Post-Game Talk: 3/29, Sharks 2 - Pens 3 (SO)

[Ragamuffin Gunner]

The chart is kind of misleading, the pens good young talent all play def.


Players like DP and Maatta are great young players that aren't going to show up on that chart.

sounds like some pretty weak Pens PR spin right here!

 

[IcedCapp]

and what to my wondering eyes should appear?

A MARC-ANDRE FLEURY DISCUSSION! SWEET

*smashes computer*

 

[Ragamuffin Gunner]

It was Fleury. His run from 2010 to 2013 was historically bad. Scotty Bowman couldn't have won with MAF in net those years.

Wrong.

It isn't a coincidence that MAF's best PO season was right before DB and his best regular season was right after DB. Contrary to what you want to tell yourself, but the system the coach puts in front of his goalie can have a slight impact on his numbers.

 

[xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

and what to my wondering eyes should appear?

A MARC-ANDRE FLEURY DISCUSSION! SWEET

*smashes computer*

Simon Despres

 

[MrBurghundy]

and what to my wondering eyes should appear?

A MARC-ANDRE FLEURY DISCUSSION! SWEET

*smashes computer*

 

[cygnus47]

He looks so happy!

 

[Waffle Fries]

What is he looking at?

 

[Mr Jiggyfly]

What is he looking at?

 

[Saku11]

But yeah pinning that flyers series all on fleury is laughable.

tough to play in fron of a goalie who always lets you down no matter how much you score. Even Bryz was better.

 

[KIRK]

Simon Despres

Lovejoy is a better defenseman . . .





. . . or so I'm told.

 

[plaidchuck]

Even Bryz was better.

Nah, he wasn't. If the team had an ounce of composure they probably could have won regardless.

 

[IcedCapp]

Simon Despres

SIMON DESPRES

 

[td_ice]

Haha.....nice.

 

[Freeptop]

when?

I was at the game against the Sharks, looking right down into the corner below me (end the Pens shoot twice), and he was constantly losing board battles. He'd go into the corner, and a Shark would just come in right after him, physically push him aside and then come out with the puck. Bennett would try to dig for the puck, but he was losing practically every battle.

It's not that he would get knocked off his skates or anything dramatic like that, but he would get pushed to the side, away from the puck, so that his ability with his hands basically didn't matter. You can't use stick-skill if you can't reach the puck.

I'm a big fan of Bennett, so I wanted it to be different, but I decided to specifically watch what he was doing there during that game, and man, it wasn't pretty.