Penguins/NHL
Penguins – Capitals Fallout: Strong signs continue for Simon-Brassard-Rust
This isn’t an overreaction to one game.
The Penguins are building something with their third line of Dominik Simon – Derick Brassard – Bryan Rust.
Whether it’s been practice, a couple preseason games or now one regular season game, this line meshes so we’ll they looked like they’ve been together for months.
Penguin coaches over the summer looked at tape on Brassard, mostly as a member of the New York Rangers during the 2013-2014 season to formulate the proper group of wingers around him.
They strongly believe they’ve found the right mix.
As mentioned here in July, sources say the line that was studied by the staff from the 13-14 season was Pouliot – Brassard – Zuccarello, a line that was a major difference maker for the Rangers that season to reaching the Cup Final, where Brassard also had one of his finest seasons in a system similar to the Penguins.
The four wingers the Penguins identified weeks before training camp was a combo of Simon/Rust and Hagelin/Hornqvist.
The latter was not experimented in camp, though, the plan was for Hornqvist to skate with Brassard the first day of camp, but the Penguins looked to have found their Pouliot/Zuccarello style of players around Brassard with Simon playing the puck possession/creativity role of Zuccarello, and Rust being that north-south speed dimension on the wing next to Brassard.
This line picked up where they left off in the preseason and gave Washington fits on Thursday night.
One thing that has stood out extremely well with the trio is how they read off another and support one another.
That made the line extremely tough to deal with defensively for the Capitals in the tight areas. The support game below the dots led to the line creating two penalties and great board play led to a Derick Brassard second period goal to put the Penguins up 5-4.
Simon in particular was very good in creating offense/scoring chances from 1-on-1 situations below the dots.
How good was the Brassard line vs the Capitals?
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Bennett injured yet ?
No one fucken cares…
As I said before Murray hasn’t prove anything .even tho he won 2 cups and made npl cum.
He hasn’t played 1 full season. Years he won the cup played just playoffs the first time. 2nd time he played from 3rd round.
Now fraud Murray is exposed
Agreed Murray has to get better! The Brooks Orpik goal was really bad goal against A lot of the goals weren’t Murray’s fault, Malkin’s horrible give away letting Oshie walk in all alone to score, the Oshie tip in front, and Ovechkin left all alone in front (no coverage) tip in off a slap pass. the penguins need to clean it up defensively.
“Murray hasn’t prove anything even tho he won two cups” – HAHAHAHAHA
Sorry boxscore
The boxscore would help you understand why crying turnover at Geno is fucken retarded when you want Letangs post game balls in your mouth.
Oh and because you will fuck this up… I didnt give Malkin a pass for the play last night. Universally stupid, too relaxed thinking the 2 goal lead was safe late. He was doing what great offensive guys do… thinking offence nearly all the time. That said there was one of those late goals where I would love to know why Letang was shadowing Dumo the whole time as well… Point is while you and a few others will single out guys, not for rough games, but for entire losses you still don’t get that a lot of things go… Read more »
Sorry would be a good way to describe you.
If one game is a trend the Penguins better start looking for a new goalie and fast. Maybe they can trade Matt Cullen to Montreal for Price. They need a first line center. They can probably get GMMB to retain 90% of Price’s salary too by telling him it is an awesome trade.
Sheahan and Letang for Price and a first
That will not work. Letang and Price are the same age and Sheahan is only 26. Montreal only takes older players in return.
More interested to see a bigger sample – 10-15 games then reevaluate
One game trend. Everyone knows brassard is going to end up in goal because Murray is a fraud.
All eyes will be on this guy and it is fair… lots of excuses last year. He gets a pass from a lot because of two years of solid play. He looked shakey as fuckk at points yesterday although so did Holtby so hopefully it isn’t a sign of things to come.
FALLOUT???? Did someone say something about FALLOUT!?!?!
Significant overreation, we know from the sample size last year that Brass@ss is trash…
Finally you say something that isn’t in your and Sams love hate relationship. And its right.
I say a lot of things about a lot of things… what youve said on this one is still ridiculous! Brassard looked bad last year, circumstance played a roll. You have to at least admit that maybe the time he was a Penguin, acknowledging the injury, was not the best way to judge the guy? May have been a little quick? Not that the jury isnt still out but he had flashes of decent play last year and now that they have found guys that may click with him he should show his true value as an asset especially as… Read more »
That is good because he cost us a cup and chance to rank up there with some of the greats. We shall see what he does this year.
Yes, I remember it well… The team was cruising to a third cup, it was virtually in the bag when along came Brassard who immediately shut the team down and put to rest the third cup they were entitled too…. The team was off all year outside a stretch after Christmas… Murray was all over the place, Letang was a fucking mess and in February Kessel went to sleep. Not to mention Sid had his own ups and downs despite being one of the more reliable. The depth scoring was not there as the 4th line was all but neutered… Read more »
All of that was Brassard’s fault. He wanted to feel like he was still in Ottawa.
he did you can look through what ever loyalty glasses you want. The reality is he did. However its a new season he has one of the most underrated players (Rust) on his line. Let’s hope this season Brass@SID4800$$ can live up to your perceived ability and help give us a real third line. Who cares but with Murray in goal I laid the over.
“loyalty glassed” – first off I am not sure what that means second? I am not the one that ha the Penguins pegged as cup champs last year that suddenly loss because they moved a bench player and a 6th D man for a guy who is a second line C on most teams, with a stat book that supports that outside the 18 rough games he had in a Pens sweater, that didnt gel right away. The team was probably not gonna win regardless FFS. If you really believe they had it in them to get it done then… Read more »
Loyalty glasses are what most fans and a good percent watch the games through. Their favs can do no wrong and their goats can do no right no matter what. And quote it right next time.
The term is rose coloured glasses… I gave it to you. I’m not defending Brassard because he’s a “favourite”. Christ I go after Sid and Letang more than anyone on the team because of same and they’re easily my two favourite players on the team.
I’m defending Brassard because it’s exceptionally stupid to blame him for the lack of a championship for all the reasons I’ve already listed.
For fun I typed “loyalty glasses” into google for you… as I suspected… you’re an idiot
https://www.google.ca/search?q=loyalty+glasses&rlz=1C9BKJA_enCA634CA634&oq=loyalty+glasses&aqs=chrome..69i57.4682j1j7&hl=en-US&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8
He’s an idiot. Brassard probably didn’t sign an autograph for his grandchild so he’s butt hurt. It’s the same as when Simply Dusty rages on about Murray. It’s tiresome and boring. Sad.
Yup, that third cup in a row was right there and then Brassard came along and away it went. The turnover machine was really Brassard in Letang’s jersey.
Funny how we never see malkin being a turnaround machine and a guy that screws teams momentum by taking dumb penalties leading the team year after year in that department
Turnaround machine. Idiot.
His moms a turn around machine… she can turn around in an instant allowing the man that was in her mouth into her ass and the man that was in her ass into her mouth without missing a stroke lol
Sam must be proud of her.
As great as Malkin is and he is great! He is also stupid!. He takes bad penalties, just horrific giveaways like last night a backhand slow pass up the middle picked off by Oshie walks in all alone and scores. he’s a dumb fuck sometimes but he did have a goal 2 assists so…
This isnt hard you dumb fuck… the reason people don’t get on Malkin for his deficiencies is because you do it enough for everyone. We dont have time to be critical of Malkin or Kessel or even Murray because all you do it bitch and complain. This is why the rest of the board is on Sid and Letang as often as they are… well Letang gets a lot of shit because he can be frustrating at times every bit as Geno. On that note Before this year.. their previous 5 seasons Malkin played 326 games and gave the puck… Read more »
Sorry its the assets given up for Brass@SID4800$$ and the lack of return that cost us the cup. You can blame Letang for as long as you want. In the total picture it came down to Brass@SID4800ss and a last minute deal that GMJR decided to over play his hand and not stand pat.
I said from the beginning giving up Cole was a big mistake and I will always stand by that. On that note it is not Brassards fault, it is GMJR fault.
This maybe the dumbest thing I’ve read on the internet in a long time. Well done old man.
if you think that is stupid there is no hope for you. You really should consider doing something else with your time.
You should as well. Like make sure your funeral is paid for. What are you like 80 something? You watch hockey on a tablet and then post stupid stuff that makes no sense. The greatest generation my asssss!
Judge the guy coming from. Someone that judge letang suckss last year when the guy came from injury
You’re too stupid to function you know that.. Despite Letangs historically bad season as he blew away his season high for G/SA a lot of my jabs at him are to piss you off. I mean how often do I have to state who my team favourites are you fucken retard? That said.. Favourite or not… accountability is still given.
I mean Christ… i told you i grabbed him in my pool this year just a few weeks back lol
Huh?
He’s old, he like most of the people on here don’t understand what they are watching.
d would never overreact to one game