Pittsburgh Penguins
Game 6 Pre-Game Buzz
The Tampa Bay Lightning are one win away from becoming just the third team in the last 14 years to earn consecutive Stanley Cup Final appearances.
It would be quite a feat after beating the 2014-2015 President Trophy winning New York Rangers last season in seven games to earn a trip to the Finals than coming back this season in knocking off Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins without Steven Stamkos and Ben Bishop.
Tonight is so fascinating from the Penguins end.
If the Penguins lose tonight and even if it’s another overtime loss, this season will be looked at as a major missed opportunity when factoring in the Penguins held a 2-1 series lead over Tampa Bay and led all game in Game 5 before surrendering a 2-0 lead and 3-2 lead with under four minutes in the third period of Game 5, eventually losing 53 seconds into OT.
It will be another off-season with many questioning from the outside whether it’s time for Pittsburgh to trade Evgeni Malkin and make a change for the sake of change before it’s too late to get the type of value you should for a player of his caliber.
If the Penguins win Game 6 but lose Game 7, there will be a much different narrative surrounding this team. More will accept things that they just ran into a pretty good hockey club.
The Penguins go down tonight, though, the organization will find a way to spin a hot three month run as a screaming success, but it’s hard to imagine many others accepting another series loss to a lower seeded team by losing three straight where the stars couldn’t get the job done.
That’s why tonight’s game is going to be so fascinating in dictating how this post-season run will be remembered.
Do the Penguins need Malkin and Crosby tonight to be great statistically to win? Probably not. They’ve showed many times this post-season they can win without them. But, being dangerous on the ice and not being absent isn’t too much to ask from those two.
When Crosby and Malkin are not producing like they should be, we always compare them to other stars who have struggled to come up with excuses for both.
How about the Sharks No. 1 center Joe Pavelski? Pavelski who by the way is 31 years old, gets the oppositions No. 1 shutdown line and No. 1 pairing every night. He leads with the playoffs with 12 goals and is tied with teammate (Sharks No. 2 center) Logan Couture for the playoffs lead in points with 21. Joe Thornton and Logan Couture in fact have more assists (14) than Crosby and Malkin have points.
Couture is 27 and Thornton is 36. These are not players in their young 20’s just hitting the prime of their careers.
Colin Freaking Wilson of the Nashville Predators has more playoff points than Malkin and his team didn’t even make it out of the second round by the way.
The linemates are a problem for both Crosby and Malkin, everyone has to acknowledge that, but 0.81 points per game for Crosby and 0.80 points per game for Malkin just shouldn’t be acceptable especially with the power play time both get.
Tonight is a situation where they need to be counted on to rise to the occasion because they haven’t in past games where the Penguins were on the brink of elimination.
2015 Playoffs 1st Round:
Game 5 vs Rangers: Sidney Crosby 1 assist, Evgeni Malkin 0 points in a 2-1 OT loss.
2014 Playoffs Second Round:
Game 7 vs Rangers: Sidney Crosby 0 points, Evgeni Malkin 0 points in a 2-1 loss.
2013 Playoffs Third Round:
Game 4 vs Bruins: Sidney Crosby 0 points, Evgeni Malkin 0 points in a 1-0 loss.
The Penguins last three elimination playoff games where they had to win to stay alive, Crosby and Malkin have combined for 1 assist and the Penguins have lost all three games by one goal.
So much is on the line tonight.
Back to Matt Murray
Win or lose, Mike Sullivan is going back to the goaltender he has the most trust in, Matt Murray. Murray will be back between the pipes for Game 6 after Marc Andre Fleury’s uneven performance in Game 5.
He really had no other decision to make than to go back to Murray.
Murray is not only the Penguins’ goaltender of the future, he’s their best goaltender at this very moment and Sullivan obviously see’s it.
Sullivan in confirming Murray will start in goal tonight, told reporters he goes with the players who “give us the best chance to win.”
Sullivan cited Murray having a “calming effect on the group in front of him” and of Fleury Sullivan said the team doesn’t have the “luxury of allowing players to play through things.”
For Sullivan, it had to be a tough conversation with Marc Andre Fleury but Fleury’s a professional athlete making nearly $6 million this season. Tough decisions are part of the business and no one should feel sorry for him. He’ll survive.
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— Where the Penguins have lost hold of this series the last two games has been their inability to win the neutral zone. It’s completely changed the dynamic of the series. Tampa Bay has solved the Penguins fore-checking pressure and they have got the Penguins so worried about odd-man rushes against, Pittsburgh is now sitting back into more of a neutral zone trap To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!
Or changing diapers
Get your ass on the new article. D is working OT!
Schaff gets a star tonight and Dustin. I’ll give my other to Diego.
how long before DK, Rossi, and Madden say st.bleury should start game 7 because “he’s been there”? actually, don’t put it past this organization to actually stick st.bleury back in for next game. after putting him in for game 5, don’t rule it out.
I would. It’s his team and crosby likes him better.
Yawn……
You’re such a brutal cunt… It was Murrays team for awhile now. Yes the mistake was made game five but you gotta be a massive ass to consider this. This is simply running off at the mouth about MAF to run your mouth cause you suck to high hell. Fuckoff
the good part is there will be a game 7. the bad part is if murray would have played in game 5 the series would be over tonight.
New article yet?
Think gaydogg is celebrating by banging some 21 year old Chics
He is rocking some body shots of those greasy whores!
Credit to Malkin for firing the team up with a guarantee, then playing a strong game…even with just an assist. Then extra credit to Kessel for starting the scoring off and being a leader.
Two great goals by kessel
I gotta say, I really like Brian Boyle as a 3rd line center. I’ll take him on my team any day.
You have to give Pierre credit. He asks the tough questions.
Why ask about MAF? No really what’s the friggen point?
Because Pierre hates fleury.
He does. He said in his GM interview he would get rid of him.
Yoda is Pierre!
Where is Stan I think he came in his pants when he saw sid score
Can you imagine if the Pens didn’t have to play Maatta. Would have won the cup by now.
Hey dusty you put that cart on this site and that fat slob appeared any ways you can make him go away?
Put some healthy foods or diet receipts see if that works
You should try with a pic of hotdog water.
I think it’s incorporated by gaydogg he has all t rights of that
That’s not English
French?
For the record, I called Pens in 7. DePaoli, back me up
I called #2 seed and Stanley cup back in February and Gaydogg wrote some novel filled with percentages and stats about how it eas virtually impossible based upon his stats to get the #2 seed so why are we talking about it. The rest of the board disagreed with me and the cup prediction, especially retard yoda.
I remember. One of your best posts.
Yes you did, I hope you’re right
Glad I went with Murray and Sheary. I’m coaching a hell of a series.
Sheary was shit leading up to his night off. Maybe Sullivan seen he needed the break, he was way better tonight
Ahahaha Fuckk you npl I called my gf to watch the game she jinx Tampax and it worked now get lost from this site and shove that hot dog Cart up your asss
None of that made sense or is true.
you battled a jinx with a jinx
Should I be upset with something?
Nice win. Congrats to the “core” who all showed up.
and thank god the other member of the “core” had his a$$ on the bench
Here Is your American boys collecting empty nets while the Canadian boys carried the team tonight when the game was more important
This series would have been over tonight if it wasn’t for that horse tooth French jackass in game 5.
So true. Pens would be in cup if fleury didn’t get the start in game 5
Jaydogg said 5 goals!
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Hey npl je pense letang est plus trois
Solid Gane from kunitz tonight
Atta boy Diego
America.
Prevent. Go ahead and give a thumbs down, Diego.
Go disappear you fuckingg jinx npl before you joined pens were up 3-0 before you became pens fan they won the cup in 09 and ever since you are a fan this team has been miserable in the playoffs
Change the channel npl go watch care Bears or something
It won’t let me delete the hotdog cart. I’m never listening to you ever again!!
Ahahaha
That piece of shitt is here right now and is not going away
Tampa is so resilient. So many Americans on that team.
Fuck. Knuckle up boys!
Meltdown in 3, 2, ……………
Here we fucking go again!
I’m telling you that fat pig npl is a jinx here
The team was nowhere near playing this good in front of Fleury last game
Sheary’s pass to Letang was so good, even Letang was able to find the net
Fleury would have stop that goal kessel scored on Murray, don’t you think Sam?
Hate this FRICKING sitting back, chit. Steelers prevent D
Here’s some adversity, deal with it.
Letang on the ice again
This hot dog Cart Picture is bad luck speaking of bad luck here is npl
And it brought NPL out. Fucj
It’s like Beetlejuice
Its like youre 12 and reference beetlejuice
Speaking of 12. Where is your 12 year old friend shitt staIn
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do NOT sit on this lead. Keep pressing.
Game over. Put flower in to get him some work for game 7
So Murray is amazing tonight Mr Yoda?
Murray looks steady but our defense is playing really well. Not saying last game was their fault, but they look a lot better in our zone tonight
Fleury would have given up a fluke goal with the Pens up 2-0. You know it, I know it and most important, Sullivan knows it.
Canadian boys step up when game matters you see that npl or somewhere getting choked on a hot dog
I tough NPL and Stan be here by now.
Why would they? pens are winning so no Yoda, npl or stan specially that his boy malkin took dumb penalty while sid and letang carrying the team when needed most
Dustin I may need to get my wash rag out! LOL!
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We need hot dog cart picture
Thumbs up!
Sid, letang suckss tonight where is Waldo? I mean malkin
Where’s that been?
Suck that Tampa!
Shit. Can’t call Sid a fraud anymore.
How about malkin
Wow!
sid sighting!
What a shocker, he made a power move to the net and scored.
So far wtv Murray has done in this game Fleury wouldve done same. Murray hasn’t done anything special in this game so far other then luck playing his side
Man this sheary has no game vision another TK 2.0 that has no business to be in this league yet blowing the management makes them have a NHL roster spot
How many times can they ice it before it bites them in the arse?
Murray with the luck he is sure out playing Fleury so far more like he is out lucking fleury
It’s really impressive how easy we’re making the game for the goalies. The goals scored have been good goals for Tampa. Our goalies have not had to stand up to the peppering we are putting on Vasilevsky.
Dude Sid blows tonight! I am not ball washing him. He refuses to shoot!
Relax. I’ll bust your balls about it on off days
Sid will dominate game 7 though.
If you say it I believe it. You’re on fire tonight!
I was just agreeing with you. LOL
How can the top unit only play 49 seconds? Who the F is their conditioning coach.
Replace the guy who just set up a goal? Right…..
And I also predicted Sid would suck balls again. Damn i’m good.
Please bench sheary his is just a floating cancer on every line he plays
Replace him with Bennett?
Let’s see who will get bennett. DB or shero. Which one of those two will molest him
I call Kessel goal, I call Letang bounce back game. #DustinKnew
Thumbs up
This Stan and npl’s pj party must be intense
2-0 lead is the most dangerous one for the Pens.
Can’t have a 3 goal lead without a 2 goal lead first!! Get more!!
Letang suckss
Replace Letang on the pp with Schultz and pens win this series.
No Stan and NPL , but Dustin is keep their spirit alive on here tonight.
They must be busy putting up their tent in their backyard
Sam, can you tell us how Kessel is doing?
Im quickly becoming a bigger Crosby hater than Fleury hater. Too much to ask the Captain to win an o-zone faceoff on the power play. He fucking useless, followed by Letang on the PP.
If Letang isn’t the entry guy on the PP, what’s his purpose? It sure as hell isn’t his shot.
Kessel can carry the puck. Sorry Letang is useless on the pp. $7million to miss the net and force passes.
He’s not the entry guy. He’s the useless decoy that skates up the middle fools no one with his intent to drop it to the trailing skater. It’s so predictable and terribly orchestrated.
Kessel sucks right Sam?
Wrong again Samantha
If pens don’t score this 5on 3 with Hedman and starlman in the box then you can say bye bye to the series
Hedman with golfing skills
NBC wants a game 7
Sully Is pissed ahahaa
Dumb Malkin penalty.
Ask stan
He must be busy with npl with their pj party
Yup nice offensive zone penalty.
I would have done the same thing.
Yeah use your Stick as an axe when your teams game is on the line
Yes, only problem was he didn’t break callahan’s wrist. Maybe he should sit there and take beatings and cheap shots like your gay ass would.
Must be the anger that he didint go for the WC earlier
There it is
Malkin has some jump. Encouraging
Lazy russian out there dominaring his shift again.
Now his due for a penalty
His moving his feets out there
Crosby is a pussy.
Great Shift
Wow, great push but the Pens need a map to the net!
Feets
Why again sheary an Shultz on the ice at the same time
Crosby sucks. What the fuck is he doing. Skate hard to the net with the puck !
So with one inch they were able to track that offside yet in other nights they miss out offsides within few feets
I guess tampa has Patrick Roy in net tonight.
I like our effort after the no goal.
Crosby needs to take that to the net
He never does anymore. Its sad.
Glad that went in the Pens favor but I hate that call.
There goes the timeout
lol ya, don’t challenge the goal, save the timeout. wow
Offsides ? Ya, they should probably remove that rule from the game
Definitely needs tweaking!
Fleury time yet?
Hahha
2 times in 2016 playoffs malkin laziness gets saved it happened in first round too
What was lazy about his hustle back after being the guy who took the shot?
He’s offsides
Murray looks solid so far
Must be all that hotdog water in his Gatorade bottle
Really? How bout that last one… Had MAF been in the net for the called back goal or that play people would be bitching for a few more days
How you drouin guys? Bye bye con artist malkin
Npl and Stan are not here must be having a pj party and secretly cheering for tampax
Happy game six ladies and gents! If this is the end, it’s been a good ride and Sam still sucks. Looking forward to an off season of bickering if need be tonight.
Schaff is the best! Good luck you MAF’s!
No, what I need to see is a foot go directly into Malkin or Crosby’s ass the next time they do one of their coveted no look passes, no look drop back passes that almost always end as a neutral zone turn over and a scoring chance the other way. Get the damn puck on net…. No more hesitation! Shoot the damn thing!!!!! This goalie gives up more juicy rebounds than any goalie I’ve seen in a long time (not named MAF)
All that season hottest team hoopla comes to this day this will show what the pens Are made off are they that legit team that everyone is amazed of of the same circus team that has been chocking since 2010
They have exceeded everyone’s expectations this year. Not sure what you are talking about.
So did the caps
What’s your point?
Backs against the wall, so expect the best player (Kessel) to step up again. I’m calling him for 2, Malkin 1, Cullen 1 and an empty netter by Kunitz. Murray to be his regular average self and give up 3 goals. Letang to bounce back and have the game of his life. Sid shits the bed as usual…..but come back strong in game 7. Pens win 5-3 tonight!!!
You are right malkin will have 1 offensive zone penalty tonight
He gets more penalties then points
I don’t get beat up over where a penalty occurs. That’s your game.
Pens in 7!
I love that the hour glass is running out on the “core” (or what’s left of them). A few more hours to go and another chapter will be written. Do one, or all, step up? High entertainment.
They get it done tonight. This series just looks like a 7 game series to me.
N I P P L E S
Where is that fat slob must be busy at the kfc
Makes for good TV drama
hey yoda Jake Allen suckss because blues turn To Elliot for game 6
D any news if pens are done with malkin’s experiment after this season ?
I heard the fleury and letang experiement is over first
Sam no one will ever mark your words or make my words. Any trailer park fans out there?
Show was once a classic… its still enjoyable but its missing what it had early on.
I agree. The early years are hilarious!
I still cant help but laugh at lahey. ive only seen 2 eps of the new season but when he pulled out the breathalizer to make sure he stays “right there in the pocket” i was howling
He’s awesome. He plays the perfect drunk. I love how everything has shite in it. Shite storm, shite Hawks shiteageddon! Bubbles and Ricky are the best.
Malkin sayin pens will come back to pittsburgh for game 7
The only thing the russian is coming back to Pittsburgh is to pack his shitt and go to Russia until he is traded this summer
malkin is playing like crap so he can go swim with the whales on his summer vacation sooner
i heard he like florida so he might as well stay there after pens are out
It’s not like he has a full no trade clause or anything.
Cant wait malkin to be gone and those clowns that told me he was suppose to retire as a penguins come forward yes i admit in 2013 i gave the russian 2 years to be traded or gone to russian and last year it was heating up but mario selling the team put it a temporary on hold but mark my words clowns if pens collapse tonight it will be the end of the russian with the penguins and the sooner they trade the better and more return pens will get sometimes i wish they traded him 2 years ago… Read more »
I won’t believe any trade rumors on here if they aren’t from Kingpuck. He’s the authority on rumo…..I almost typed that without laughing! Who scared that SOB away? Probably Stan! Love ya buddy!
Stan or NPL those 2 imbeciles are only good for that thats all they bring to this site and thumbs down people
for once Cheer for the pens yoda and dont bash them good or bad just cheer
Golf Pens Golf !
i was a very happy positive pens fan until they decided to blow game 5 and run a weird experiment
Bennett was a Bizzare Experiment
bennett is probably hurt and they are too ashamed to say it
he is a Fraud just like stan
You do understand that Murray was in for 2 losses right? I mean MAF had a rough go in his 1st real action in 2 months and somehow the series is on him? Youre unreal dude
dude, even you said it was the wrong move starting st.bleury the other night. why are you flip flopping on what you said even after he played like garbage?
I’m not flip flopping in any way you illiterate ass, I am discussing the fact that you are insinuating that the series has taken a turn for the worse simply because of that bad decision… the Pens already had their backs up against the wall long before that choice was made. Stop making shit up… I have said this countless times now. You have a serious issue with fabricating information when you try to make a point. You are a cherry picker and liar, this is why I hate it most times you post. There are very valid discussions on… Read more »
their backs weren’t up against the wall. the series was tied at 2. it was even with 3 games to go.
They laid a fucking egg in game four man, other than 10 minutes of good play they were shit… did you miss this? That is where the momentum swung. They fought hard at the end but ultimately came up short.
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the pens deserve to lose tonight. F them. any team who pi$$es away a game to get their buddy in there doesn’t deserve to win a playoff series.
I was fine with the Pens giving Fleury a shot but it should have been in game 3, not 5.
if they wanted him in there so bad they should have just started him in game 1. waiting until game 5 was one of the worst decisions that i’ve ever seen in pro sports. it was such an unnecessary gamble. it blew up in their faces just like we said it would and now they will face elimination. it was such an unforgivable move to put him in there. i honestly can’t believe how dumb the pens are.
It was a calculated risk, while I was not on board I get why it was done. Hopefully what we see is a well rested Murray back in the net playing like he did vs NY
Wait… so you didn’t say play MAF after the game four loss? REALLY? Even I said play Murray but I am pretty sure you were all over the “play MAF” nutsac after game four.
Credit where its due… you did in fact say game 3… so you dont talk utter bs with the same frequency as yoda 😉
There’s Mr fairweather… this is true fairweather here. Hoping for a loss, doesnt get the overall game on so many fundamental levels and is now stating the team deserves to lose lol. If they can flip the script and play hard they deserve to win asshole. They are guilty of not taking Tampa seriously and they are on the brink but they could still win this!
is malkin experiment done to D can you confirm that one too
I’m fine trading Malkin in the offseason. Can’t apologize for that dude anymore. Malkin and Fleury to leafs for #1 pick.
serious question and i’m not kidding around. do you really think another team will want fleury for 3 years at a 5.75 cap hit? i think the pens will have to retain half of his contract to move him.
MAF is still a starting goalie and good for 30 regular season wins. He’s just not going to be a difference maker in playoffs so I depends on what a team is looking for.
i sure hope you are right.
oilers looking for a goalie
Calgary is looking for a goalie you idiot, for whatever reason the Oilers are happy with Talbot.
Beat me to it! Cam Talbot just won gold in the WC.
malkin and Mattaa for oilers 4th overall along with hall and Nugent Hopkins
Can we please all have a moment of silence in honor of MAF career. After years of debate the Penguins have finally acknowledged what some of us knew after the first Tampa series – Fleury does not give his team an advantage in net. Save the “he’s rusty” BS for the children and morons on Dejan’s site.
all hail st.bleury! scientist and saint!
Colin “Freaking” Wilson. Love how DePaoli capitalized “Freaking” like a proper name.
d loves him some english language and will do everything in his power to show it respect
No fleury, Sheary over bennett. Clearly Sullivan’s team, Sullivan’s calls.
Considering where this team was a few months ago, I think this season is already a success. If they lose It will be disappointing sure, but this is definitely different than the last few years.
Notice how I scared Sam off after catching him red-handed there hasn’t been a single thumbs down since.
that one was me, felt it fit lol
No problem with you owning up to it.
That was amazing Jaydogg. A 50’ish year old man mastering the thumbs up and thumbs down habits of a moron. Do u find time to take ur skills to the thumbs of the FaceBook world and really cement your reputation?
The Sharks stack their top six. They play their stars together, and they play them big minutes. They don’t pretend to have four lines scoring lines. So, which one of Hornqvist and Sheary is Thornton and which one is Hertl, DePaoili? Crosby is better than Pavelski; he’s not that much better. Much easier to blame Crosby and Malkin for twisting in the wind with less help than most third liners get than it is to ask why the Penguins organization and their last three coaches think it’s smart to hang them out to twist in the wind. Great analysis. What… Read more »
In all fairness, the last 2 coaches didn’t have the same amount of depth to work with and Bylsma actually used Sid & Geno together quite a bit, before this year the issue has been more on the GM not supplying enough depth than the coach not properly using the depth.
The Penguins had the most stacked top six, maybe even top nine in the NHL for the last decade in 2013 (lockout year). That got them nice and swept in the ECF. You can play your best players together but you can’t rely on just that for a series.
That can be the problem through with trying to look at small sample sizes and short term data collect to make a broader judgement. Yes the 2009 team was very deep and got beaten(swept) in the ECF but just because it didn’t work out in those 4 games of that 1 year doesn’t mean that it is destined to always fail. Many other factors also played a part in that ECF loss.
Sid and Geno together, to the main point, doesn’t have a small serving size per say…they did it in the CBJ series, they’ve played them together in the Rangers series last year…like I said I get that it’s an elimination game, so yeah you have to play them together, but it really screws up the other lines and doesn’t attack the opposing teams lower defensive pairings as effectively. Hedman out against Crosby and Malkin is two birds with one stone to me.
Like putting a HOF RW who couldn’t take a pass on the left side on the LW? And, again, Kunitz and Dupuis was stacked?
*2013?
Kunitz and Dupuis were first line wingers? Iginla a left winger? Most stacked top six for the last decade. Uh, 2008 says hello. LOL.
Crosby, Malkin, Neal, Iginla, Jokinen, Kunitz, Dupues, Sutter and you’re going to come back at that with Sykora and Malone? Cut me a break dude…
3-1 Pens tonight. Steel Cage match on Thursday for game 7. Who’s with me?
2-1 pens
I agree on the outcome but not the score, if the Pens are going to win it’s going to have to be a 4-3 or 5-3 type game. I have absolutely no faith in them giving up fewer than 3 goals even with Murray in net.
So that this doesn’t get lost in all the responses, I 100% caught Sam red handed giving thumbs downs, the thumbs down bandit has been identified!
Who didn’t know that. I gave you a thumbs up.
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Game 4 sully was juggling the lines all game long game 5 not so much. If he wants the Russian to wake up he should put with sid more often
Someone please correct me if I’m wrong but I thought Thorton was the #1 center and Pavelski played RW on that line? Either way it doesn’t change the fact that comparing tangible production for Crobsy & Malkin to players like Pavelki, Thorton, Johnson and Kucherov is an apples to oranges comparison. Sure they all have being the top forwards on their given team as something in common but they are used very differently by their teams. Both SJ & TB play their top players with their top player but Pittsburgh plays their top wingers with their 3rd line center and… Read more »
You are correct. D doesn’t like to do research. He likes to compare things that he should not be comparing. You are spot on in regards to the HBK line and how it effects the other lines. I think the fact that the line has carried them through 2 rounds, they just will leave it alone. Most teams pair the best winger with the best center.
I don’t necessarily have any issue with them keeping the HBK line together because it has carried them through 2 rounds but it isn’t going to carry them all the way to the Cup without help from Crosby & Malkin and they’re not going to be much help when they’re forced to skate with bottom 6 players. keeping HBK together is fine but Sid & Geno then HAVE to play together full time not for 27 seconds a game.
That is what I want to see tonight. I would make the HBK line the 2nd line and put Sid and Geno on the first line. The season is on the line tonight so he needs to get them out there together early. They need to fear them and not just worry about the HBK line.
I was hoping to see Sid and Geno click without the need to load them up as I have never been a big fan but right now we have ONE really good line and 3 other lines that periodically show up. The Cullen line is providing about as much O as the other two lines with the stars on them. Fuck it… put Geno and Sid together, how much worse could it actually be at this point?
Busted Sammy. You are the only person to be online in the 5 minutes since I put this post up and it got a thumbs down the same time you posted. I caught the thumbs down bandit red handed.
I don’t put it solely on Sully like that. I get that maybe you could have broken up HBK and make adjustments, but even when adjustments were made when Sid and Geno were together they weren’t producing. Depth has been and continues to be the only true source of scoring this series because the stars have fallen asleep. Kunitz is getting hot and he’s on Geno’s wing, what’s Malkin’s excuse? You have points though, some of the lines could have been managed better. Another thing that I don’t blame Sully for is that he can’t go out there and play… Read more »
Shame on Sid & Geno for not scoring a goal or 2 in the 27 seconds they played together in game 5. In the 3 games that they have been used together they have less than 5 minutes of total ice time together, can’t expect much production from 5 minutes of total ice time spread over 3 games but they did look very good together in that limited ice time and did generate several quality opportunities despite the lack of time together, imagine if they actually had 8-10 minutes just in 1 game.
Yeah, jaydogg, they only generated scoring chances pretty much every shift together. No way they’d score with more chances together, LOL.
And I’m not opposed to that at all. I’m just pointing out the fact that they shouldn’t HAVE to rely on each other to at least dominate possession and back up Tampa’s attack. It’s an elimination game tonight, so they should skate the legs off the two together tonight, but it’s just sad that Sid can’t get it done with Hornqvist and Geno can’t get it done with Kunitz (who’s been really hot). I agree HBK is screwing the depth a little, Malkin and Sid together will make that even worse, that’s all.
D any news if the pens Are done with the Russian’s experiment
Whats the point of playing 7 d if the 7th dman is guy the coaches have zero trust in.
Just have to hope sheary is motivated after the benching
Yeah, that’s not a bad point. Scott Wilson is an injury that I think a lot of people have forgotten about, and he probably could have brought a lot to this series.
Wilson could have added a lot to the areas this team has been struggling with. Guys decent, he was a very underrated loss
How is BB doing Stan?
Soon malkin will join there too
Seven D would be so much more ideal than Sheary, just my opinion.
I wanted 7 D since game 4
*eagerly awaits jokes for Sam’s comment*
He has an insatiable appetite for D.
You have a healthy diet of 7 D on a daily basis!
Second I read sams reply I was hoping for a great thread… short, sweet and hilarious lol
That Sam, always trying to one-up his mom!