GDT: #6: Pittsburgh Penguins@Detroit Red Wings |7:30 PM ET | SN360, , ROOT, FS-D

[Frederick Stanley]

Pittsburgh Penguins Projected Line Up

Chris Kunitz - Sidney Crosby - Patric Hornqvist
Evgeni Malkin - Brandon Sutter - Pascal Dupuis
Blake Comeau - Nick Spaling - Steve Downie
Zach Sill - Marcel Goc - Craig Adams

Christian Ehrhoff - Paul Martin
Olli Maatta - Kris Letang
Simon Despres - Rob Scuderi

Detroit Red Wings Projected Line Up

Pavel Datsyuk - Henrik Zetterberg - Justin Abelkader
Tomas Tatar - Riley Sheahan - Gustav Nyquist
Andrej Nestrasil - Darren Helm - Tomas Jurco
Joakim Andersson - Luke Glendening - Drew Miller

Niklas Kronwall - Jonathan Ericsson
Danny DeKeyser - Kyle Quincey
Brendan Smith - Jakub Kindl

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[cajal]

Great GDT

And go go gadget Greiss!

 

[Pharrell Williams]

Didn't even put Pascal Dupuis in drag, 0/10.

Na good job. Excited to see Greiss finally get some action.

 

[Sidney BrOSSby*]

Didn't even put Pascal Dupuis in drag, 0/10.

explain this to me

 

[billybudd]

Tomas Tatar - Riley Sheahan - Gustav Nyquist

Huh. That's an odd line. Would have thought Datsyuk would center this. Guess they need him at wing what with Franzen.

 

[Greeneye]

Huh. That's an odd line. Would have thought Datsyuk would center this. Guess they need him at wing what with Franzen.

those 3 played together quite a bit last season and had some good chemistry.

 

[penguins2946*]

I'm hoping they shake up the lines some tonight. Put Geno back at center, split up Kunitz and Crosby, do something to see if you can get them to pick up their ES games. Maybe go Dupuis-Crosby-Hornqvist and Kunitz-Malkin-Comeau as the top-6?

 

[billybudd]

those 3 played together quite a bit last season and had some good chemistry.

I thought Jurco was the third guy on a Sheahan Tatar line.

Edit: checking, Tatar Sheahan Gus was a line for about 70 minutes

 

[Pharrell Williams]

explain this to me

The last GDT featured Pens players in costumes, including Pascal Dupuis (along with his two linemates) in drag. It was pretty.

 

[NeedleInTheHay]

Hopefully tonight its

?- Crosby - Hornqvist

Kunitz - Malkin - ?

 

[Pharrell Williams]

Hopefully tonight its

Adams- Crosby - Hornqvist

Kunitz - Malkin - Scuderi

You said it, not me.

 

[AjaxTelamon]

Hopefully tonight its

?- Crosby - Hornqvist

Kunitz - Malkin - ?

I'd be fine with this, though Spaling has historically done better at C and LW over RW.

Dupuis - Crosby - Hornqvist

Kunitz - Malkin - Spaling

Comeau - Sutter - Downie

Sill - Goc - Adams

 

[Greeneye]

I thought Jurco was the third guy on a Sheahan Tatar line.

Edit: checking, Tatar Sheahan Gus was a line for about 70 minutes

I stand corrected. That must have been the two games I watched.

 

[Stad]

I'm expecting Malkin to be back at center tonight. I wonder if Bortuzzo will play tonight?

 

[Candyman]

I want to see Harrington make his debut tonight.

 

[Fordy]

i highly doubt there will be any major lineup changes in a back to back. you should not be expecting anything

 

[Jag68Sid87]

i highly doubt there will be any major lineup changes in a back to back. you should not be expecting anything

After last night's performance, I don't see why not.

 

[cheesedanish87]

I want to see Harrington make his debut tonight.

I think he will, MJ mentioned again yesterday there could be lineup changes tonight.

I'm guessing Harrington in for Despres and Ebbett in for Sill

 

[Fordy]

After last night's performance, I don't see why not.

i guess it depends on what they're doing instead of the morning skate. his postgame sounded like they wanted to focus on execution and i don't think they'll want to shuffle every line on the fly in a back to back. he did also say that up until last night he liked the sutter-malkin line. maybe that means he's over it now.

 

[NeedleInTheHay]

After last night's performance, I don't see why not.

I was thinking the same thing, it seems like the perfect time to mix things up.

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

Good gdt. Looking forward to seeing how Greiss looks. As far as the top 6 goes, I'd keep K-C-H intact and try Comeau-Malkin-Downie as the second line. Both are the type of player that Malkin plays well with (like Talbot), and both have had top-6 level production at some point in the past. They also both seem really hungry. It's far from ideal but I don't see the harm in trying it out this early in the season. Maybe they have great chemistry. You never know.

 

[Shrimper]

I want to see that top line working again.

 

[canadianguy77]

Looking for a better effort from everyone tonight.

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

I'm sure we'll all be frothing at the mouth over Detroit's young wingers. As we should.

 

[cajal]

Looking for a better effort from everyone tonight.

I really think they'll be a different team tonight. That doesn't guarantee a win obviously, but I believe they'll be angry after last night.