Any team have an answer for Crosby-Malkin-Kessel?

[RomanEmpire]

preds working hard for home ice because they know that no amount of depth can save them from rinne in pittsburgh

Hahah good God it’s sad how true that is

 

[Scott Stevens]

Answer? The Leafs blow it away.

Nylander-Matthews-Marner

 

[Empoleon8771]

Answer? The Leafs blow it away.

Nylander-Matthews-Marner

Lol

 

[Empoleon8771]

... kessel steps up like almost no one else during the playoffs, he’s definitely scary!

He's an Oilers fan, he wouldn't know that.

Anyway, no team can match up to the trio that is Crosby, Malkin and Kessel, but they don't have to in order to beat the Penguins. If/when the Penguins lose in the playoffs, it will be their defense and goaltending that lets them down (team defense, not just their defensemen). They're going to score goals, that's not going to be a question. They just need their defense and goaltending to be just good enough, which might not happen in any series.

 

[bdub24]

The way the league protects and ignores Crosbys fouls? Nah. Nobody will stop them

 

[Marner]

The way the league protects and ignores Crosbys fouls? Nah. Nobody will stop them

Fouls?

Wut

 

[ESH]

If I had to choose a line to roll out there:

a/ Marchand - Bergeron - Pastrnak

b/ Cogliano - Kesler - Silfverberg

The thing is that you can’t play one line against 3

 

[NeedleInTheHay]

Thank you.

Was just saying adding a healthy Johansen, Fiala, & Turris would make this matchup a lot more interesting.

Did the Pens injuries not matter?

Maybe they sweep them instead this time.

 

[John Matthews]

I would add letang and ian cole to that line as well


but hall-mcdavid-drai would have been

Ian Cole has 1 stellar play a game but 10 abysmal ones with 1 100% going in our net. Please refrain from praising him ever again.
Hall McDavid Drai wouldn't have been great. Hall wouldn't have gotten along with McDavid due to the spot light not being on him. Take ego out and it would have been a deadly line. But thats all the oilers would have been is a one trick pony. Oh wait.

 

[John Matthews]

a) Marchand-Bergeron-Pasternak
b) Benn-Seguin-Radulov
c) Landeskog-MacKinnon-Rantanen
d) Killorn-Stamkos-Kucherov
e) Ovechkin-Backstrom-Oshie

Lol they may not be there, but I think Pittsburgh's top three get over-hyped, so I'm giving these five groups some credit.

A) matches up well
B) depends if they're on or off. they can play with the best of the best.
C) simply put, no.
D) doesn't matter who's on Stamerov's wing they're gonna get carried.
E) Sub par play from Backstrom and Oshie doesn't bode well for the future even if Ovi is the best goal scorer of all time.

Mind you Crosby Malkin and Kessel don't play together unless its the power play and these 5 are all set lines that play night in night out and all have a lower conversion rate on the PP, but play together constantly.

 

[GordieHowsUrBreath]

Bergeron+Marchand up front and Chara+Rask on the back end. Remember Crosby and Malkin's glittering ECF line of 0-0-0

now we just need a flyers fan to chime in "a team needs to play them the same way the flyers did in 2012", maybe a montreal fan should chime in to with their own pearls of wisdom claiming a pens loss from 2010 or whatever distant past loss is somehow relevant today

 

[MajorLeafsFan]

A) matches up well
B) depends if they're on or off. they can play with the best of the best.
C) simply put, no.
D) doesn't matter who's on Stamerov's wing they're gonna get carried.
E) Sub par play from Backstrom and Oshie doesn't bode well for the future even if Ovi is the best goal scorer of all time.

Mind you Crosby Malkin and Kessel don't play together unless its the power play and these 5 are all set lines that play night in night out and all have a lower conversion rate on the PP, but play together constantly.

Yeah I'll admit the Mac line was a stretch. And I'm honestly not sure how many games Stamerov played with Killorn.

 

[member 147413]

Kessel managed to go from most underrated player in the league to one of the more overrated. Amazing what winning a cup with two of the best players in the world can due to fan perception.

 

[catters078]

Pittsburghs top 3 is the best but Dallas top line of Benn-Seguin-Radulov goes close.

Pittsburghs line was split up the other night when they played each other. Would have been great to see them go head to head for some shifts

 

[TheAngryHank]

Simple answer.
Stay out of the box.

 

[GordieHowsUrBreath]

Kessel managed to go from most underrated player in the league to one of the more overrated. Amazing what winning a cup with two of the best players in the world can due to fan perception.

actually he was considered most overrated before he was a pen

 

[member 147413]

actually he was considered most overrated before he was a pen

Interesting opinion.

 

[GordieHowsUrBreath]

Interesting opinion.

not an opinion, though he was voted most overrated before he won a cup and really started to gain popularity, you were wrong either way LOL

Kessel is most overrated player in NHL: Postmedia Poll

 

[Scott Stevens]

Lol

What is funny? At least two of the leafs guys, probably all 3, are generational talents. Ask any of the Leafs fans in the proposals forum.

 

[LeafFever]

Pens GM is a genius for fitting them under the cap. In the Caps-Pens game the Caps had only 1 player (Ovie) on their level.

Can't give Rutherford credit for that. He had Crosby and Malkin on steals already.

 

[DearDiary]

Pittsburghs top 3 is the best but Dallas top line of Benn-Seguin-Radulov goes close.

Pittsburghs line was split up the other night when they played each other. Would have been great to see them go head to head for some shifts

That line would go against Crosby. What answer does Dallas have for Malkin on the 2nd line and then Kessel coming on the 3rd? How does the Dallas trio stop 3 first lines if they're only matched against Crosby?

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

a) Marchand-Bergeron-Pasternak
b) Benn-Seguin-Radulov
c) Landeskog-MacKinnon-Rantanen
d) Killorn-Stamkos-Kucherov
e) Ovechkin-Backstrom-Oshie

Lol they may not be there, but I think Pittsburgh's top three get over-hyped, so I'm giving these five groups some credit.

What separates Pittsburgh is their big 3 can each carry their own line.

 

[Jerkob Slavin]

I’d love to see the Canes get a chance to try. We’ve got solid 2 way forwards and a great defense. We’d need Ward to play out of his mind though.

Even if (when) we lost, we’d celebrate. We haven’t played bonus hockey in far too long.

 

[Thenameless]

... kessel steps up like almost no one else during the playoffs, he’s definitely scary!

Yes, and who cares how a player gets his points. If he's better in certain situations than in others, he should take advantage of his strengths. It's a silly comment like "he's only good in the offensive zone". That's why you have a team. Not all players are the same.

 

[Thenameless]

I think a healthy Johansen & Fiala, plus Turris this year beats the Pens.

You really think a bunch of "no-names" like the above would beat two Hall of Famers and an All-Star level player? Really?