Pre-Game Talk: A Real Rivalry on Wednesday Night | Flyers @ Pens

[Waffle Fries]

As far as the D'agostini/Megna situation goes, I find it quite interesting that the moment Bennett gets back into the lineup, Megna is scratched.

It's like if there were two young forwards in the lineup Bylsma would explode.

 

[TheGoldenJet]

On the Pens official site they have Bennett on the 2nd line, over Jokinen. Can anyone confirm the lines:

Kunitz-Crosby-Dupuis
Bennett-Malkin-Neal
Jokinen-Sutter-D'Agostini
Adams-Vitale-Glass
(Megna-Jeffrey)


http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=691156#SKATE

I actually prefer Jussi there at this stage, for what it's worth.

 

[Sivek]

I hope Jokinen-Sutter-D'Agostini isn't the 3rd-line in the sense that it's probably the easiest 3rd-line to play against in the NHL and would be completely unable to generate any type of cycle or controlled offensive play.

 

[Waffle Fries]

On the Pens official site they have Bennett on the 2nd line, over Jokinen. Can anyone confirm the lines:

Kunitz-Crosby-Dupuis
Bennett-Malkin-Neal
Jokinen-Sutter-D'Agostini
Adams-Vitale-Glass
(Megna-Jeffrey)


http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=691156#SKATE

I actually prefer Jussi there at this stage, for what it's worth.

Both the Pens and Shelly tweeted the lines with Jokinen on the second.

 

[Jag68Sid87]

Both the Pens and Shelly tweeted the lines with Jokinen on the second.

Naturally.

 

[SEALBound]

These are the games that the Penguins lose. Their bullcrap attitude as well as coaching errors makes them take teams like the Flyers, Rangers, Islanders, and Panthers softly. The Flyers suck, but they are still a professional team. The Penguins best game between the Flyers best game would result in a 10-0 win for the Pens. The problem is they refuse to play to their potential in these games. This is a game where Letang makes a ton of turnovers and Malkin doesn't have any hustle. It takes us playing a team like the Blackhawks, Bruins, etc. to see any effort and a solid win. The problem there is that we beat them in the regular season and Dapper Dan refuses to change anything, so they have any strategy we have figured out.

No these are the games that teams Luke Philly get pumped up for. They play with intensity and it frustrates our CC stars which makes them take the penalties, try to do too much on their own, not hustle, etc. We have tough times in games like these.

 

[Frederick Stanley]

GDT will be up in a couple of hours

 

[Shady Machine]

GDT will be up in a couple of hours

unacceptable

 

[ByeBye]

Officially certified ********* Ray Emery gets the start tonight, as per Shelly Anderson (who retweeted a Philly writer). On the one hand that's good news because he sucks. On the other hand, that kind of ruins the "We ran into a hot goaltender" excuse already.

 

[Jaded-Fan]

So going to the game tonight.

Because it is the Flyers, and in Big Mac's honor, I have decided to 'Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooo' all night.

 

[Your Boy Troy]

Damn, what a soft checking line.

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Officially certified ********* Ray Emery gets the start tonight, as per Shelly Anderson (who retweeted a Philly writer). On the one hand that's good news because he sucks. On the other hand, that kind of ruins the "We ran into a hot goaltender" excuse already.

Emery in is probably good news for you guys. The hot goaltender theory goes out the window for the Flyers because Mason has played exceptionally well this year, but still sports a losing record (goal support is severely lacking).

The Flyers have only scored three goals or more three times this year, so put up three on Emery and the Pens are probably good. We're hoping the boys have turned the corner during the past couple of games, but this is a good time to test the Flyers against a team like Pittsburgh.

 

[Shockmaster]

Emery starting? I hope the Penguins signed Brent Johnson to a one-game contract.

 

[Frederick Stanley]

GDT up.