Series Talk: Pens (1) vs. Isles (4) - 1st round

[Tender Rip]

Game 1 is midnight Monday for me and Tender Rip. Wonderful

Was just about to treat it as an opportunity to enjoy the game and develop a bit of a tactical tommy ache on Monday... until I checked my calendar and despite best/worst intentions have to accept that this just won't do.

No game 1 for me.

...and for @Ryder71

 

[AuroraBorealis]

I love afternoon games..... Not! Nice 10am start here.

As for the jerseys, meh. At least its not those disgusting powder blue ones.

Psh cry me a river! 9am here for us west coasters.

 

[Zirakzigil]

Psh cry me a river! 9am here for us west coasters.

What was that? I think I can hear something? Nope, must of been the wind.

Nothing is west of Alberta.

 

[metalan2]

Once you win the division series (round 1 & 2) there will be 4 teams left. The one with the best record plays the one with the worst record.

Oh ok, so it's just bracket based. I thought everything reseeded. Thanks.

 

[AuroraBorealis]

Oh ok, so it's just bracket based. I thought everything reseeded. Thanks.

For now it is. In Round 3 it's points percentage 1st vs 4th / 2nd vs 3rd

Divisions and geography will become irrelevant at that point.

 

[ImporterExporter]

This team is as close to locked in as you can be this time of the year. Short season, it's going to come down to goal tending for us and being able to stick to the gameplan which essentially reverts back to 2016. Play fast, get the other team on their heels, especially early. Forecheck like you f***ing mean it.

If there was a time to pour every ounce into a run, this is the year/team certainly. I'm cautiously optimistic of a deep run happening. Just gotta have quality netminding. That's the x factor.

 

[Peat]

It always makes me laugh when people care about jerseys so much. Eventually there will be ads on jerseys and I still won't care. It just won't bother me. There are some I love but the worst I can ever get on a jersey is "Meh - not my favorite." But once the game is on, I just don't care.

I do absolutely love our 91 jerseys we currently wear home/away. Beautiful. But even our worst jersey I'm like "Meh.. doesn't affect how the game is played."

Spoken like a man who's never seen a team change their from their third choice to second choice kit at half-time!

What is a bigger factor entering the series?

The forward depth finally giving the Pens a bottom six that is not a black hole?

The defensive depth to move the puck up the ice, contribute offensively, and not make us cringe when the second and third pair are on the ice, even if it is only six minutes a game for the third pair?

The defence. The forward depth is potentially huge, it might be what brings this home, but this series is over before it begins if we can't escape the Islanders' forecheck and that starts with the defensive depth.

 

[Zirakzigil]

What is a bigger factor entering the series?

The forward depth finally giving the Pens a bottom six that is not a black hole?

The defensive depth to move the puck up the ice, contribute offensively, and not make us cringe when the second and third pair are on the ice, even if it is only six minutes a game for the third pair?

Carter. Hes like Bonino if Bonino was better and didnt rely on Kessel for all his offense.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

What is a bigger factor entering the series?

The forward depth finally giving the Pens a bottom six that is not a black hole?

The defensive depth to move the puck up the ice, contribute offensively, and not make us cringe when the second and third pair are on the ice, even if it is only six minutes a game for the third pair?

Forward depth scoring for me. I feel like I'm semi-confident enough in the defense doing enough to help transition, and the team as a whole put enough effort in to be halfway decent defensively. But if the depth scoring we've gotten all season dries up, it could be frustrating trying to score on that team.

 

[CascadiaPenguin]

I guess hockey fans don’t exist on the best coast.

Guess again. It's never too early to start drinkin' and yellin' at the TV.

 

[Ryder71]

You can tell that facebook and social media in general is running off the tracks when a thread that is supposed to be about the Pens and Isles, turns into a thread about about yourselves, your family, when you get up, what your drink of choice is, how it jives or doesn't jive with your particular plans that day, etc. WTF! Maybe you'd like to share pictures of your children? Or tell us your daily bathroom habits? Did you workout today? Get a promotion at work possibly? You really think this song is about you, don't you?

 

[Peat]

Now you mention it, a 5pm game might will interfere with my post lunch poo.

 

[ColePens]

I agree with you except for the blue ones. Those will forever be associated with Crosby's concussions and that insane run of injuries we had.

Now this is completely fair. J agree with that.

 

[Pittsburgh1776]

You can tell that facebook and social media in general is running off the tracks when a thread that is supposed to be about the Pens and Isles, turns into a thread about about yourselves, your family, when you get up, what your drink of choice is, how it jives or doesn't jive with your particular plans that day, etc. WTF! Maybe you'd like to share pictures of your children? Or tell us your daily bathroom habits? Did you workout today? Get a promotion at work possibly? You really think this song is about you, don't you?

You’re going to give yourself an early heart attack. It’s a game, it’s meant to be enjoyed, and when people get together to enjoy games they talk about life.

 

[lokomotiv15]

I liked it. Everyone else here should like it too. Don't want you to get annoyed and do a Lesky on an apartment or something like that.

Omg. Shawnlesky? I haven't heard that name in well over a decade

 

[HandshakeLine]

Omg. Shawnlesky? I haven't heard that name in well over a decade

Man, I feel bad for the dude sometimes because he's got that super embarrassing public record following him around, and then he just has to be abrasive to everyone on the internet, which just makes them LOOK UP his embarrassing public record, he creates another alt to feel good about himself, and bam. The Circle of Internet Life is complete.

Going back to @Jaded-Fan 's question, I think the biggest factor in this series is just going to be speed, especially in the bottom 6. The Pens have fared pretty well against the Isles this year, even when rather depleted, simply because they've got some wheels and outside of Barzal, no one on the current Isles roster can really skate with the Pens. NYI also aren't as structured as the Bruins with their defensive play, so they don't really negate our mobility the way the 'Ruins did all regular season.

 

[cygnus47]

Psh cry me a river! 9am here for us west coasters.

2 am in Australia :/

 

[Randy Butternubs]

Those yellow jerseys are f***ing god AWFUL. Not the color, but the design.

Like you would know anything about design HA!

 

[HandshakeLine]

I personally only like jerseys that look like 90s sodas.

 

[Randy Butternubs]

I personally only like jerseys that look like 90s sodas.

 

[End of Line]

Knowing it’s on NBC, it won’t start until 12:30 at the earliest.

 

[LOGiK]

You can tell that facebook and social media in general is running off the tracks when a thread that is supposed to be about the Pens and Isles, turns into a thread about about yourselves, your family, when you get up, what your drink of choice is, how it jives or doesn't jive with your particular plans that day, etc. WTF! Maybe you'd like to share pictures of your children? Or tell us your daily bathroom habits? Did you workout today? Get a promotion at work possibly? You really think this song is about you, don't you?

This is the first post of the page I clicked onto related to hockey this morning and this is what I read.

Noooooooow what the heck is going on?
Who are you even referring too?

Every thread longer than a page will have something personal mixed in... I mean... how do you even exist and not do that... It's a very human thing to do...

 

[LOGiK]

Knowing it’s on NBC, it won’t start until 12:30 at the earliest.

This is true.

Pre-game noon.
Puck drop noon thirty.

 

[End of Line]

This is true.

Pre-game noon.
Puck drop noon thirty.

As soon as the playoffs hit the pre game coverage increases by an extra 10 minutes

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

As soon as the playoffs hit the pre game coverage increases by an extra 10 minutes

And nothing but quality content.