Pre-Game Talk: Sens @ Bruins April 6. 7 p.m. I Love You Hockey Gods!!!!!!

[DrunkUncleDenis]

So much for the thread title.

 

[Super Cake]

So is there any chance we get at least a point in this game?

 

[DrunkUncleDenis]

So is there any chance we get at least a point in this game?

Sure. Boston will be on a high from clinching, but it's a battle to stay in the top 3 in the division. With "the system", if we can get a lead, anything is possible. White knuckle time lol

 

[DrunkUncleDenis]

And we're back to the hilarious D lineup.

 

[Six Assets]

Sens will win

 

[DrEasy]

And we're back to the hilarious D lineup.

Hilarious D, wasn't that a movie?

 

[Micklebot]

Damn it. If we'd at least inserted White over Kelly, I'd be interested in watching, but with that D, and Kelly still in...

Here's hoping Anderson has the game of his life.

 

[ReginKarlssonLehner]

Argh...

Can we get through a game without losing a key player to injury?

Pens: Methot
Min: Smith
Phi: Burrows and Karlsson
Wpg: Ceci
@Det: Ryan
Det: Karlsson (again)


5 games in a row... I think we escaped Mtl with only our pride getting hurt, after losing Methot against Pittsburgh

Edit: Stalberg got hurt in a game too, not sure which one though

Hold on a second.

 

[tstracuzza]

Hilarious D, wasn't that a movie?

Tenacious D rings a bell.. Don't know why.

 

[Yourkeyparka]

Kevin will score the playoff berth clinching goal tonite. I have faith !

 

[MarkStone]

Trap/1-3-1 until we get at least a point (<well only kind of sarcastic...)

 

[PeterSidorkiewicz]

Please Andy let's see some beast mode! Apparently Rask has been in God mode lately.

 

[sens613]

Marchand got 2 games so at least we don't have to worry about him tonight

 

[DrunkUncleDenis]

Marchand suspended for 2.

Easiest thing to do for DOPES. Show that "they are serious" about getting garbage out of the game, but it doesn't hurt Boston one bit for the playoffs.

 

[Lenny the Lynx]

And we're back to the hilarious D lineup.

I call this D group Kevin and the Shark except shark ends with a t instead of a k

Its a kool fm reference

 

[Philadelphia Collins]

I realize playing a college kid in a clinching game is risky, but White showed more in his limited ice time than Dzingel has shown since like December. Would have been nice to see him play against Bergeron's team

 

[Burrowsaurus]

I realize playing a college kid in a clinching game is risky, but White showed more in his limited ice time than Dzingel has shown since like December. Would have been nice to see him play against Bergeron's team

Dzingel is 2nd in individual scoring chances since January 1st so no.

 

[DrunkUncleDenis]

I call this D group Kevin and the Shark except shark ends with a t instead of a k

Its a kool fm reference

I actually used to listen to the morning show as a kid haha.

 

[GWNR]

Dzingel is 2nd in individual scoring chances since January 1st so no.

He could get a breakaway with an EN and he'd miss. All Swedish, no Finnish

 

[Zorf]

Dzingel is 2nd in individual scoring chances since January 1st so no.

But he has the finishing ability of Erik Condra, so sure, he has lots of scoring chances but he does jack all with them.

My issue with Dzingel isn't his lack of scoring touch though. It's that he's looking slow (by his standards). He had more jump in his step in the last game after sitting out the first Wings game, but he still wasn't burning around defenders with his speed.

If he needs a couple nights off to rest his body then I'm all for it because if he doesn't have his speed then he becomes a VERY average player.

 

[BondraTime]

Not putting White in and keeping Kelly/Wingles in is moronic. We don't have Karlsson to get us ahead.

"Lets keep the winning forward line-up". Well, outside of the same 2 forwards, every other forward was pretty useless, and that's with the best D in the league.

If we get down, it's going to be extremely hard to come back.

 

[GWNR]

No news on lines/scratches?

 

[Burrowsaurus]

He could get a breakaway with an EN and he'd miss. All Swedish, no Finnish

Well that wasn't what I was responding to. White "showed more in one game than Dzingel has since December" is what I answered to. Yeah he has issues finishing. But so do like 99% of NHLers.(scoring is hard)

 

[topshelf15]

The forwards have to be better, what is the point of dumping the puck in if you are never going to get it back .Our forwards blow at maintaining offensive zone pressure

 

[GWNR]

Well that wasn't what I was responding to. White "showed more in one game than Dzingel has since December" is what I answered to. Yeah he has issues finishing. But so do like 99% of NHLers.(scoring is hard)

99% of NHLers don't put themselves in the position that Dzingel does though.

He's very good at getting in the right spot for opportunities. He's very bad at doing anything with those opportunities. It's frustrating because I'd rather have a guy that can get himself in a position to score and miss than a guy that just doesn't really do anything (Kelly/Wingels).

If I were making the lines, which I should because TopChed > Boucher (obviously). I'd go:

Hoffman-Turris-Stone
Stalberg-Brassard-Burrows
Wingels-Pageau-Pyatt
Macarthur-White-Dzingel