Line Combos: Pens line up and roster talk

[Zirakzigil]

*** Lets keep the trade talk to the trade threads. Day to day line up and roster talk here please ***

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[Nakawick]

Let Poehling get to 100% for the playoffs makes a lot of sense.

Could Poehling be kept on LTIR for cap purposes and the Pens are milking it?

 

[Icarium]

Bonino and Kulikov week to week so soon after the team? Re-sign them, Ron, they proved to be bona fide Penguins so quickly!

 

[SomeDude]

Could Poehling be kept on LTIR for cap purposes and the Pens are milking it?

The guy makes 750k, the league minimum, so I doubt it’s that. Probably just making sure he’s healed.

 

[Buddy Bizarre]

So Poehling out in regular jersey for the skate but not in line rushes so probably still not playing…Kulikov absent…

Well at least he's got the defense correct.

And I'd rather have Archi in vs do-nothing Heinen on the 4th

 

[The Old Master]

Too bad we had to wait until the stretch run to get that.

too bad we had to wait till we had enough injuries to force it.

 

[Pancakes]

I've ragged on Carter more than just about anyone else on here, but I will say the guy has played quite well in the playoffs while he has been here.

Maybe he has another gear that he can get to again this year in the playoffs. Let's f***ing hope so, because he's not coming out of the lineup lol.

 

[Dennis Reynolds]

When healthy, a competent coach will set up the lines as follows:

Guentzel - Crosby - Rakell
Zucker - Malkin - Granlund
O'Connor - Bonino - Rust
Heinen - Poehling - Archibald
HS: Carter

Pettersson - Letang
Kulikov - Petry
Joseph - Rutta
HS: Dumoulin

 

[Andy99]

When healthy, a competent coach will set up the lines as follows:

Guentzel - Crosby - Rakell
Zucker - Malkin - Granlund
O'Connor - Bonino - Rust
Heinen - Poehling - Archibald
HS: Carter

Pettersson - Letang
Kulikov - Petry
Joseph - Rutta
HS: Dumoulin

What is a competent coach? Haven’t seen one in like 5 years…

 

[Nakawick]

Huge game tonight against the Senators. The Pens need to right the ship ASAP.

 

[Nhlpowerweek]

Huge game tonight against the Senators. The Pens need to right the ship ASAP.

Definitely sire. Taylor Fedun will play instead of Marcus Pettersson who was just inserted on long time IR.

 

[Turin]

Pens finally destroyed by injuries. Guess maybe they’ll be good again now

 

[Pancakes]

Pens finally destroyed by injuries. Guess maybe they’ll be good again now

Yeah watch them go on a heater now.

That said this is baaaaad. The only thing worse than Pettersson getting injured would be Crosby or Malkin going down. That injury is that devastating to us.

 

[AuroraBorealis]

Petts LTIR retroactive to the 18th.
Could be the death knell.

So we're forced to use the system's #11 D-man tonight? Incredible.

The injury gnome was saving his crescendo for when it would hurt most.

 

[Rakell67]

What happened to Petts? Turned it iff when it was 4-0.

 

[Gurglesons]

Wish Smith was healthy..

 

[Andy99]

Pens finally destroyed by injuries. Guess maybe they’ll be good again now

ahhh no, unfortunately lol…that was our best D man this year being put on LTIR lol

also, didn’t many of us say that the Rangers would extract another injury to our blueline before this series was done lol

 

[Pancakes]

Wish Smith was healthy..

You'll get Taylor Fedun and like it

 

[Icarium]

Maybe now the forwards will start playing defense? Where is Disco Dan when you need him?

 

[Gurglesons]

You'll get Taylor Fedun and like it

He left practice already lol

 

[Icarium]

Not only will we miss the playoffs but Sullisma will have a convenient excuse - "It wasn't me, guys, it was injuries!".

 

[Andy99]

Maybe now the forwards will start playing defense? Where is Disco Dan when you need him?

really? You want to rely on 35 year old Sid and 36 year old Geno to play even more defense when they’ve played all the games this season at nearly 20 min a night? Not going to happen. Carter? He can’t lol…the only person who we can rightfully say has more to give is Rust lol, maybe Jake but he’s been beat up too

 

[AuroraBorealis]

They honestly deserve to miss the playoffs this way for taking so many games casually this year.

 

[Le Magnifique 66]

Not only will we miss the playoffs but Sullisma will have a convenient excuse - "It wasn't me, guys, it was injuries!".

Ya cause the Panthers and Islanders aren't dealing with some as well and for much longer than us. Seriously they better fire his ass, oh and Hextall too!!

 

[Andy99]

What would help is Sullivan moving from an aggressive pinching system, given the D we have available, to a NZ trap..lose some offense but we’d hopefully prevent more scoring and clog up the lanes in front of Jarry

 

[Icarium]

Sully is too cool for neutral zone traps, he would rather see the Sens have 50+ shots as they did in their previous game.