Honestly I do. And Truthfully many posters that were posting before the game and during it felt we had little chance of winning this game. Did you look at the GDT? There was quite a lot of negativity surrounding this game before it even started. I was trying to take a positive approach.
5v5 isn't all that matters, but when the refs put the whistle away in the playoffs like they always do, you better be able to score 5v5 because you probably aren't going to get a ton of PPs.
5v5 is a part of that formula, a big part even, but special teams are an integral component as well. And at the end of the game it really doesn't much matter how the goals are scored. I think too many put all the emphasis on the 5v5 variable.
I have absolutely no confidence whatsoever when it comes to playing Chicago. And again if you look at some of the comments before the game started, several shared that same sentiment. Some even bet against the Pens. Not that I blame them.
Brassard is a center and is far more seasoned and should be better defensively. I put more onus on a center in the D zone than I do a wing. I think we can agree that Brassard has far more responsibility in that regard.
And how much of that can be attributed to the ice time disparity, because his minutes are much lower than Sid and Geno's.
OK, disagree. I thought he was bad defensively. And one thing that has been evident of late is when Brassard and Riikola are on the ice together, they're killing us in the D zone.
I don't know, cause we find ways to lose 10 straight to the same team?
