Pre-Game Talk: 05/03/2013 Islanders at Penguins: I'm not obsessed with Sid, my F5 key is just stuck

[IcedCapp]

I wonder if Bylsma will feel like giving an update on Neal's injury today.

He doesn't have answers for us humans AND HE'S NOT GOING TO GIVE THEM TO US, EITHER.

 

[Vega]

Bylsma is going to make damn sure Sid and Iginla never play on the same line.

 

[roready]

I'll help you with what Blysma will probably say about Neal:

He has a lower body injury, and there is no timetable for his return.

 

[IcedCapp]

Crosby sure practicing like a guy who is playing soon. Lots of signs pointing that way today.
http://twitter.com/JoshYohe_Trib/statuses/329993834333368320

if Crosby doesn't play tomorrow, I'm deleting Kirk's account. Holy Cow. I can't even deal with this anymore.

YOU'RE TEARING ME APART.

 

[PittPenguin]

Bennett and Iginla had some really good shifts together yesterday if I recall. I think they'll be fine together.

 

[Random Oracle]

I'll help you with what Blysma will probably say about Neal:

He has a lower body injury, and there is no timetable for his return.

I'm more optimistic: lower body injury, day to day.

 

[Le Magnifique 66]

Did he have steak yet or is he still eating Potatoes?

 

[KIRK]

Crosby sure practicing like a guy who is playing soon. Lots of signs pointing that way today.
http://twitter.com/JoshYohe_Trib/statuses/329993834333368320

if Crosby doesn't play tomorrow, I'm deleting Kirk's account. Holy Cow. I can't even deal with this anymore.

YOU'RE TEARING ME APART.

WTF are you blaming me for your mood swings? Perhaps next time your docs prescribe meds, you won't let your wife tell you the generic Chinese brand works just as well.

 

[Tasty Biscuits]

I think it's pretty clear with a healthy Top-6 Bylsma still wants to run Neal-Geno-Iggy ("best" case scenario). Even with Iggy on the right, that line is not a maximization of our Top-6 talent.

 

[KIRK]

Jokinen can take some shifts with Malkin to to help out with faceoffs in the Dzone.

Sure sets up that way. No problem with that either. Frankly, I think Malkin played his best hockey with Bennett on his LW this year for that brief time. As long as this doesn't turn long term into an excuse to have Iggy or Neal play LW, I've got no problem with it.

 

[IcedCapp]

WTF are you blaming me for your mood swings? Perhaps next time your docs prescribe meds, you won't let your wife tell you the generic Chinese brand works just as well.

Chinese medicine is the bomb, dude. I mean, sure, I have an extra toe now, but it cures all my ailments lickity split

 

[KIRK]

I wonder if Bylsma will feel like giving an update on Neal's injury today.

Did George Patton ever feel like letting his superiors know where he was going on an offensive?

 

[KIRK]

Chinese medicine is the bomb, dude. I mean, sure, I have an extra toe now, but it cures all my ailments lickity split

I really can't disagree with any of that. You are a living, posting testament to the wonders of Chinese medicine.

 

[MtlPenFan]

I'm just dying to use this:

 

[wej20]

Sid and Jokinen split time on the top PP unit, Kennedy on the 2nd unit. Doesn't look like they're 100% sure Sid is going to be in.

 

[KIRK]

Bennett and Iginla had some really good shifts together yesterday if I recall. I think they'll be fine together.

With Iggy at RW, yes. It really does make a difference. People say 'well, Iggy can't play with Geno'. Only time he played pretty much the whole game on Geno's RW was with Duper at LW nine days ago, and that just happened to be the one game where he looked really good with Geno (unfortunately, Dupuis' hands were not quite as accommodating on that evening).

 

[KIRK]

I think it's pretty clear with a healthy Top-6 Bylsma still wants to run Neal-Geno-Iggy ("best" case scenario). Even with Iggy on the right, that line is not a maximization of our Top-6 talent.

I don't know. I think you'll see Sid with Dupuis and Iggy for some shifts. And, I'm wondering if what Kunitz-Sid-Duper and Sunshine-Geno-Iggy means is that Neal isn't coming back so quickly.

 

[KIRK]

Can anyone confirm or deny the rumor that Orpik approached Sid today during practice with a dental drill and asked 'is it safe'?

 

[Le Magnifique 66]

Sid and Jokinen split time on the top PP unit, Kennedy on the 2nd unit. Doesn't look like they're 100% sure Sid is going to be in.

Yes Kennedy is back!

 

[Dying Alive]

I think it's pretty clear with a healthy Top-6 Bylsma still wants to run Neal-Geno-Iggy ("best" case scenario). Even with Iggy on the right, that line is not a maximization of our Top-6 talent.

It didn't seem that way to me based on the lines yesterday. He had it all set up for Sid to step in for Jokinen. Neal getting hurt changes things.

 

[KIRK]

It didn't seem that way to me based on the lines yesterday. He had it all set up for Sid to step in for Jokinen. Neal getting hurt changes things.

This is what I'm saying.

If he thinks Neal is out maybe a game tops, then I expect to see a bit of Dupuis-Sid-Iggy, no matter how the game starts.

If Neal could be a couple of weeks, then these lines make perfect sense.

 

[stefanh]

Pittsburgh Penguins ‏@penguins 1m

No change in Crosby's status. No meeting planned yet with doctor. In constant communication #Pens

 

[KIRK]

Pittsburgh Penguins ‏@penguins 1m

Don't let IcedCapp see this. Meltdown in 5 . . . 4 . . . 3 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . .

 

[IcedCapp]

Crosby says his situation hasn't changed and no new examination of his jaw is scheduled.
http://twitter.com/MolinariPG/statuses/330000542233399296


GOODBYE>

 

[MrBurghundy]

They are trolling us now.