Pre-Game Talk: All Purpose Off Day Thread | Ruhwedel to W-B/S for Conditioning

[CascadiaPenguin]

Natural Stat Trick said 1 but maybe I had it set to 5v4 and there was a 5 on 3 I missed

edit: No, the source still says 1 - Team Season Totals - Natural Stat Trick

Not sure what is up with that. I got my numbers from pulling individual game stats for the last eight games.

 

[ColePens]

bump

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Oh no we're talking about trying defensemen at forward again.........

I'd settle for playing the right players the proper minutes that are deserving of the "play through it" minutes.

ZAR has gotten enough.

I'd rather see Dea get those minute and see how he does.

 

[DegenX]

I'll have the GDT up by this afternoon. I've had issues with the creation process. It wound up going in an entirely different direction than the one I intended, but whatevs. At this point I figured I might as well wait to see what happens with the morning skate rather than have to re-do it ... again (aaarrgh).

 

[vodeni]

I don't like this news about Hornquist, he went through full practice now he can practice, smells like bad concussion symptoms are back...

 

[cheesedanish87]

Its not a concussion.

The Pens have a team policy to announce when a player has a concussion.

That's why we hear when a player has a concussion and the other injuries are lower or upper body injuries.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Its not a concussion.

The Pens have a team policy to announce when a player has a concussion.

That's why we hear when a player has a concussion and the other injuries are lower or upper body injuries.

Sometimes, I recall a few instances where they held off on the concussion news until a week or so later.

 

[KIRK]

@DegenX, FYI for your GDT . . .

 

[KIRK]

What he says about tomorrow notwithstanding, I suspect we may see Murray for this weekend's back to back . . .

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

@DegenX, FYI for your GDT . . .

When you look at the top two lines and the bottom two lines, it's like they combined the Pens and the Baby Pens' rosters through some weird Excel mishap.

 

[KIRK]

When you look at the top two lines and the bottom two lines, it's like they combined the Pens and the Baby Pens' rosters through some weird Excel mishap.

I call that 3rd line of ZAR-Sheahan-Rust 'The @ColePens Wet Dream Line'.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

I call that 3rd line of ZAR-Sheahan-Rust 'The @ColePens Wet Dream Line'.

At this point, Sullivan should just play the top guys 23 minutes per night and only use the bottom six sparingly and on the PK.

AKA the Edmonton Oilers Connor McDavid usage method.

 

[KIRK]

At this point, Sullivan should just play the top guys 23 minutes per night and only use the bottom six sparingly and on the PK.

AKA the Edmonton Oilers Connor McDavid usage method.

Sid and Geno aren't 21.

 

[Ugene Magic]

Sid and Geno aren't 21.

I can see an excuse for Malkin since he's 6'3" and bigger in general, but Crosby and his rigorous routine could see him play into his forties. Sid is just a great physical specimen.

 

[KIRK]

I can see an excuse for Malkin since he's 6'3" and bigger in general, but Crosby and his rigorous routine could see him play into his forties. Sid is just a great physical specimen.

It would take a toll before the playoffs.

 

[Ugene Magic]

It would take a toll before the playoffs.

Only if he doesn't physically take a game off here or there floating. That's really not uncommon even now.

Edit: A break for him is getting around 16:00 minutes of icetime.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

It would take a toll before the playoffs.

We've got to make the playoffs before we can worry about what toll overplaying them would have on them.

 

[KIRK]

We've got to make the playoffs before we can worry about what toll overplaying them would have on them.

Well, yes, there is that.

 

[DegenX]

@DegenX, FYI for your GDT . . .

@Clare2904 has the next GDT, but thanks

 

[Andy99]

Sometimes, I recall a few instances where they held off on the concussion news until a week or so later.

It’s interesting because Sullivan came out and said it wasn’t the same as his last injury but he never actually said it wasn’t a concussion...if you look at his practice history, he was skating a couple days in a row without contact and then didn’t skate....that’s a typical pattern for concussions if headaches or other symptoms reoccurred...could it be some other type of upper body injury? Maybe something like a slipped disk in his neck where the pain comes back but not much else...I mean if he had a shoulder or rib, hand, arm , or something like that then that pattern wouldn’t make sense....

 

[Honour Over Glory]

It’s interesting because Sullivan came out and said it wasn’t the same as his last injury but he never actually said it wasn’t a concussion...if you look at his practice history, he was skating a couple days in a row without contact and then didn’t skate....that’s a typical pattern for concussions if headaches or other symptoms reoccurred...could it be some other type of upper body injury? Maybe something like a slipped disk in his neck where the pain comes back but not much else...I mean if he had a shoulder or rib, hand, arm , or something like that then that pattern wouldn’t make sense....

To me it seemed like a f*** up and they're trying to be hush hush about it given the current landscape of head injuries. Also with how the Byfuglien thing was handled, you don't want this being a story either.

Horny didn't look like he did anything for it to be anything but him not feeling well from his not so long ago concussion. And again, it's not like this team doesn't have a history of misdiagnosing.

 

[Mr Jiggyfly]

@DegenX, FYI for your GDT . . .

Never thought I’d look at the Pens bottom six and think Dea is their best player. That’s so f***ed up...

 

[KIRK]

Never thought I’d look at the Pens bottom six and think Dea is their best player. That’s so ****ed up...

It is.

It also is 100% accurate.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

@DegenX, FYI for your GDT . . .

It's like Sullivan is actively finding ways to some how use this line-up in the worst f***ing way possible.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Never thought I’d look at the Pens bottom six and think Dea is their best player. That’s so ****ed up...

Its even worse when the coach actively does it to himself.

Derick Brassard, a right winger?

It's like the AHL is invisible or something, forget the he who shall not be named as a right winger, we have other f***ing options and he still manages to do that?

He's out dumbing the dumb that was Bylsma.