Pens Regular Season discussion

Postby **MalkinIsMyHomeboy** » Sat Apr 02, 2016 11:52 pm

Thank you Bylsma our greatest ally

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Sun Apr 03, 2016 10:02 am

It's a shame that Pro Beach Hockey isn't still around. I think that would be a more natural habitat for Beau.

Postby **Rocco** » Sun Apr 03, 2016 1:40 pm

I said something about the Rangers having a fairly manageable run-in and appear to have whammied them. Not sorry at all.

Postby **Lelldorin** » Mon Apr 04, 2016 2:30 am

Sorry for the jinx, but the Pens have scored a lot of goals during the latest games. Have they been lucky or are they just playing well? Scoring seems to generally be down, but the Pens seem to score 3+ goals in each game right now...

Postby **NTP66** » Mon Apr 04, 2016 7:26 am

They have scored 5+ goals in each of the past 4 games, and averaged 3.875 goals/game in the month of March. A terrific fore-check and transition game has certainly helped out.

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Mon Apr 04, 2016 9:07 am

They are winning puck battles in both zones. Their speed forces defenders on their heels, and slower opponents can't recover and defend properly.

Also in their own end: any rebound that Flower or Murray give up and at least one Pens player is on it, with another in support to get it out of the zone. Very reminiscent of the 2009 playoff Pens.

Postby **Silentom** » Mon Apr 04, 2016 9:28 am

The result column in the GDT doc is fun to look at recently.

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Postby **count2infinity** » Mon Apr 04, 2016 9:31 am

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L <--- Silentom
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Postby **NTP66** » Mon Apr 04, 2016 9:33 am

Well, now we know who the bad luck charm is.

Postby **Silentom** » Mon Apr 04, 2016 9:34 am

Hey hey hey ease up on the jibabits. 2-1 in that stretch hotshot.

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Postby **count2infinity** » Mon Apr 04, 2016 9:35 am

Postby **NTP66** » Mon Apr 04, 2016 9:39 am

You ruined the perfect run. You cannot be forgiven.

Postby **columbia** » Mon Apr 04, 2016 9:47 am

I'm 5-2-1.
Like any good backup, I'm keeping us in the hunt.

Postby **NAN** » Mon Apr 04, 2016 10:54 am

Did not realize the pens now own the 4th best record in the entire league.

Postby **Tico Rick** » Mon Apr 04, 2016 12:08 pm

Not sure if this warrants a Rick Tocchet appreciation thread, but I found it interesting that Phil Bourque mentioned on air, when discussing the Pens' newly-resurgent powerplay, that Rick Tocchet has had a greater say in things recently. When Mike Johnston was fired I remember hearing that by the end of his term Johnston pretty much only communicated with Agnew, and that Tocchet just wasn't in the picture at all... interesting stuff.

Postby **Gaucho** » Mon Apr 04, 2016 12:16 pm

Murray 3rd Star of the Week

http://www.nhl.com/news/artemi-panarin- ... -280115322

I guess whoever decided this didn't actually watch the Buffalo game.

Postby **columbia** » Mon Apr 04, 2016 12:17 pm

Not sure if this warrants a Rick Tocchet appreciation thread, but I found it interesting that Phil Bourque mentioned on air, when discussing the Pens' newly-resurgent powerplay, that Rick Tocchet has had a greater say in things recently. When Mike Johnston was fired I remember hearing that by the end of his term Johnston pretty much only communicated with Agnew, and that Tocchet just wasn't in the picture at all... interesting stuff.

Note that Agnew was also fired.

Postby **Silentom** » Tue Apr 05, 2016 8:26 am

Or, ya know......they took Bonino off of the top unit.

Postby **meow** » Tue Apr 05, 2016 9:36 am

Tocchet was hired prior to Johnson, no? So Johnston and Agnew wouldn't let Tocchet sit at their lunch table.

Postby **Gaucho** » Tue Apr 05, 2016 6:50 pm

How will Matt Murray’s rise affect Marc-Andre Fleury’s future in Pittsburgh?

http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/how-w ... ittsburgh/

Postby **dodint** » Tue Apr 05, 2016 6:52 pm

Didn't *we* decide this like three weeks ago?

Postby **columbia** » Tue Apr 05, 2016 6:56 pm

Pretty sure that he's already going out with Fleury's wife.

Postby **dodint** » Tue Apr 05, 2016 7:50 pm

It's a trap. The last time she got knocked up 2012 happened.

Postby **Silentom** » Tue Apr 05, 2016 9:23 pm

It's a trap. The last time she got knocked up 2012 happened.

*shudder* Do not speak of that atrocity. I was at game one, and things looked great......through the first 20.

Postby **MalkinIsMyHomeboy** » Tue Apr 05, 2016 11:11 pm

If we at the very least lose in OT in both of our last games or win either one, we get the two seed

No way in hell could've anyone seen this coming back in December