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I just don’t get to watch hockey nearly as often because it coincides with trying to get the kiddo to bed most of the time so half the time I only catch the 3rd, or updates on twitter and it’s like ehh I don’t know shit about shit anymore.
One thing that I think will benefit a team of old guys and rookies is that fact muse is actually rolling 4 lines. That’s a lot of miles over the course of the year not on sod and Geno.
Sully was notorious for rolling 4 lines, even in the most inopportune times — but Muse actually has 4 lines playing well. It’s the D/Goalies we have to worry about.
I don’t know if is sustainable, but damn. I sure didn’t see this coming. Kindel walks into the NHL and looks like a 5 year vet at 18.
Me and Feds were talking about that today. Pens and Red Wings both in 1st place in their division. What is it, 2009?
I think their are aspects of this play that are sustainable but in my opinion it’s going to come down to goaltending and the special teams. PP and PK are clicking right now and both goalies are playing really well and doing a great job of making the first save, and not having to make that second save because our D is clearing it from the front.
Honestly, the last few games have reminded me of the 2015-16 Pens where they would just trade chances with the other teams and normally come out on top. Their shot share is usually on the wrong side of where you want to be, but their quality chances are exactly where we want to be.
Jarry was fantastic tonight.
Man, when Jarry is on, he’s really fucking good but it is so hard to trust him over a full season, I am always wondering when he’s going to implode. It’s never a 1 game implode, it’s always a multigame slide.
I live in the west (and have no children) and they are brutal
Isn’t that a normal 7:30PM start for you? Hahaha.
Man these late games are killer when you have a 2 year old who needs to be up at 7AM. I’m usually out by like 11:30. The whiskey didn’t help.
The D is more active in the O-zone while the Pens have possession, and aren’t taking as many unnecessary pinches at the blue line to try to regain possession. The forwards are circling back higher when the D activates so I think there’s been less odd-man rushes. At the beginning of the season the PK was way more aggressive, with the guy up top pressuring the puck handler and the bottom 3 PKers were clogging the high danger areas. That kind of went away the last few games, so hopefully they can correct that.
I’ve seen quotes on Muse wanted to move up the ice as a unit, it seems like he is going to mold his system to his players rather than force them to play his specific style. Yohe reported that people in the Pens org are impressed by his dedication at the rink.
Holy sh!t Boyd, that’s what it is that I couldn’t put my finger on. The triangle is gone hahaha
Yeah they did that with the other yellow ones too, I hate when they do that. They also made the stick yellow which bugs me a little bit. I just felt like they were underwhelming.
I hate the floating penguin. I wish the triangle was still there. That’s my only gripe. I think I would have preferred 3 stripes on the socks too instead of the single thick stripe.
Part of me would like to see Rust and Karlsson traded. Not so much Rakell. Graves and Jarry we’ll just have to be patient. Ain’t no one taking those contracts.
I’d trade anything for the right return….other than Sid of course. Rak likely gets us the best return. This is far from a playoff team, so let’s get bottom 3. This team needs some top end prospects.
I go back and forth between who gets the best return on those 2. A lot of teams are going to look at Rust as the proven playoff performer with that “clutch” factor. While I personally think Rakell is the better player production wise… I don’t really know who’s got the better chance at bringing in a good prospect.
