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mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2021 8:20 am
by meow
The game is at 530 today? What the...

At least my daughter can watch the whole thing
This was my first thought.

mini meow has hockey on Mondays and is always bummed out on Tuesdays because he wants on the ice more. This will be a nice surprise for him

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mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2021 8:37 am
by NAN
I can't believe it's been almost 10 months since the last regular season hockey game. I'm pumped.

mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2021 8:40 am
by Gaucho
Jake Guentzel has played only four games in 2020.

mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2021 9:02 am
by shoeshine boy
The game is at 530 today? What the...

At least my daughter can watch the whole thing
I assume so NBCSN can have a triple header. annoying for me since I don't get home until 6:00PM. oddly, I have a "doctor's appt" this afternoon and will be leaving work early..... :pop:

mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2021 9:12 am
by meow
Hope your dr appt goes well

mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2021 9:20 am
by NAN
I didn't know it was 5:30 either, but I'm kind of glad.

mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2021 9:32 am
by Defence21
Second time today I've seen @Defence21 snooping around...I see you, pal. State your case for or against Alex Nedeljkovic or be gone... ;)
Haha, I found my way back after having lost my password. I guess the question is, is he still considered a prospect at age 25, or is he a finished product? If there's some growing to do and he still has promise, yeah, let's go after him and waive DeSmith. He might just sneak through and land on the practice squad. Either way, I can't imagine he'd be a downgrade, so why not?

mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2021 10:00 am
by mikey
He's getting close, for sure. But he's done really good things in the AHL...he's a smaller goalie that is gonna take some more adjustment to the speed of things...so I'm willing to give an extra 12-18 months...

Note when two similarly sized (but much better) goalies took the reigns finally in Juuse Saros and Jaroslav Halak...both became starters at around 25. Adjusting for talent, fair to think that Ned should make that jump this year if he's anything at all...

mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2021 11:16 am
by meow
I'm not going to be shocked if the Pens don't grab him, but to me, it's a no-brainer. Younger. Cheaper. Better player - much much better player. The only negative is that GMJR would have to do paperwork.

And I'm probably the number one DeSmith supporter here, I would think. I like him more than most

mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2021 11:28 am
by dodint
Madden likes DeSmith so I'd be okay with ejecting him just to chap Madden's ass.

mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2021 12:54 pm
by mikey
Nedeljkovic cleared.

Craig Anderson signed with Washington, on waivers today.

mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2021 1:02 pm
by Gaucho
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mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2021 1:46 pm
by King Colby
Why are yinz so much more bullish on Nedeljkovic than 31 GMs?

mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2021 2:03 pm
by meow
Why are yinz so much more bullish on Nedeljkovic than 31 GMs?
mikey will be able to articulate it better - because he has in the past, but they thought it wasn't worth changing what they already have. Which is a fair stance to take, honestly. And the argument from us was never "this is the next patrick roy." It was, "DeSmith stinks and Ned does not and we can click two buttons to swap them for each other; might as well do it."

mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2021 3:02 pm
by King Colby
Why are yinz so much more bullish on Nedeljkovic than 31 GMs?
mikey will be able to articulate it better - because he has in the past, but they thought it wasn't worth changing what they already have. Which is a fair stance to take, honestly. And the argument from us was never "this is the next patrick roy." It was, "DeSmith stinks and Ned does not and we can click two buttons to swap them for each other; might as well do it."
Oh I get that much. Just speaking more from a talent and potential perspective.

Maybe its as simple as hes not enough of an upgrade for them to dick their own guy over since that guy has been a consummate pro for them and there's an organizational reputation to uphold.

But I doubt 30 other teams have that scenario.

mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2021 3:03 pm
by meow
Why are yinz so much more bullish on Nedeljkovic than 31 GMs?
mikey will be able to articulate it better - because he has in the past, but they thought it wasn't worth changing what they already have. Which is a fair stance to take, honestly. And the argument from us was never "this is the next patrick roy." It was, "DeSmith stinks and Ned does not and we can click two buttons to swap them for each other; might as well do it."
Oh I get that much. Just speaking more from a talent and potential perspective.

Maybe its as simple as hes not enough of an upgrade for them to dick their own guy over since that guy has been a consummate pro for them and there's an organizational reputation to uphold.

But I doubt 30 other teams have that scenario.
Probably.

It's a move I would have made every day and twice on Sunday, but I understand not making it.

mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2021 3:19 pm
by relantel
I read about 20 pages before I realized I still had 150 pages to go to catch up in this thread. Yeesh. And that was already post-suspension of play.

mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2021 3:21 pm
by relantel
09 team sure is fun to watch but my favs were the 91-92-93 teams. Except of course for the 1993 playoffs. I thought the 92-93 team was unbeatable. 17 in a row just unreal.
93 Pens like the 76 Steelers? Best team, but didn't win it all.

mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2021 4:08 pm
by robbiestoupe
streaming service of choice nowadays??

mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2021 4:41 pm
by mikey
sportsurge.net

mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2021 9:12 pm
by mikey
Why are yinz so much more bullish on Nedeljkovic than 31 GMs?
Turns out, we were pretty well in line with the general feeling of things roughly...


mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2021 9:42 pm
by relantel
Game got away from them in the third, but short observation from today - Jankowski exceeded my expectations.

Other observation - ice sure looked lousy.

mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2021 9:53 pm
by faftorial
Game got away from them in the third, but short observation from today - Jankowski exceeded my expectations.

Other observation - ice sure looked lousy.
:thumb:

My Pick-a-Pen in game #1.

mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2021 10:12 pm
by RonnieFranchise
2/3 of Penguins goals this season scored by Providence Friars.

I was gonna brag in the GDT but the Flyers went back up to stay before I got the chance.

mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness

Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2021 6:08 am
by NTP66
I'm not ready to concede the division to the Flyers because they won, especially after one game. Read a lot of comments this morning about them being one of the best teams in the league, after one game.