Game 4 Pre-Game Buzz
Mike Sullivan in Game 2 looked to be a coach who was catering to Evgeni Malkin.
In Game 3, it was a different story.
Despite the excellent possession numbers from Malkin, if a Rangers first period goal wasn’t overturned in the first period, we’re likely talking a lot more about Malkin’s poor effort away from the puck in the game.
In Game 3, Malkin was planted on the bench for the final five minutes of third period, and played just 10:42 at even strength, 13:36 overall.
Sullivan appeared to go from a coach to wanting to get Malkin heavily involved in Game 2, maybe even going a bit overboard, to a coach in Game 3 who leaned more on certain players who play his way and were part of the group in March/April that had the Penguins beating just about everybody.
Was this Sullivan making a statement to Malkin?
Most likely not.
Sullivan in hindsight just didn’t trust Malkin enough to put him on the ice with the Penguins trying to close out the game late.
Malkin and Olli Maatta were two examples from Game 3 where the strong possession numbers don’t tell the story with their performance. Maatta had some nice moments in exiting the zone, but defensively he continued to struggle with a lack of foot speed and poor angles.
— This is Matt Murray’s series the rest of the way. That much is becoming clear.
Marc Andre Fleury remained off the ice Thursday, marking the third straight day he didn’t skate with the team.
Even with the unlikelihood that Fleury is ready to play by Game 6 or Game 7 if the series goes that far, those close to the situation [hide] don’t anticipate a goalie change being made again this series, regardless of Fleury’s healthy.
“He ]Marc Andre Fleury] is going through a process,” Sullivan told reporters after the Penguins optional skate. “When he is ready to play, we’ll be sure to let you guys know. Right now, his status is day-to-day.”
Two weeks ago, Sullivan even left the door open for the possibility of Fleury playing in the regular season finale, to the Penguins 36 hours before Game 1 believing Fleury was going to be in play to start Game 1.
“He’s making significant progress,” Sullivan said of Fleury on April 7.
No one wants to say Fleury had a setback, but there certainly appears to be a miscalculation from where things stood 7-10 days ago to now.
That comes with the unknown for a player recovering from a concussion, especially one who suffered his second concussion in less than four months.
— The Penguins will dress the same lineup in Game 4. For the Rangers there is talk of Kevin Hayes being a healthy scratch, yet, Tanner Glass keeps playing.
What’s interesting is the primary line that worried Penguin coaches the most coming into this series was the Hayes-Staal-Fast line.
— Quote of the Day: “He’s playing inspired hockey and that’s been a great benefit for our whole group. I know our room has a lot of respect for him, both as a person and player.” — Mike Sullivan on Matt Cullen [/hide]
Disappointed they didn’t use our power play specialist in last power play
You’re disappointed orpik’s headache was too bad for you to blow him. Trade GENO Sam.
Sid had two points. Both on the power play. #PowerPlaySpecialist
I’m sure he asked Sullivan for a break, he has to be exhausted from carrying the team all night.
Goaltender interferance away from a hattrick. Pony Boy stinks!
I’m waiting for the “F Fleury we’ve got Murray!” chants. Great team win.
I thought Fleury looked great tonight. So fundamentally sound.
That wasn’t fleury you assholle. That was Zatkoff. #SomethingSpecial
Vokoun
Exactly douche bag. You could have put on your old ball hockey and won the last two games.
Creepy weird frog Alaign Vigneault looks lost. Like therrien. And Hartley.
Trade Malkin Sam.
Pens can’t score 4 goals a game vs NY. They HAVE to win 2-1.
Malkin traded yet Sam?
Seems like Dumo’s role is to get abused after the whistle by the other teams smallest player.
http://cdn1.bloguin.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2009/10/malkin-conn-smythe.jpg
Sid 6 points in 4 games.
Malkin 6 points 3 games. Which is producing more?
Who, who. Who owns the Chiefs.
Got to love all these power play points by our power play specialist at 9.5m. Can you imagine if pens didn’t have no power plays tonight how bad our one trick pony would’ve looked like?
Sam, this is when you admit you’re wrong. Like when Nlpples came out of the closest. It’s hard at first.
Why am I wrong the guy been playing on 3rd line and only time he shines like previous playoffs are on power plays. Same story was with James Neal they shined when it was power play time in playoffs while Sid plays vs top lines
Bring back TK to play in the top 6 right sam?
Because your wrong… Special teams is every bit as important as 5on5. You asked “what if there are no power plays”? Well let’s ignore the fact that Geno is still strong as anyone five on five and humour you… We still have the depth to play well even if Geno couldn’t contribute to the same degree. Now what of the game was tightly called and there were a whole lot of PPs? Same type of question… The teams PP is significantly better with him, PERIOD. You are utterly wrong here
Sam, talk to me buddy. How you feelin?
He’s trying to count how many 1 trick pony tricks that is for the night
Holy shit… Even if he was only a PP specialist I would be happy with three PP points a night for 9.5 million lol
Malkin. 6 points in 3 games. Sucks.
Evgeni Malkin: Best player in the world.
Pens will never win in the playoffs without Fleury.
Should have rode the hot goalie… Without him and Sestito this team is done
Without Zak this team may have been done. I’m not sure why you’re such a big Sestito fan though.
Lol, got me there… Without the third stringer to play hockey we would have been in trouble haha. He broke even, I respect that
Zak won game one but couldn’t overcome his own team in game 2. I’m sure Fleury would have faired better.
Point is, since MAF made those very well know personal changes he too ebbed and flowed with the team… He is still shit on for losses when the D lets him down and the O disappears.
I think the russian might sit the last few minutes out again. What do you think Sammy?
Trade Malkin sam
Funny doesn’t happen you tell me trade malkin often because nights like this are rare by the Russian. It’s okay next 5 games he will go vacation mode again
Sam not posting much? Must be at a pajama party with Maloni.
It’s Maloney you moron.
That’s what i meant. Fat fingers.
this rules
9th or 10th in the conference. Blow it up.
I’m just devastated it’s not 2-1
Oh man that is so good.
What a nice pass from Sid
He did a great job laying on his stomach pretending to play defense after that fuckup
You are killing it tonight. I need a Prince gif! Thumbs up!
Yoda’s man pulled. Lol
He didn’t get the 2-1 memo before the game
Sammy, i tough malkin only one dimensional one trick pony tricks?
What a nice pass from sid
http://i.giphy.com/s68HoNdDrTtMk.gif
MALKAMANIA!!!!
Power play… Soon much better with Malkin on the point
9.5m power play specialist
Lol
http://i.giphy.com/s68HoNdDrTtMk.gif
You and yoda… You guys are a rare sort of dumb lol
PP is better with Malkin on half wall. Liability on the point. But better with him than without him.
Geeeeeenooooooooo!!!!!
Live from the Pens locker room:
http://i.giphy.com/s68HoNdDrTtMk.gif
For anyone keeping score the Pens broke the 2-1 mould already… Can’t be good for the Pens
I already chalked up another L for the Pens.
Malkin is killing this team… Four points since he came back, not good enough
He’s warming up for the World Cup in August
World championship in may
Really blew it tonight…. Have to win 2-1
Murray.. Future star!
If this game was in consol and pens down 2-0. It would’ve been a museum already. Now rags down 3-0 and msg still loud
What game are you watching?
Even the commentators have discussed how quiet it got lol
Shearyously, what fucklng game are you watching? Minus the collective groans, its like Le Bell Mausoleum
Stick to your tampax game fatty
How is hank doing Yoda
How is the Russian doing Sammy?
Yoda’s god flip the net yet?
Conor fucking Sheary baby.. I mean he’s clearly no Brian Gibbons but he’s getting luckier
America, are you SHEARY-OUS?!
One dimensional one trick pony tricks on full display tonight
His one dimensional tricks are working tonight
Have to win 2-1
Have too… At least we’ve done our part, it’s up to NY now
Wow, what a deflection by Sid… Nice to have that Geno on the blueline taking shots other guys don’t! He’s getting better nightly
Jesus H. Malkin. If he keeps this up, the Russian could probably sit “last 6 7 minute so of game”
Geno +1
3 points now. 1 point behind our fearless leader…..Kessel.
2 points for the russian
sportsnewsupdated.com/match/penguins-vs-rangers-nhl-playoffs.html
The 1st period will go a long way to solidifying me being sold on Murray. MSG crowd will be rabid and NYR will be playing a desperate game. If they go down 3-1, they know its over…this isn’t the 2014 pens and St.Louis mom isn’t coming through that door. The NYR will throw the kitchen sink at Murray in thr 1st period. If he gets out only giving up 1 goal, i’m sold.
http://www.metronews.ca/news/calgary/2016/04/20/city-releases-review-of-calgary-next-flames-project.html
hope Ron Klatt likes it
I wish we could show the click rate of your links, just to laugh out how much people dont give a shlt lol
st.blurry doesn’t have a concussion. he just lost his job to the better goalie. they need to fake an injury so the locals who think he is a hall of famer won’t riot.
are you serious ? with that
if you said this about malkin makes more sense since everytime he struggles they blame some mysterious injury and come WC he is back healthy
but come on not fleury
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is this how you eat your KFC
http://giphy.com/gifs/endemolbeyond-eating-bean-mrbean-ylyUQnn01Vh23qfq3m
How mad are you right now because you couldnt figure out why your gif didnt show up on here?
#gaylivesmatter
Thats very polite of you. Thumbs up for you
You’re such a dumbfuckingcunt
I hope they dress Glass- he completely blows.
A tanner glass fan-only a moron
his name is so appropriate. he checks the glass more than people because he sucks and always misses his hits.
wish beau bennett had more appropriate name
Not that I care for Glass but more because you’re always fucking wrong… Glass was 18th in hits this year… 10th in hits over 60 minutes, 4th in the league for hits over 60 minutes for players with at least 56 hits lol
Samuel Duranceau Cloutier: The French Confusion
Barrack Obama
Black ,gay,muslim Confusion
You really are bad at this, but I Fn love it.
#gaylivesmatter
more arrogant punks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqdUAzyYCKM
According to Jason La Canfora, The Steelers are not and will not pursue Josh Norman.
Wow, thats actually exciting, considering Jason La Canfora might be just a notch above Sam in the insightful prediction category.
Funny I got really excited because I felt La Canfora was a lot like Yoda meaning the Steelers getting Norman was almost a guarantee.
Breaking news
breaking news ? NPL?
I’m so pumped for this game, who’s got an extra jersey with another man’s name on the back?
I’m sure Sam could loan you his Louie LeBlanc jersey. Or maybe his David Fischer jersey (I’m assuming you have a Habs one, Sam. Not the Florida Everblades ECHL jersey).
Sam has DB 69 jersey he busts out for the playoffs.
he busts out of***
Haha I’m spoiled? I’ve worked more today than same has in his whole life.
TBJ has a custom USA jersey writen DB-Orpigg on the back of the jersey it has 4 numbers instead of 2
4469
That sounds like a tremendous waste of money for a joke no one, not even TBJ, would get.
I am sure he would americans are know to do stupidities and waste their money
just open youtube and you see all kinds of spoiled brats breaking things and not carring including ps4-xbox when first day it comes out
and npl did you forget you broke your xbox too
when we were playing online
all i saw you got disconnected all of a sudden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ywGiJnGQsE
here is more of american arrogance and spoiled punks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSDBmzbEC78
and wonder why world sees you clowns as weirdos
What does that make you participating in american spoilisms?
I do not own habs jersey
I have 1992 black mario lemieux jersey which now they start using that jersey again
I have pens 1994 home and away jersey the one with half penguing pic and the one that is written pittsburgh incase you dont know since you just started to follow hockey since the crosby era
and now i have penguins Letang jersey
Who’s black mario lemieux?
Black Mario should be on the $20 bill
Black mario is a legend
One of my grandchildren has a Crosby’s kids “Medium,” can you fit?
I think he has a “Lemieux,” too.
Aw man, you don’t have a jersey?? Damn… That has to be so frustrating living out of market where eCommerce hasnt been invented yet.
Dont you live in Tampa ?
No. There’s a lot of people here.
Disaster avoided. TBJ just happened to have an extra Fleury jersey.
he should give it to Yoda
Phillip Jamal Kessel: 2016 Conn Smythe Award Winner.
D you forgot to mention Nash’s goal when malkin was lazy and turned the puck over to him
I guess somehow Pens missed him alot on the powerplay
Someone needs to post that disconnected controller GIF again.
Here ya go bud:
http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/sports/2014-03-07/4fe535c0-a621-11e3-a531-138b3ea5b14a_crosby-controller-disconnected.gif
What an awful goal lol
That is embarrassing. Lazy Canadian.
Malkin was as lifeless as Prince last game. I don’t think he’s really 100% still.
yeah thats the excuse everytime malkin plays bad he is still injured
and when crosby plays bad he is a horrible leader and the C should be striped away from him
soon you little people will realize what i have been saying about malkin is true one dimensional player and hard to coach
They should quit using that and use the “he just doesn’t care” like we could for Sid for the first 40 games, because he sure wasnt’ injured. Just getting ready for the WC!