Official GDT: Game 60 - Pens @ Devils 02/19/19

Postby **Orlando Penguin** » Tue Feb 19, 2019 9:33 pm

Big 2 points there.

Postby **shafnutz05** » Tue Feb 19, 2019 9:33 pm

Big dub

Postby **Blue Canary** » Tue Feb 19, 2019 9:33 pm

This team is great.

I don’t trust them for ****.

LIRL.

Spot on.

Postby **Blue Canary** » Tue Feb 19, 2019 9:34 pm

The outta-tahn scoreboard is pleasant viewing so far this evening.

Postby **Trip McNeely** » Tue Feb 19, 2019 9:45 pm

The outta-tahn scoreboard is pleasant viewing so far this evening.

It’d be nice if that jackets-Habs game didn’t go to OT

Postby **Orlando Penguin** » Tue Feb 19, 2019 10:06 pm

Canes lose (is there a celly for that?) and BJ's lose. Helpful.

Postby **Rx6687** » Tue Feb 19, 2019 10:10 pm

2 points. It wasn't pretty, but they got the job done. Lots of guys contributed tonight. Much better effort overall, and better puck management for the most part.

Postby **shmenguin** » Tue Feb 19, 2019 10:32 pm

I mean...it was kinda pretty.

Postby **NTP66** » Wed Feb 20, 2019 6:20 am

The first was ugly at best, second was terrific, and everything but Woods' goal in the third was good.

Postby **Gaucho** » Wed Feb 20, 2019 6:22 am

Jake Guentzel is good.

Postby **Lemon Berry Lobster** » Wed Feb 20, 2019 7:56 am

Patrick Hornqvist, in the past month, is not good.

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Wed Feb 20, 2019 8:39 am

Patrick Hornqvist, in the past month, is not good.

When things aren’t going well for him he seems to press too hard and just make things worse.

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Wed Feb 20, 2019 8:41 am

He only has one speed: hard.

Postby **Lemon Berry Lobster** » Wed Feb 20, 2019 9:01 am

12 games without a point...

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Wed Feb 20, 2019 10:30 am

Yeah, life's tough...a lot tougher for him with McCann and Bjugstad, two guys who can't control the pace of play or have any puck carrying ability...they're gonna have to play a real tight defensive game to be useful...

Postby **Lemon Berry Lobster** » Wed Feb 20, 2019 10:52 am

He looks off when he's on the power play as well. He's trying but it just isn't clicking.

Postby **nocera** » Wed Feb 20, 2019 11:27 am

Does Pearson still play for the Pens?

Postby **Gaucho** » Wed Feb 20, 2019 11:28 am

Yes. He was actually good last night.

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Wed Feb 20, 2019 11:30 am

Yeah, he was terrific last night.

Postby **meow** » Wed Feb 20, 2019 11:32 am

Healthy scratching a guy will do that sometimes.

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Wed Feb 20, 2019 11:48 am

I've been impressed with Rude Beetle. His only games since November 19th were a 5 game stint in WBS where he John Slaney'd the AHL and even after that he came up and sat in the press box for 5 weeks, yet he has looked solid while logging much more ice time than I expected.

Postby **shmenguin** » Wed Feb 20, 2019 11:53 am

Can Malkin, horny and ZAR play together?

Kessel should be buried at the moment. And beyond, maybe.

Postby **shmenguin** » Wed Feb 20, 2019 11:54 am

I've been impressed with Rude Beetle. His only games since November 19th were a 5 game stint in WBS where he John Slaney'd the AHL and even after that he came up and sat in the press box for 5 weeks, yet he has looked solid while logging much more ice time than I expected.

I’ve never not liked him. He’s a perfect #7.

I want Rikola to get reps at 6 though.

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Wed Feb 20, 2019 11:59 am

I've been impressed with Rude Beetle. His only games since November 19th were a 5 game stint in WBS where he John Slaney'd the AHL and even after that he came up and sat in the press box for 5 weeks, yet he has looked solid while logging much more ice time than I expected.
I’ve never not liked him. He’s a perfect #7.

I want Rikola to get reps at 6 though.

I've always liked him. It's just extra impressive what he's done given the layoff.

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Wed Feb 20, 2019 12:00 pm

Can Malkin, horny and ZAR play together?

Kessel should be buried at the moment. And beyond, maybe.

Yeah, that's a combo that makes some sense...now that it seems like ZAR has some added dimension to his game, he'll find a way not to be lost/useless like many other previous Malkin lefties...

The trouble is how much pressure it puts on Malkin to carry the puck across multiple lines if Letang isn't on the ice...if no Letang, he won't be on the ice with any plus skaters or potential carriers...then he has two wings who basically only shoot...

It'd work better, I think, as a five-man unit backed by 8-58. That way ZAR/Hornqvist each have the green light, respectively, to drive the net each shift to make layered room for Malkin without having to worry about accounting for him defensively...Dumo and Letang has been exquisite defensively...