Pre-Game Talk: Penguins @ Rangers, 3/31

[Irishguy42]

Figured we should get some pre-game talk since the game is tomorrow...

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[nevesis]

We literally just made the same thread, at the same time, with the same tweet.

Great minds...lol

 

[Irishguy42]

We literally just made the same thread, at the same time, with the same tweet.

Great minds...lol

 

[Leonardo87]

We literally just made the same thread, at the same time, with the same tweet.

Great minds...lol

LOL, thought I was seeing double for a sec.

 

[Irishguy42]

 

[Killem Dafoe]

I eeny, meeny, miny, moe'd that ****.

 

[nevesis]

I eeny, meeny, miny, moe'd that ****.

 

[Crease]

Safe to say Vesey Glass and Pirri will be taking the opening faceoff tomorrow.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

I wonder if Holden will get scratched for Klein?

 

[Inferno]

whats weird is i dont think Vesey has been awful of late...but i dont think hes been great either.

I dont, for one minute..understand why Puempel is playing...he...SUCKS.

Put pirri in..at least he can shoot the puck somewhat.

Id still play Vesey if it were me...this team isnt winning anything, get the kid some games while you can.

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

I don't get the teams fascination with Puempel. They have to be having him play so he hits the game requirement for expansion. He'll cost nothing to re-sign and it'll be a 1 year deal

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Grabner and Fast in the top 9, but not Miller? Makes no sense.

 

[DanielBrassard]

Miller still on the 4th line?

 

[Inferno]

Grabner and Fast in the top 9, but not Miller? Makes no sense.

honestly..i kinda get it...i actually agreed with the demotion last game too.

Miller is kinda like Kreider was when he first started here...every once in a while he needs a kick in the pants.

 

[Leonardo87]

Miller still on the 4th line?

Needed to score 3 goals in-order to be promoted?

 

[Irishguy42]

Miller still on the 4th line?

Hey woah don't talk about JT "Fourth Line God" Miller like that. Have some respeck.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

honestly..i kinda get it...i actually agreed with the demotion last game too.

Miller is kinda like Kreider was when he first started here...every once in a while he needs a kick in the pants.

Okay, but not anymore. He should be moved up. Move down Grabner who's been awful or Fast who's a 4th liner.

 

[Crease]

Miller is the engine that makes the fourth line go

 

[JimmyG89]

I wonder if Holden will get scratched for Klein?

It appears as such. On the left with Girardi. That's McDonagh's spot. Unless they are resting McDonagh, which I'm all for.

 

[DanielBrassard]

Hey woah don't talk about JT "Fourth Line God" Miller like that. Have some respeck.

Sorry Mr. Therrien, my mistake. Lol.

 

[Inferno]

Okay, but not anymore. He should be moved up. Move down Grabner who's been awful or Fast who's a 4th liner.

maybe...id be shocked if the lines that started the game finished the game.

i think AV really likes having offensive talent all over the lineup.

i also really get why he has fasth playing up with grabner and hayes..its because when you have grabner, hayes, and miller..those 3 just dont play defense...they score pretty goals, and they get savaged in the defensive zone..Fasth helps a ton there. Grabner has been getting chances, but his shooting percentage is now coming back down to earth as youd expect it to (Which is why i wanted to trade him at the deadline)

in the end..im not sure any of this matters as long as you have Klein, Girardi, Staal, and Holden...all depends on how many of those guys play..but a fast team like the pens are going to just embarrass those guys.

 

[Irishguy42]

I think these forward lines are close to what I'd like. I'm honestly *okay* with JT on the fourth line, as long as he's producing and Fast isn't hurting the third line too bad.

So, with that in mind, for the playoffs I'd like to see:

20-21-36
89-93-61
26-13-19
40-24-10

I think Miller and Grabner like playing with each other a lot and feel comfortable in their reads of one another, based off comments. So I'd keep them together, and Lindberg should be a good enough center for them to make moves.

The only questionable line in this case is the third line, and it really depends on Hayes. I think Vesey-Fast are good at getting to the net, so it's up to Hayes (and whatever D is out there at the time) to create something for them to work with.

The Top 6 is fine. Streiderello just works and the Buch-ZBad-Nash line should be fine.

 

[Thirty One]

Miller still on the 4th line?

He's actually scored 2 goals per game this season in games he started on the 4th line. Smart.

 

[silverfish]

Vesey scratch!?!?

I bet the box that the scratches sit in is probably so fun these days. Can you just imagine how comfortable Pirri and Clendening must be there, knowing they probably won't play again all year, and the rest of those guys (sans Kampfer) are rotating in and out and probably fuming the entire time.

I imagine 73 and 4 cracking jokes all night and lol'ing at Girardi while 26 is just gonna be sulking the whole game.

 

[The Undertaker]

Is there a 50 point player in the NHL who gets treated worse than Miller?