GDT: The return of Jake about to Guentz Mike Sullivan!!! 7pm Cannes @ Pens

[Andy99]

 

[GilbertSeinfeld]

You can be sure Brett Pesce will score at least one goal.

 

[The Great Mighty Poo]

Staal 9 points
Jake Hat Trick
Aho pots 6
Pens slap pass the puck off the back boards into their own net on a delayed call.

 

[KrisLetAngry]

Wishlist for this game

1 Crosby point
Poulin gets to play and plays well in his few minutes
No SHG

 

[Sideline]

Hopefully Poulin scores 3 all assisted by Sid. Team loses 7-4. Graves gets the 4th and finishes +4 because it would make HF mad.

 

[The Great Mighty Poo]

Wishlist for this game

1 Crosby point
Poulin gets to play and plays well in his few minutes
No SHG

"You're f***ing getting Jeff Carter, and you'll f***ing like getting Jeff Carter GODDAMN IT! You can take your Sam Poulin and your f***ing asshole and stick up your f***ing ass how about that?"- Mike Sullivan PROBABLY.

 

[Ryder71]

He's actually been a bright spot in WBS the past two years. Fun player. Probably will go to some other organization and be a great bottom six forward who puts up 10ish goals and 30ish points for a few years while we have Matt Nieto, Lars Eller, and Brayden Yager on our 4th line under the tutelage of Pharoahe Sully.

Oh in WB, yes how wonderful for him. He's what 23 now? How long before we call him a bust, 26, 27?

 

[Gurglesons]

Oh in WB, yes how wonderful for him. He's what 23 now? How long before we call him a bust, 26, 27?

Your man crush Bunting didn't play his first game until 23.

Puustinen having a nice first season at 24.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

When is the last time the Penguins beat the Canes? Like five seasons ago?

 

[Victor Z]

This isn't Poulin's first NHL game of course, but he still better score on his first shift (a la the immortal Luca Caputi) and then steadily improve from there, otherwise he gonna get Sullied.

Caputi scored early in period 1 of his first game, not sure if it was actually his first shift. By the end of the game though, he had been assigned a minor penalty (oh noes!) and had been on the ice for 3 of Montreal's 4 goals.


BTW, Caputi's debut came just a few days before the end of Michel Therrien's tenure in Pittsburgh in 2009. Therrien, though not as pathological about it as Sullivan, was known to be a coach who wasn't exactly enamored of young players.... and Caputi, though demoted to the 4th line by game's end IIRC, still played 15 minutes that night!

Good luck to Poulin tonight. Even if he is in the lineup he's going to get scarcely more ice time than if he were in the press box. But that's understandable -- can't take chances by using an unproven player on a team that's soooooo close to making the playoffs and can't afford to choke away a single point because some rookie makes a mistake that a veteran never would make.

Oh wait.

 

[Gurglesons]

When is the last time the Penguins beat the Canes? Like five seasons ago?

Earlier this year. Ned in the shoot out.

 

[BusinessGoose]

Oh in WB, yes how wonderful for him. He's what 23 now? How long before we call him a bust, 26, 27?

I would rather put Poulin in the lineup than Puljujarvi

Just cause, pointless 28+ year olds on the team seem worse than 23 year olds

 

[SomeDude]

Ah yes, how hilarious. It’s fun we can laugh as the Pens core is rotting like a decaying tooth.

 

[Andy99]

Wishlist for this game

1 Crosby point
Poulin gets to play and plays well in his few minutes
No SHG

Wishlist for this game:

We lose big
Sid and Geno come out and rip Sullivan to shreds
Dubas finally says he can no longer tolerate our coaches and fires the lot

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

I hope Jake The Snake scores a hatty then skates to centre ice to flip us all off

 

[Ryder71]

Your man crush Bunting didn't play his first game until 23.

Puustinen having a nice first season at 24.

But Bunting is now a proven commodity, Poulin remains to be seen. PU was a 7th rd pick I believe so expectations there should be tempered.

Hey, I hope Poulin scores a hat trick and you can point at me and laugh (as you often do).

I would rather put Poulin in the lineup than Puljujarvi

Just cause, pointless 28+ year olds on the team seem worse than 23 year olds

Fair point, can't argue with you there. I hope he proves me wrong, I sincerely do.

 

[BusinessGoose]

I hope Jake The Snake scores a hatty then skates to centre ice to flip us all off

Perhaps though:

It seems like he punched his own ticket though by trying to play hardball on contract negotiations

Evidence: Dubas return was pretty weak, and didn't really sell anything else off, so it wasn't for the rebuild

Fair point, can't argue with you there. I hope he proves me wrong, I sincerely do.

Yeah i don't expect much. Just always, with sports, if you have two guys who aren't much of anything, you go with the younger one

... As Carter is about to get back in the lineup

 

[Pancakes]

Alright boys let's not do anything crazy like win a hockey game now

 

[BigEezyE22]

I agree with your premise in general. Specifically to this bum, no dice. He's a bust, you'll all know it before too long. FIVE long years since he's been drafted, and what has he shown us? Nothing but disappointment.

Then make it glaringly clear.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Earlier this year. Ned in the shoot out.

To be fair to me this season FEELS like it's been five (bad) years long.

 

[Dennis Reynolds]

I hope Jake The Snake scores a hatty then skates to centre ice to flip us all off

He's a jerk now.

 

[The Old Master]

wonder if they actually play Poulin lol

naw, they have some stale nachos to get rid of.

 

[Pancakes]

wonder if they actually play Poulin lol

Sully will give him a good solid 8 minutes to prove himself on a line with Noel Acciari and Jeff Carter

 

[The Old Master]

Ah yes, how hilarious. It’s fun we can laugh as the Pens core is rotting like a decaying tooth.

hey, jake was part of that core, and he's doing well. they just need to get away from that one guy too

 

[FunkySeeFunkyDo]

Would like to see Ponomarev too.