GDT: #44|Jets @ Penguins|1/5/2014, 1:00 PM|CEC

[cheesedanish87]

I don't think the board is going to like the d pairings

 

[cheesedanish87]

https://twitter.com/emptynetters/status/419885809442238464

Pens lines/pairings in warmups: 14-87-49; 36-71-18; 17-16-46; 15-38-27; 58-4; 5-44; 2-3.

 

[IcedCapp]

WELCOME BACK GENO! Today's #Pens lines: Kunitz-Crosby-Gibbons, Jokinen-Malkin-Neal, Pyatt-Sutter-Vitale, Glass-Sill-Adams.

 

[Tender Rip]

If the plan is Despres supplies the physicality for our defense in the playoffs, we will lose.

He's not a soft player by any stretch but he's more of a troll when it comes to that stuff. He's not heavy duty as much as we all like him. Bort has to be on the bottom pairing in the playoffs.

1: I would prefer to have Despres-Bortuzzo as our third pairing. I am on record wanting it last season also.

2: Despres is better than Bortuzzo, and not by a little bit, irrespective of the pairing he is on.

3: Unless we deal someone, Bortuzzo is unlikely to be one of our best 6 defenders.... with Orpik having to step up to playoff mode to make it so, IMO.

4: I think we should deal someone, more specifically one or two of the UFA's to be, because like you I feel very comfortable with Borts as the 6th D-man, and it is obviously a waste having that many extra quality D-men, and holes of the forward lines in the best of cases.

 

[Ogrezilla]

Despres is sitting? good lord

 

[IcedCapp]

Pittsburgh Penguins @penguins

Today's #Pens D: Orpik-Engelland, Scuderi-Letang <--- it's official!, Maatta-Niskanen. Fleury in net.

Despres benched!

 

[66-30-33]

WELCOME BACK GENO! Today's #Pens lines: Kunitz-Crosby-Gibbons, Jokinen-Malkin-Neal, Pyatt-Sutter-Vitale, Glass-Sill-Adams.

WHAT? NEAL IS NOT WITH CROSBY AGAIN???FIRE BYLSMA!!! just kidding, glad Geno's back.

 

[Ugene Magic]

https://twitter.com/emptynetters/status/419885809442238464

Pens lines/pairings in warmups: 14-87-49; 36-71-18; 17-16-46; 15-38-27; 58-4; 5-44; 2-3.

It was bound to happen sooner or later.

Everyone have their shopping winger cart ready?

 

[Malkin112*]

Despres is sitting what the hell??????

 

[Tender Rip]

WELCOME BACK GENO! Today's #Pens lines: Kunitz-Crosby-Gibbons, Jokinen-Malkin-Neal, Pyatt-Sutter-Vitale, Glass-Sill-Adams.

Outside of the 4th line, that group looks very interesting .

Hurrah!

 

[Frederick Stanley]

Engelland back at D

Glass/Adams - Sill - Engo should be the fourth line.

 

[66-30-33]

Despres benched!

WHAT? FIRE BYLSMA!! ok no caps now.

 

[Pharrell Williams]

Alright, let's see if I can take a shower and brush my teeth in 11 minutes. READY, GO!

 

[cheesedanish87]

Well i guess my theory of pens putting Despres with Orpik to showcase him against the Jets is out the window.

 

[Tender Rip]

..... and the Engelland dagger....

 

[66-30-33]

Alright, let's see if I can take a shower and brush my teeth in 11 minutes. READY, GO!

10 minutes remaining, you better hurry the **** up!

 

[Waffle Fries]

I ****ing hate Bylsma.

 

[IcedCapp]

seriously ruins my enjoyment of the game. i hate Bylsma. Shoot Engelland into space

 

[Ogrezilla]

Well i guess my theory of pens putting Despres with Orpik to showcase him against the Jets is out the window.

maybe the trade is being worked out RIGHT NOW.

 

[Acquizitor*]

nice! I live in Europe and its rare to have NHL games at this hour, what makes it especially nice is that the Pens have Geno and Letang back, lets go Pens!!

 

[Ogrezilla]

seriously ruins my enjoyment of the game. i hate Bylsma. Shoot Engelland into space

seriously. its a joke at this point. You can't defend benching Despres right now. You just can't.

 

[Big McLargehuge]

God damn you, Dan Bylsma. God damn you.

 

[MrBurghundy]

So Despres goes from playing probably one of his best games to being benched, and Engelland goes from playing forward to being in our top 4 again?

Nice. Never change Dan.

 

[66-30-33]

maybe the trade is being worked out RIGHT NOW.

Ya, hearing Ladd is scratched too. Ladd for despres.

 

[mpp9]

Must be very interesting to be inside DB's mind.