centre Museum tonight.
Nice try punk I’m there and it’s not a museum
Sitting outside begging for change hardly constitutes “being there.”
They must all be screaming right in your ear then because the broadcast is so quiet I heard the fat guy in the 15th row fart twice. Wait was that you?
I wonder if they charge him for two seats like on an airplane.
Would 2 seats even be enough?
We go to games to watch hockey games while you bandwagons goes to games to eat hot dogs and face booking
You obviously go to stare at the comment section here.
I am sure your American channels mute the fans so they make them sound like museum because they are embarrassed to have museum team in the states
You’re at a hockey game and still posting here?
Bandwagon.
Pens should trade chubby get a hungrier player maybe makinen from Colorado
They can’t trade you. You’re not even under contract. And we have enough French Canadian pussies as it is.
Makinen? HAHAHAH Seriously? Keep it up, I love seeing you prove how stupid you are. Makinen! LOL
Another prime chance for Phil blown. Won’t go to the hard areas!
Listening to O Canada, especially in French, is annoying.
Why don’t they just wave a white flag and sing the French national anthem?
Seriously, be your own country. Englands queen on the money, France’s language and weirdos
Would seriously be like North Jersey singing the star spangled banner in Italian.
Jan Hejda
Looks like the Canucks will be without McDavid until after the All Star break Sam
The downfall of this team came from losing Bobby Farnham!! Fucking yogurt.
everyone in the world knows the pens bottom 6 sucks. the only people who think it’s good and getting rid of farnham was a good idea are those in the pens organization. get lost you paid blogger.
Bobby Farnham. The CURE to the bottom 6. Yogurt!
How about NPL what about that fat fuckk?
he is very possible on the payroll as well. all corporations hire paid bloggers to spin their message and to attack people in the comment section. nobody could possibly be so dumb as to agree with every single mistake the pens have made over the years. they are on here pushing the propaganda and pushing the marketing campaign. it’s so obvious.
I have noticed stan, gaydogg and zerofool somehow agree or find funny that fat prickk NPL when he is not even close to be funny or right about anything as King and xxx said before that fat fuckk brings nothing to this site .he is nothing but a waste of time and space in this world
Lol
anyone else notice jaydogg’s post vanished by at least 90% when i called him out as being a paid blogger. jedi mind tricks only work if the person is an actual jedi. not only that, i am no weak minded fool. jaydogg is no jedi, he is a clown paid by the clowns in the pens organization.
My post have vanished because this site has become all but worthless. The content has always been garbage but now that the 2 dumbest people in the world(you and Sam) are the only people to talk to my time is better spent trying to educate my dog on the game. She has a better chance of uderstanding it than you ever will.
the three pens paid bloggers who infiltrated this site are as follows: 1.jaydogg, 2.stanchion, 3.zerocool. they are on the pens books. there is no doubt about it. nobody could possibly be so sensative to the pens marketing campaign. one little word against their market boys, those 3 fly off the handle. tell your bosses they are clowns and to fill the seats by putting a good team on the ice instead of trying to fill seats by brainwashing the fans into thinking the pens are always on the verge of a cup.
So then you get paid? fluffing the backup goaltenders in the organization? I mean you are a second rate blogger… you are the personal cheerleader for everyone that doesnt take a regular shift for this team.
stanchion= pens paid blogger hired to spread propaganda by the garbage organization and to attack anyone who goes against the pens propaganda marketing campaign.
And his lover. Npl
Is that the well you go to when people realize you’re a moron?
paid blogger
Yes. The Penguins pay me to bad mouth their joke of a captain. It’s like you WANT people to know how retarded you are.
I heard another 09 member wants to comeback in the NHL this clown fedotenko must delusional
if he wants to come back, he will be on geno’s line by next week.
bobby farnham- another mistake with the old geezer at the helm
You’re obsessed with fringe nhl’ers. Farnham. Despres. Lovejoy. Apparently you think that’s where your team’s bread is buttered. Rag on kessel but rave about Farnham. That’s soooo yogurt.
i busted jaydogg as a paid blogger. i think it’s obvious you are a paid pens blogger too. you 100% agree with every move the pens make even though they are in 10th place. you are a paid troll. tell your bosses that they assembled a garbage hockey team and i’m looking forward to them getting canned after the pens miss the playoffs.
I shit all over their star. I call their number 1 defenseman a mush head frog. But yeah. They probably pay me to blog. I’ve seriously shit out things smarter than you.
kessel sucks and it’s obvious why toronto ran him out of town. of course you love him because you are on the pens blogger team.
I’d like to see Fehr Cullen and Bonino all together on the 3rd line. Then call up the entire top line from WBS. At least that way there is immediate chemistry. Not going to pretend like I know who would be on that line or if that is actually possible, but could be interesting.
Let’s get kindly and get another crappy depth guy…..
Jakub Kindl on waivers.
Martin St. Louis still out there too