GDT: #19|Pens @ Islanders|Sat, Feb. 27- 2021|7:00PM|NVMC|Do You Need Somethin' To Keep You Cool?

[Tom Hanks]

Laff scores his first tonight?

 

[AuroraBorealis]

Canner looks incredibly young here

Gonna be good to get those 17 year old legs out there to help Geno.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Is Friedman able to play tonight? or we gonna troll the Flyers and play him then?

I honestly didn't even see the claim for him. Literally don't know a damn thing about the lad. I'll have to dig through multiple scouting reports and videos to get a fair read.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Wankers, am I right mate? f***ing brogans.

 

[Andy99]

Why does it appear that way? The majority of our games have been against the Caps and Isles so inherently we are losing points every loss or OT win to them.

Once we start getting to play other teams we will begin to get 2 pts without giving them any.

we’ll see ...we have a terrible record against the Devils and haven’t played great against the Sabres recently either...no sure wins there...rn the Pens aren’t giving me vibes that they’re going to do anything special...

 

[BHD]

Watch McCann score the opening goal, if he plays.

 

[AuroraBorealis]

I honestly didn't even see the claim for him. Literally don't know a damn thing about the lad. I'll have to dig through multiple scouting reports and videos to get a fair read.

Per Pensburgh, from some media dude who watched him for 3 years:

"Friedman is probably a JAG (just a guy). He’s had a long road to the NHL, taking three years at Bowling Green after getting drafted (in Ron Hextall’s first draft in charge of the Flyers) and spending two more full seasons with the Phantoms. No one can deny he has worked hard to get here, which fits his style of play on the ice. He’s small, which naturally some will hold against him, but he’s definitely got some toughness and physicality that offsets that. He’s a pretty good skater, too. I’m just ... not sure he’s got NHL-level skill. He’s just kinda OK at most things.

He’s not a particularly interesting or exciting player despite the decent physical talent. Not much offense to his game; he’s not a negative with the puck on his stick or anything but he’s not exactly a human highlight reel. His defensive abilities aren’t bad, but not special either. He never looked out of place in his NHL time, but he never really seemed to pop, and I know his on-ice numbers in those limited games were not very good (obvious small sample size caveat here).

I became somewhat skeptical of him becoming any kind of impact NHLer because I always saw him as a guy who won at the AHL level by just outworking dudes, and at the NHL level where everyone is faster and bigger and harder-working and more skilled, I just didn’t know if that was going to work out."

 

[Gee Wally]

Thread is now ‘live’.

 

[CascadiaPenguin]

we’ll see ...we have a terrible record against the Devils and haven’t played great against the Sabres recently either...no sure wins there...rn the Pens aren’t giving me vibes that they’re going to do anything special...

If we don't run the table on an injury decimated Sabres squad then we don't deserve a spot in the top 16. Especially now that Sheary the Penguin Killer is a Cap...

 

[DesertedPenguin]

Why not? give Petts a break.

Petts is a left defenseman, Friedman is a righty.

 

[ownal]

I think we go 12+possible points against the Devils,Sabres,Islanders, Rangers & Capitals. We will most likely split the series with the Flyers and Bruins with our advantage at home.

 

[Tom Hanks]

 

[Andy99]

Are we paying Reirden?....

 

[Andy99]

Lol....this is horrible...I should have added that, besides a negative goal differential, we also have the fewest ROW of any East “contender”....

 

[Bingo71]

Are we paying Reirden?....

Yeah, but how many passes have they made in that span???

 

[Andy99]

 

[Randy Butternubs]

Bob Grove: Harbinger of Hope



Randy Butternubs: Binger of Beer

 

[66-30-33]

I honestly didn't even see the claim for him. Literally don't know a damn thing about the lad. I'll have to dig through multiple scouting reports and videos to get a fair read.

Flyer fans not happy campers we took him, they stuck with Hagg.

 

[WayneSid9987]

Just don't see this team getting into a groove without Zucker. They may keep it close and steal some W's but like i said, this is gonna be tough sleddin' without Zucks.

 

[Kristopher Letang]

Well...

Whats the betting at tonight?

Took the rags last night in regulation... not sure where to go today....

Game wise, penguins 1 gp less - 2 points behind the isles in the stats, cryers tied for points with pens but they have 2 games in hand.... (could be good / could be bad)
Pens taking this to OT is not the desirable outcome tonight.

I’m going with Barzal over 2.5 shots. +125

 

[Andy99]

 

[Clare2904]

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Not feeling super confident about this game, but that’s every Isle’s game of late.

 

[Andy99]

Finally Jank is sat...lol...and POJ moved down

 

[hskey]

Glad to see McCann back, he's way more suited for a top 6 role than ZAR. Let's try to stay positive today