TIOPS Thursday Rundown
1. Scott Wilson gets opportunity on top line
The concussion to Jake Guentzel has led to Scott Wilson getting a look on Sidney Crosby’s line tonight, though, it remains to be seen how patient Sullivan will be in keeping Wilson there.
The Penguins have had a revolving door where when an injury pops up, another player takes advantage of an increased role.
“These guys just embrace any challenge that we give them on a particular night, so that certainly makes the coaches job a little bit easier,” Sullivan said of his resilient club. “We move guys up and down the lineup. Sometimes they play their off wings or their off-sides. I think it’s a testament to the character of the people that we have. We have good players, but they’re great people, and they’re good teammates. They’ll do anything to win.”
Depending on how the game goes, one option the Penguins could go to is loading up a top line of Sheary – Crosby – Kessel for some shifts here and there if they are in need of a spark.
Even with Guentzel out, the coaches are planning to keep Sheary on right wing.
In the short-term as in tonight, Kessel will go back to left wing with Matt Cullen and Patric Hornqvist.
2. Senators Anderson turning in impressive season
Senators goaltender Craig Anderson who has dealt with the illness of his wife and going back and forth in leaving the team to be home with his family, has turned in a fantastic season.
Anderson is 22-9-2 with a 2.29 GAA, .928 save percentage and 4 shutouts. The Penguins will avoid seeing him tonight as the Senators will rest Anderson and start Mike Condon (18-12-6, .914 SV%).
Guy Boucher who Penguin ownership was interested in hiring during the summer of 2014 deserves a lot more coach of the year consideration than he seems to be getting.
3. The New York Islanders off a big win last night against the Rangers are already in Pittsburgh’s for Friday night’s tilt at PPG Paints Arena.
Jaro Halak on the ice for practice with the #Isles. pic.twitter.com/7GCiayoW0N
— New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) March 23, 2017
Jaroslav Halak has been recalled and tomorrow’s goaltending matchup is expected to be Halak vs Fleury, two goaltenders who have been at the forefront of the goaltending trade market.
4. Rumblings: Jagr on the outs in Florida?
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45 year old Jaromir Jagr with 14 goals and 41 points on the season, is expected to return in 2017-2018 for a 23rd NHL season.
The scuttlebutt around the league is Florida wants Jagr back but at half of what he’s making this season and that could prompt Jagr to shop himself around this summer, league sources say. Jagr has a base salary of $4 million this season.
5. Hutchison stumbles again for Pirates
The Pirates are basically trying to hand the No. 5 job to Drew Hutchison and all he continues to do is throw opportunity after opportunity away.
Hutchison was lit up this afternoon, allowing 5 runs in the first inning and finishing with a line of:
4.2 IP, 10 Hits, 6 Earned Runs, 2K/2BB, 87 Pitches (55 strikes)
Hutchison faced 25 batters.
Facing most of the Red Sox MLB lineup, seven of the first eight batters reached base in the five run first inning.[/hide]
Melynk can go straight to hell, how about he tell everyone how he jumped the line for a new liver. scum bag
Online chatter about the slash… IMO it’s a play that happens a dozen times a night. It was an unfortunate result but the receiver even walked away and this is a guy with history with this team. The cry is for the league to action… do you feel this was a reviewable play?
Personally I wouldn’t mind player safety at least look at it because that is their job but that is roughly the extent… at least how they do things today.
Oh god now Melnyk has to open his mouth again, what a fucken baby lol.
How ironic is it that he’s the one calling Sid a whiner?
Even his own players don’t agree
Get well soon Captain Geno
Murray find his jock yet?
One positive is yoda will be very quiet for a few hours at least
He is probably working like every time Murray lose. Must be a janitor
Canadians lost 4-1 tonight to Carolina… thoughts?
Their 0 center model paying dividends again.
I hope Price goes to an American team so he can have a chance to win something.
You hope some bandwagon American team recruits price so they can sell tickets and win the cup
Any suggestion? Florida, arizona, Carolina ,Dallas, Vegas?
Quebec was a raging success.
So was the Atlanta flames
This team needs some bodies back… both tenders were sharp but Pens have to be better finishing. Sid has let McDavid put more distance between them for the Art Ross and that result in CLB was worst case. Kessel needs to wake up a bit but overall the missing bodies are wearing the team down a bit! It’s looking more like a tough 1st round.
Maybe pens need more power plays so Kessel wakes up because this chubby for his salary his garbage 5v5. He can’t score for shittt
I mean. At least he plays. Doesn’t make more than kessel to take 40 games off to play your skin flute.
Rather see a player sit home then watch a tourist skating around the ice doing nothing specially getting the big bucks then again pens should trade Crosby to make you and npl happy
Why is it so much more forgiving for Canadian players (reads not born in Quebec) to go on long slumps but when US borns or Russians do it it’s a huge crime?
#SnowFrogfromFakeCanada
Sam. The guy is going to finish with 70+ points. At least pretend you know what you’re talking about. Just this once.
Last I checked Crosby didn’t do anything to help the two points tonight either. 27% on the draw dude..
Fleury traded yet? I bet Yoda will say shootouts don’t matter in playoffs yet the shootout tonight really exposed Murray good job sully
Exposed Murray! Its a shooutout you weirdo.
So pens lose to another backup goalie. Hey npl do you have the stats how many times pens loss to a backup goalie this year. It’s easy you can do it its not as hard as the stats you keep about your mom how many man banged her this year
If i had to take a grammatical guess how many man banged her, id say one.
Too bad, 1st playoff team Murray has seen in 5 and thus was the result. Yoda care to explain? Does this mean Condon > MAF too?
Cory care to add your two cents? Do you have anything of value that fits your narrative that a few posters are ruining the page so you’ll actually discuss the game for once?
What did Murray do wrong tonight besides getting beat in the shootout? He had a solid game and our banged up team couldn’t bury. You run with this “fake hate” thing just to get a rise out from Yoda and Sam. Then you spend countless hours calling them idiots, haha.
Ya and for some reason you feel the need to defend the goaltender… I’m pointing out hypocrisy and it somehow struck a cord with you. I’ve been clear that I like Murray… I’ve also been clear that he’s been inconsistent and it’s not secret that 1 v 1 he is shit compared to MAF. He was solid all night, the goal he gave up had a little odour on it but he was screened and it was a well placed shot… he was embarrassed in the shootout while the Pens were playing for 2 points that they really needed based… Read more »
He needs to bash Murray and Crosby to impress stanchion. He really cares what he thinks of him for some reason, its odd.
Awe muffin, do the hurtful things people say about Sid, even while In jest, ruin the taste of his balls in your mouth for you? Another part time idiot that doesn’t quite understand what happens out here daily!
What happens daily is the reason i don’t come on here anymore. You and stanchion are a big part of it.
The saint would never be that embarassed in the shootout.
Thanks a lot Murray
Wow… short side from 30 feet… yikes. I mean, it’s no poke check making sure the puck stays behind the net in a shutout game but… yikes nonetheless
Your gimmick is getting as old as Yoda’s and Sam’s.
Coming from one of the guys that bitches about the lack of hockey talk then fails to add to it lol.
Hockey matters on April
It does…
95% of the conversation on here is you and stanchion baiting sam and yoda and vice versa. Theres really no denying it.
OT in Washington. That sucks.
Captain Sheary
Thursday rundown. D what’s Byslma up to today?
Lol, well done
Zero is my hero!
He choked while drinking his water
Ugh, we have to hear those shltty French verses in O Canada tonight. Ill be muting until puck drop.
Sam. How about D using a picture of letang in uniform for this article? It’s like seeing a unicorn!
I like that hes wearing a jersey the team hasnt worn since last season.
Last time he was able to be counted on maybe
1. scott wilson is a dime a dozen. 2. condon>st.pokecheck 3.F the islanders 4. jagr needs to play again to pay of casino debts 5. the pirates will never be as good as the cubs or cardinals so F them too
Would you rather have Kunitz there moron? Scott Wilson established himself as a decent depth option nothing more, that said the team is missing a lot of bodies so it doesn’t hurt to give him a look up there tonight. He plays a similar game to Kunitz but his hands are arguably better right now. It’s no surprise this shit would elude you…
Also I’m waiting for the play description on this poke check… if it was under the 5 min mark and Dumo was the D man in question?
period 3 of the saint’s shutout game. 16:05 remaining in the 3rd. pouliot had the puck behind the net and the saint slid across the net and poked it off of pouliot’s stick as he was coming around the net. the saint thought pouliout was on the other team. hahahahahahahaha! poulitot had to stop and retreive the puck that he couldn’t clear and then the pens got pinned in.
Lol, so Pouliot standing at the side of the net, the puck makes its way behind, MAF has already made the decision to poke checked based on the fact that they were killing a penalty and thus out numbered on average but it was Pouliot and not the Panther that gets to the puck…. I can promise you thus type of play has happened in a lot of nets lol. This was the hard on you’ve had for a week? A meaningless play in a shutout game? You’re a special one lol
Fleury is not the only one who thinks Pouliot is playing for the other team at times
The GOP and healthcare is like Yoda and Fleury. Sure we can overly obsess about it for years, but never – not once – seriously consider an alternative solution. And when pushed for a solution, the only thing they can come up with is “fucklt, blow it up!”
that’s a pretty good analogy. but in the gop’s defense, who could have guessed that health care would be so complicated?
They also said they would repeal it, now its repeal and replace. Doesn’t matter the party they want in on all aspects of your life.
The GOP proposal is a joke. Then again, Obamacare is a joke. The only difference is, democrats pretended it wasn’t. Half of the GOP hates this proposal.
i’m personally super pumped for president trump to meet the E.T’s
I think since the very beginning, most agreed it wasnt a perfect system that needed tweaked. To the point that is aided the republican narrative. The issue is, and will continue to be, that neither party wants to work together toward an optimal solution. The GOP had 7+ years to come up with something, but they were too focused on creating narratives rather than solutions. My only hope is that total fucklng morons Trump and Ryan become the common enemy that unites the two.
Hey Fatso what happens to the 15$ minimum wage. I heard trump is planing to stop welfare checks to people weighing a certain weight .so you better start exercise of u want your welfare continues. Go play pokemon go again hoping to lose weight and leave his site this time for good
Do you actually snicker to yourself when you type this nonsense?
Well let’s not paint it as “imperfect.” It’s a disaster. It’s garbage. It doesn’t need tweaked. It needs replaced. But your point about neither party working together is a good one. They GOP tried to half-ass a solution based on what they could do with a 51 vote threshold. They’re pussies. The Dems are cocks. Pick your poison.
Ill paint it as imperfect. I agree with the ideology, but a united government to tweak it and make it a reality.
Make it better*
You’ve literally wiped your ass and come up with less of a disaster.
Haha bravo.
Not the President, certainly.
But then to him, most things are complicated!